Customer Reviews

Deer Fence: Standard Perimeter 7.5ft x 330ft

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The fence material was economical to purchase and worked very well. It was easy to install and stretch. I used smaller staples to fasten it to the wooden posts and electrical wire ties to fasten it to steel posts. I buried it 6 inches deep so that rabits don't dig under it. It has been up for about a month and I have had no deer or rabits enter the garden.

I installed about 500 feet of this product around my rose and vegetable garden in May and June 2011. Last summer was a joy. My roses grew tall! We had tulips! We got full yield from our vegetable garden and our bush bean plants had leaves all summer.

This morning I found three small mule deer does nibbling on my dormant roses. I don't know how they got in, but there is snow on the ground so I intend to walk the perimeter to see what I can see.

I DID see them leave, however. I approached slowly, hoping they would mosey back toward wherever they entered and leave peacefully. Instead, they startled, as I feared they would. Each went its own way. The first two jumped the fence. They were tripped by the top of the fence and landed upside down with a thud. Neither appeared injured, just embarrassed, and they got up and bounded off. Still this seems to me to border on cruelty.

The third was unsuccessful in its first two attempts. It frantically ran around inside the gardens, seeking better places to try. I backed off, but the panic continued. It finally got a good run and landed, upside down, in the neighbor's pasture. Also unhurt, as far as I can tell. The three regrouped outside the fence and appear to be waiting for me to go to work so they can come back to the smorgasbord.

I didn't see the 8' fence before I ordered this one, but I would suggest that anyone looking consider that instead of the 7' or 7.5' options.

Note: All three deer escaped over a section of the fence which did not have a wire strung to hold the fence up. They managed to catch the top of the fence, pull it down and roll over. The area with the wire is where the one deer failed. Also, they did not damage the fence material, which is very tough. I raised my rating to three stars after I reflected on this. I have hope and will raise my rating again if adding a wire to the rest of the fence cures the problem.

Deer fencing is a great product. A lot easier to put up them wire fencing and works great. So far, no deer in our orchard. Just make sure you secure the bottom as they will duck under the fencing if they can.