Electric Fence To Keep Deer Out Of Food Plot

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Electric fence to keep deer out of food plot.

By removing the outside fence and changing the wire configuration of the inside fence you will allow deer into the plot while keeping wild hogs and livestock out of the plot. The system can easily be de activated to allow deer to feed. How does a food plot electric fence work. We sunk the grounding rods in 5 feet into the ground.

Additional t posts may be needed every 100 feet on bigger food plots. By fencing deer out of the warm season plots we then can make better use of native forages while banking our food plot for the late summer and early fall. Our food plot fence is a two stage multi wire fence that creates a depth perception problem for deer. Osmun conducted some great experiments.

Protect your investment of time money and labor with the hot zone fence keeping deer out of your food plot until you re ready to let them in. The directions called for 3 rods but we use 2 and they worked just fine. Heavy browse pressure can cause poor plot production or even failure. At our research facility in nacogdoches texas we planted iron and clay cowpeas in april within electric fences.

The three dimensional configuration keeps all species including deer out of the plot until it is ready for harvest. Place white if possible electric fence posts every 25 feet between the t posts. As research shows deer can either jump high or far and the configuration of the fence deters them. The tape is far more visible to the deer than a wire and it helps prevent the deer from crashing into your fence.

An inegral part of any electric fence is the grounding system.