tree farms/orchards & deer....??

Anonymous-0 · Dec 2, 2011

Hey, the post about the ruined Christmas trees got me thinkin (no comments from the peanut gallery).....

Some growers around here keep Shropshire Sheep in their nursery's (??)... The breed is not a browser and just keeps the grass looking good. Same folks don't have a problem with deer eating their stuff. This could be the smell of the human/domestic animal or the dog that lives with the sheep. All with a single strand of electric wire or an electric net fence...
Think it'd be a good deal for someone and be much less maintenance than a fence....

Just a thought.

Dave

Daryl in PA · Dec 2, 2011

Friend of mine grows asian pears. He keeps anywhere from 20 to 25 Malamutes or Huskies scattered around the orchards.

IaGary · Dec 2, 2011

Dave unless you put an extra strand of wire at 5 foot high one strand at 2 foot isn't gonna keep the deer out around here.

When I had cattle held in by electric fence only, I had cattle out all the time. The deer would not
see the wire and run right through it about every
nite.

If they do see the wire they just hop over it.

Only way to keep them out is with a 6 foot high
fence or maybe a good guard dog. In my neck of the
woods.

Gary

Straw Boss · Dec 2, 2011

I think he meant for the electric to hold the sheep in, not keep the deer out.

James Williams · Dec 2, 2011

Dave,I have a 2 acre garden that for the first time got destroyed by deer this year,and it didnt happen untill the farmers dog died.The dog would on ocassion just walk through the garden and I would start to complain,but now I which he would get a nother one

jimmy

Daryl in PA · Dec 2, 2011

Mike (WA) · Dec 2, 2011

For the cost of feeding 25 malamutes, you can buy a lot of pears.

Daryl in PA · Dec 2, 2011

They eat deer meat Mike :lol:

BushogPapa · Dec 2, 2011

Sheep with 2 Kuvasz dogs will be ALL you need..

They are immensely intelligent and will protect anything they grow up with..

Much more athletic than a Great White Pyrenees..

Much like the big white dog in the old cartoons...the one that seemed to be just sitting, doing nothing, but always 5 minutes AHEAD of the willy Coyote..!!!

I had one..such a GOOD dog...!!
Would always disappear once we were outside...couldn't find him...he would always be off, watching ME..!!
I'd say "OK,i'm going to the house" and he would be there before I got there...!!!
Like a Ghost...they don't make a sound, at night when they run..
They will run over a Cuyote, smashing it with their Chest..and they eat Ground Hogs, just for fun..!!

Ron..

BigMarv1085 · Dec 2, 2011

I ended up putting 6 strands of wire with a total height of 8 foot to finally keep them out of my pea patch.

Rick Kr · Dec 2, 2011

Did not have too much of a problem when I had two English Mastiffs running the grounds. But they are now pushing daisies.

I picked up two Mountain Fiest Terriers. They will absolutely destroy anything small, rabbits, groundhogs, mice, etc. Which is great around the trees. Don't think they'll stand up to a coyote though. Might get 2 more mastiffs. Can't have too many good dogs around.

Rick

Rick Kr · Dec 2, 2011

Here's a video of Mt. Feists climbing trees. Not of mine. They do think they are cats.
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ridgelane · Dec 3, 2011

I saw an article on some research done up in northern Alberta about a 3 D fence. It is basically two fences in parallel. Seems its worked really well in keeping deer, moose or elk out of the hay stacks. The outside if I recall, is made up of two strands of electrified wire but spaced at just the right distances.

I'll look it up if anyone is interested.

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