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Post by nhmountains on Aug 18, 2018 17:15:25 GMT -6
I would leave a 20-25 yd gap in the center of it. It wouldnt be a solid line like it appears on the map. Still don’t think it’d work well? I'm assuming you want to put that fence in that area to hunt it? I think the consensus is that you're going to bust deer getting in and out of there and may push them off your property.
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Post by batman on Aug 18, 2018 17:20:33 GMT -6
I have run miles of fence. 3 foot. 6 foot. 8 foot. Snow fence. Hinged fence. Woven with 2 strand steel or poly top. Electric.
Works awesome when you do it right.
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Post by kabic on Aug 18, 2018 19:07:43 GMT -6
I have run miles of fence. 3 foot. 6 foot. 8 foot. Snow fence. Hinged fence. Woven with 2 strand steel or poly top. Electric. Works awesome when you do it right. I assume the right way would be a big square or rectangle
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Post by mnfish on Aug 18, 2018 21:54:08 GMT -6
I have run miles of fence. 3 foot. 6 foot. 8 foot. Snow fence. Hinged fence. Woven with 2 strand steel or poly top. Electric. Works awesome when you do it right. I assume the right way would be a big square or rectangle Now that is gosh damn funny Kabic!!! Love it!!!!
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Post by batman on Aug 19, 2018 6:25:38 GMT -6
I have run miles of fence. 3 foot. 6 foot. 8 foot. Snow fence. Hinged fence. Woven with 2 strand steel or poly top. Electric. Works awesome when you do it right. I assume the right way would be a big square or rectangle Leave a 16 foot gap for the truck and trailer to move the crates through.
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Post by Tooln on Aug 19, 2018 14:13:42 GMT -6
An idea so good you could make a business out of it ...almost I still don't know who would buy this so they take snow fence, rename it, and its a deer hunting product? I wonder how many times more expensive it is than snow fence. But it's camo and got a picture of a big buck on the package. Also welcome.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 19, 2018 14:17:19 GMT -6
An idea so good you could make a business out of it ...almost I still don't know who would buy this so they take snow fence, r ename it, and its a deer hunting product? I wonder how many times more expensive it is than snow fence. They do it with everything else... corn, detergent, soap, clothing, utv's/golfcarts, etc.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 19, 2018 14:24:59 GMT -6
Here is a picture of the property. 113 acres in Pennsylvania. I do own the property. Roads are in orange, food plots in green, creek in blue, and proposed fence spots in white. Property is in the middle of a select cut logging to help thicken it up. The long food plot to the left is an old pipeline. Welcome to the site, I like the looks of your property. I'm with the others about hunting the center of your cover... it's hard to do long term without the deer patterning you. As far as fence goes; deer will take the easiest path within reason. They won't go a half mile to go around a fence but they will jump a low top wire or crawl under at a low spot nearest where their path is. Might be good to remember while doing this that mature bucks tend to like natural funnels but avoid pinch point and high doe traffic area's. If you set this up to funnel does you might create a good staging area for bucks a little ways off and downwind of it. Good luck in what you decide to do.
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Post by jbird on Aug 20, 2018 14:06:43 GMT -6
Steer deer to you with edges and paths of least resistance. You can use hinging and brush piles to move them one way or the other, but you want to guide them....not corral them. I do this to force them out of areas I don't want them in. Most folks will use them to block a specific trail that is just beyond shooting range, or to keep the deer from using cover to get past you and the like. Also keep in mind this creates 2 edges.....so you have to be careful to ensure they use the one you want. Sometimes even edges of just a different type of cover or even a difference in density of cover can/will create an edge as well.
Just this weekend I mowed a 5 to 6 foot wide path between my woods and my buffer to encourage the deer to use that path vs the path that is between the buffer and the corn field. Once the corn is gone the deer won't feel safe. The woods is pretty steep so they don;t like that either......however a nice path at the base that offers screening on both sides will get used..... I mowed this yesterday and I'll bet you money if I walk it this evening I find deer tracks on it already.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 20, 2018 15:16:35 GMT -6
Steer deer to you with edges and paths of least resistance. You can use hinging and brush piles to move them one way or the other, but you want to guide them....not corral them. I do this to force them out of areas I don't want them in. Most folks will use them to block a specific trail that is just beyond shooting range, or to keep the deer from using cover to get past you and the like. Also keep in mind this creates 2 edges.....so you have to be careful to ensure they use the one you want. Sometimes even edges of just a different type of cover or even a difference in density of cover can/will create an edge as well. Just this weekend I mowed a 5 to 6 foot wide path between my woods and my buffer to encourage the deer to use that path vs the path that is between the buffer and the corn field. Once the corn is gone the deer won't feel safe. The woods is pretty steep so they don;t like that either......however a nice path at the base that offers screening on both sides will get used..... I mowed this yesterday and I'll bet you money if I walk it this evening I find deer tracks on it already. All good advice. Some experts recommend mowed paths at 2 or 3 feet. I always went about two feet, but this year I got lazy and opened one trail up to 4 feet with the lawn mower.
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Post by jbird on Aug 20, 2018 15:42:07 GMT -6
Steer deer to you with edges and paths of least resistance. You can use hinging and brush piles to move them one way or the other, but you want to guide them....not corral them. I do this to force them out of areas I don't want them in. Most folks will use them to block a specific trail that is just beyond shooting range, or to keep the deer from using cover to get past you and the like. Also keep in mind this creates 2 edges.....so you have to be careful to ensure they use the one you want. Sometimes even edges of just a different type of cover or even a difference in density of cover can/will create an edge as well. Just this weekend I mowed a 5 to 6 foot wide path between my woods and my buffer to encourage the deer to use that path vs the path that is between the buffer and the corn field. Once the corn is gone the deer won't feel safe. The woods is pretty steep so they don;t like that either......however a nice path at the base that offers screening on both sides will get used..... I mowed this yesterday and I'll bet you money if I walk it this evening I find deer tracks on it already. All good advice. Some experts recommend mowed paths at 2 or 3 feet. I always went about two feet, but this year I got lazy and opened one trail up to 4 feet with the lawn mower. I think the rotary mower on my tractor is 5 feet...it might be 6. Either way I am WAY TOO lazy to use a push mower in my situation. The grasses and weeds are 4 to 6 feet high and lots of limbs and stuff......my tractor and rotary mower did the trick pretty well. I always tell myself I'm going to spray and plant in clover for a firebreak, but never seem to get that part done, just always seems to be other things to do. I have seen others us a simple push mower at a whole 18 to 24 inches wide and get good results as well. But this "trail" was also almost 1/4 mile long in my case as well.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 20, 2018 19:28:33 GMT -6
All good advice. Some experts recommend mowed paths at 2 or 3 feet. I always went about two feet, but this year I got lazy and opened one trail up to 4 feet with the lawn mower. I think the rotary mower on my tractor is 5 feet...it might be 6. Either way I am WAY TOO lazy to use a push mower in my situation. The grasses and weeds are 4 to 6 feet high and lots of limbs and stuff......my tractor and rotary mower did the trick pretty well. I always tell myself I'm going to spray and plant in clover for a firebreak, but never seem to get that part done, just always seems to be other things to do. I have seen others us a simple push mower at a whole 18 to 24 inches wide and get good results as well. But this "trail" was also almost 1/4 mile long in my case as well. I did about 1/2 mile with a push mower. If you have concerns about trespass and 4 wheelers running the deer trails, make them 2 feet wide and no more.
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Post by batman on Aug 21, 2018 7:10:44 GMT -6
I think the rotary mower on my tractor is 5 feet...it might be 6. Either way I am WAY TOO lazy to use a push mower in my situation. The grasses and weeds are 4 to 6 feet high and lots of limbs and stuff......my tractor and rotary mower did the trick pretty well. I always tell myself I'm going to spray and plant in clover for a firebreak, but never seem to get that part done, just always seems to be other things to do. I have seen others us a simple push mower at a whole 18 to 24 inches wide and get good results as well. But this "trail" was also almost 1/4 mile long in my case as well. I did about 1/2 mile with a push mower. If you have concerns about trespass and 4 wheelers running the deer trails, make them 2 feet wide and no more. If you roll enough gypsum you will need a wider lawn mower.
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Post by jbird on Aug 21, 2018 7:12:42 GMT -6
I think the rotary mower on my tractor is 5 feet...it might be 6. Either way I am WAY TOO lazy to use a push mower in my situation. The grasses and weeds are 4 to 6 feet high and lots of limbs and stuff......my tractor and rotary mower did the trick pretty well. I always tell myself I'm going to spray and plant in clover for a firebreak, but never seem to get that part done, just always seems to be other things to do. I have seen others us a simple push mower at a whole 18 to 24 inches wide and get good results as well. But this "trail" was also almost 1/4 mile long in my case as well. I did about 1/2 mile with a push mower. If you have concerns about trespass and 4 wheelers running the deer trails, make them 2 feet wide and no more. My "path" is inside my property and not connected to any perimeter trails so I don't have any issues at this time. I also have chased off enough trespassers that most of the neighbors know I take that pretty seriously. I'll address with other means if it becomes an issue....tires are easy to defeat! I fully agree with you in a narrow path would limit that especially in a more wooded/woody regrowth type of area......I don't even own a push mower! I could see it being useful if I made it a more manicured path/winding narrow plot as well.
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