Fishing Line Deer Fence

This is a 3 year follow up to my july 1 and july 9 posts from 2010 where i described a simple fishing line deer fence i made with five runs of monofilament line that proved a failure.

Fishing line deer fence. Monofilament fishing line 4 to 6 inch diameter pvc pipe. The theory of the fishing line deer fence is this. I m sharing this post with a friend who lives in the middle of a heavily wooded area with lots of deer. However we have plenty of amazing green and berry options for them to munch on right now.

Fishing line deer fence for the garden using fishing line you can make a cheap and easy deer fence that will deter deer from eating your vegetable garden produce. Photo courtesy farm show we live back in the hills of vermont where deer are a real problem for gardeners says gerry hawkes. Posted 9 years ago. This is a.

Cheap and easy deer fencing fishing line deer fence how to keep deer out of the orchard so long bea. See the other videos below for more information on. I tried the fishing line fence 2 years ago and it worked fine. New part of this idea is the gate so you can access your garden.

Have you eagerly planted your vegetable garden spending hours of time and plenty of hard earned money only to lose many of your crops to pesky deer. One of our abundant mini gardens members gary haga has shared with me how he is successfully keeping deer out of his vegetable garden by using a simple fence made with fishing line. Great for budget fencing and it works. Nw mt zones 4 5 rollins mt.

Place the fence posts at 15 to 20 foot intervals around the perimeter of your orchard garden or flower beds. Courtesy farmshow march april 2017. Ideally a line set at 6 inches to catch their ankles and 3 feet to catch their chest freaks them out and keeps them from being able to get around it. Inside my hoop house.

In examining methods of guerilla cannabis production the fishing line deer fence is a common use. However it was only to last for a few weeks. But i liked its low cost and low visibility and was determined to tweak the original design to have a fence that would. I believe it was probably the fawns that entered the garden first with the adults following.

22 thoughts on frank s brilliant update to fishing line deer fencing jillian june 12 2016 at 10 56 am. Fishing line deer fence update posted on march 11 2014 by maryland grows 20 comments. We needed a quick inexpensive and effective solution to keep deer from getting in our garden and this t post fence with 30 fishing line idea we found. A single strand of fishing line keeps deer out of the garden.

I had finally found a great way to keep the deer out of my garden after using sprays hot sauces and numerous other ideas. There was some mention about how hungry and motivated the deer are as to the effectiveness of the fishing line deer fence. We wrote about this in natural homes as well when our. Monofilament fishing line around your first fence post at 12 to 18 inches up from the ground.

Deer can t see the fishing line and when they walk up to it they are confused or scared by the sensation and walk away.