Re: deer and brands of soap

Margaret Lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net> wrote:

> I thought the general idea was to produce something that looked like a
> grid.  Animals hate grids, hence the success of cattle guards.  Margaret

Yup.  The trick with deer is if they don't like it, they can 
simply jump over it nearly effortlessly.  It works very 
effectively as a way of extending their jump though.  It's 
actually a pretty simple matter of geometry and physics.

An average large deer of any variety can jump approximately 10' 
high with around an 8' spread from jump start to jump finish.  
So when you fence or otherwise foil deer with physical 
constructs that's what you need to deal with.  If the deer 
comes closer, he can jump higher.  If he has to jump from 
further away, the height of his jump will be lower.  The most 
effective fences are 8' high angled slightly outward, with some 
sort of barrier on the outside (like a metal grid) and tall 
plants/trees/vines with trellis on the inside.  That makes it so 
difficult for him to jump the fence, if he can at all, he just 
won't do it.

If you only use grid, you need a *really* wide length of it to 
stop him from making an extremely long, shallow leap over it.

Also electric wire fencing is effective.     Jaime who must deal 
with bears who can climb anything.  Makes the problem with deer 
pretty minor.  'Cepting they do enjoy grubs and slugs as well 
as fruit and veggies.  :)
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