Fence to keep deer out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need a 8' metal deer fence. My neighbor installed one, and honestly it's practically invisible.

P.S. We live in MoCo. A spiteful neighbor complained but she appealed and got a waiver to the 6.5' rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are not allowed to have an 8' fence. I'm wondering if anyone with a 6" metal fence has found that it keeps the deer out.

A 6' fence is not going to keep deer out. They would not even hesitate.

[Anonymous]

My kid's friend has a 6 ft fence. A deer jumped, got their back foot caught in it, and was hanging head first off the fence. The family called animal control, and before it could get to their house, ***the deer tore its own leg off and ran away***. I saw the photo of the leg: it was the whole leg. I don't know how long that poor deer survived.

Get the waiver or put up the 8 footer and dare anyone to complain.

[Anonymous]

If the deer can see to the other side they’ll jump in. I’d get a solid fence. Another option is to plant tall shrubs thickly along the fence line but that will take 2-3 years to fill in enough. Don’t get a metal fence with spikes on top…neighbor had a young deer get stuck and impaled on it…very sad and distressing for all.

[Anonymous]

Our fence is 6 feet but wooden (so opaque) and deer do not try to jump it. We have occasionally had a deer wander into the backyard when one of the kids has left the gate open and they don’t even try to jump the fence to get out of the yard.

[Anonymous]

We've got a fence, and it didn't keep deer out for anything. Our previous dog was apparently not a threat either. Then we got our current dog, a lab that loves to run the fence line and bark at the deer, and even though she's not out more than 4-5 times a day, her smell and the possibility that she may come out is enough to keep them out. Before our current dog though, we noticed the deer wouldn't jump the fence where they are unsure of the landing--we have raised garden beds along the one sunny stretch of the yard, and they never came in/out in that area, only the areas where they could see the landing area well. So a regular fence plus irregular looking terrain spaced a bit from the fence is a big deterrent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's friend has a 6 ft fence. A deer jumped, got their back foot caught in it, and was hanging head first off the fence. The family called animal control, and before it could get to their house, ***the deer tore its own leg off and ran away***. I saw the photo of the leg: it was the whole leg. I don't know how long that poor deer survived.

Get the waiver or put up the 8 footer and dare anyone to complain.

+1

Something similar happened to a neighbor. It's horrible.