What is the best type of deer fencing available?

Question

I want to fence in the surroundings of my home. I'm in a heavily deer populated area they are eating all my plants.

I want to landscape the property with expensive plantings, and don't want to install something that isnt going to work. Does anyone have the knowledge to help me out?

Answer 1

You can use as cheap a fence as you want, but it either has to be over 7 feet in height or you can use two four-foot-high fences spaced four feet from each other.  In either case deer won't jump over.  I live in a deer-infested area also, and nothing but one of those two things really keeps deer away.

Answer 2

Just know that deer can jump quite high. A local vineyard has a 6' welded wire fence topped with 4 strands of electric fence wire. I recall him telling me once that the total height was about 12'.

Answer 3

Check out this website for some ideas http://landscaping.about.com/od/fencedes... but what I have found out is a cedar privacy fence is the best. I tried an electric fence and the deer tore it down, then a picket fence and they jumped it. I have had no problems with the privacy fence.

Answer 4

Hog wire eight feet high will keep them out and will last for years if you use good posts.

Answer 5

8' high sturdy wire fence. the trouble is it will look unsightly.