Deer fence

If you are just getting started in deer farming, why would you use "cheap or used" fence. It would seem to me that you would be better off doing it right with new material as opposed to having to piece together someone elses possible mistakes. This is my opinion and I hope you are not offended by it. I have been accused of stating my opinions blountly in the past and not being sensative to newbies.

I agree with Scott you will pay more in the long run...

I did Two things I regretted...

I bought locust posts From an Amish guy...

THERE IS TWO KINDS OF LOCUST WOOD!

I did not know this...One is not good...When a deer hits them they snap off at ground level.

The other thing is, watch the wire wasn't scooted around by bucks...They can move it like nothing, but putting it back in place is not so easy...I ended up redoing everything wire and posts ...and still need to do a few hard to reach posts that are in between pens.

In the beginning I had them as pets... it was harder to fix it than if I just did it right from the start...I didn't know better in the beginning.Saving $$$ cost me more!

Sounds as if you got some deer knowledge. and Common sense, used fence fine, My first was used chainlink, will outlast all us!!new always better,Good Luck.But thing is you gotta sell those deer.handful deer eat lot common sense and determanation get you. your dream.enjoy while can!! PS we All got diffrent Goals and opinionsonly MINE Ps, question was,do you know of any? DC

midwest, check your regulations but I think 20-96-6 is the minimum for deer

Saving money is a wonderful thing, but when you figure your time to take down the fence, roll it up in a usable way, then repair the dameged places and reinstall it, the time saved by simply unrolling a new roll may offset the extra cost. I have done it both ways and the "hassle factor" is my motivation for using new wire. It is just easier and unless you are erecting a mile or more of fence, worth my money to be stress free.

Scott has it correct. I have torn down, and built a couple hundred thousand feet of fence. There is only one way to go... and it is the hassel free "New Fence." There still is new fence out there to be had at a reasonable price, you just have to do your homework.

Hey guys if you did it right the first time where would the much needed experience come from, there are 100's of "the right layout" for a deer farm, I'm on my third one it works good for me and my deer, but for someone else it could be nothing but trouble, not so much because of the deer but the character of each person and the way they act and their personality they project when working their deer.

Just keep your eyes and ears open....lots of used fence will be coming on the market. I started over 20 years ago with deer and took down wire covered corn cribs for my fence wire as the opening were two inches by four inches and no fawns could get out or dogs in. That is a lot of staples to pull out but then I had them to use to put up my fence. I took my old Oliver tractor and pulled old telegraph poles from along the railroad tracks that passes my place for my pen poles. The deal was I had to pull them all as some were no good but skidded the good ones back home. Took out most of three miles of poles. Had to climb up and take down the cross arms and remove wire before pulling. The cross arms were used in building my building for the deer. My time is not worth anything and hard work builds the soul and mind. I dug all of my poles in by hand . I did all of this by myself and the pens are still there in good shape , just not new. You can do anything you put your mind to . I had four young kids to raise and no extra money at the time. You can have your dream just the way you want it ,just add time and muscle . Doing work by hand gives you plenty of time to consider your lay out and my do-it-yourself pens have had a top rated satisfaction rating with me. I will be taking some wire down from a near by deleted deer farm soon to make some divisions to my setup . Jim