Deer fencing question?

teapot16

Hi,

I am looking at erecting a deer fence of approximately 500m. At the moment, I am looking at using deer fencing net, which is a Polypropylene mesh grid, with an aperture of 50mm X 50mm, approx 1.8m high.

Does anyone have any experience of this type of fencing and its effectiveness?

Casinoking

From my experience trying to fence out wild deer is a waste of time and money. They can clear a ten foot fence without a problem, I've heard of them clearing twelve feet on occasions. If you have a deer problem the rifle is the only solution.

CJhaughey

1.8m is around 6ft or so in other words a waste of time.
You need double that to make a start and it will need to be steel not plastic, you can't get enough tension on plastic to make it stable.
If you have a deer problem PM me and we can work it out.
I have all the necessary, based in W.Cork

telecaster

rookie question, but a genuine one....

why would having wild deer on your land be a problem?

Casinoking

Several reasons, they'll eat grass being the most obvious one. They also damage crops and fences, make holes in hedges, and are known to spread diseases such as TB. I don't think a lot of people realise how much of a problem they're becoming, they should be reclassified as vermin and culled heavily for a couple of years to try to control numbers.

CJhaughey

I don't think classifying them as vermin is the answer, that would encourage a lot of undesirable activity IMO.
Far better to contact a responsible shooter that will come and do it for nothing, and provide you with a bit of venison as well.
The trick is to get a good keen shooter one thats not put off by a bit of rain or cold, armchair hunters are not the best in reducing numbers.

Casinoking

I have a couple of responsible people who shoot on our land, with permits from the Department to shoot out of season. However the numbers of deer are too large and it's getting harder and harder to get the permits. I counted 36 deer in the field at the back of our yard one evening last week, how could you classify those kind of numbers as anything other than vermin?

CJhaughey

Surprised to see that the Section 42 is getting harder to get, mind you if you counted 36 deer than any half decent shooter could probably reduce if they were there.
It isn't necessary to have the section 42 now as deer are in season.
Whereabouts are you, roughly;)?