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Cheap deer fencing. Pretty easy as well.

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Can deer jump that fence?

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What's it made of? Deer have been known to break through fencing, not just jump it.

How much tension is it under? There seem to be no triangular braces at the corners.

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The top has a guy wire that is tensioned outside the fence footprint, that can be an issue for some.

The fence itself is made from garden trellis netting, you can get several grades but even the weakest is stronger than the deer and bird netting available from tractor supply or other big box stores.

It is tensioned lightly, better than electric net but definitely not high tension.

It would have issues on rolling or hilly ground, but for fairly smooth ground it is an order of magnitude cheaper than any other option I have seen that can be bought.

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R Scott wrote: The fence itself is made from garden trellis netting, you can get several grades but even the weakest is stronger than the deer and bird netting available from tractor supply or other big box stores.  


I haven't seen garden trellis netting myself, and since it looks large enough for the wild rabbits to go through, they might not bother to chew it. (They chewed through some old snow fencing I used to protect an area - I have rabbits and deer and sometimes the fencing required to stop both is a challenge.)

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There are multiple sizes of mesh, 6x6 inch is most common, but 2” and even 3/4” are available.  Even with smaller mesh, it isn’t going to be tight enough to the ground to keep rabbits out.

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We have feral hogs and I bet that will not keep them out.

The hogs got all my Egyptian Walking onions.

Your garden looks like it will be big enough to share.

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Definitely not hog proof. Probably not deer in a drought proof, but cheap enough to let an orchard get established without spending more on fence than trees.

And not my garden, just a cool channel from my feed.

I’d probably add a poly wire or tape at nose level for a little extra motivation.

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