[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 feet?

[mlw332]

i have seen them clear a 5 strand barb wire fence down here. i would say 10ft might be tall enough. but if it wants out its gonna get out.

[koja48]

I'd guess 10 or 12 feet (to be sure, ask Jimmy Houston . . . ).

[skinewmexico]

Looks to me like most of the guys in Texas use 8'.

[EHCRain10]

one of the best ways to prevent deer from jumping a fence is to have double fences seperated by 10-15 feet, they have such a hard time judging the two obstacles that they wont jump either

i think 8-10 would work for a single fence

[eliphalet]

Most of the fence I see to keep deer and elk out of hay sheds is about 8 feet.

Doesn't "Jimmy" drug em too?

[MCgunner]

There are 8 ft game fences all along the highway on both sides on the road down to my place. These are big ranches and the fence is there for exotics, not the whitetail, but they keep all the game in....well....except that I saw a dead gator that apparently swam under one section in a slough. Don't know how he got killed, probably some local redneck shot him from the road.

It's pretty fun game watching on the way to my place. Seen plenty of whitetail and hogs, but funny thing, even though I know there are lots of axis on the Powderhorn Ranch, I've only seen one in 20 years from the road. Not sure if they're just car shy or what?

[Titan6]

I would say over ten if you want to try to keep the big ones from moving. They eat the peaches off my trees up to 12' feet up.

[472x1A/B]

My neighbor raises Sitka deer. He has no problem keeping his deer in, but he doesn't want the whitetales getting in with his Sitkas. His keep out fences are 14 feet high. He must of had custon hedge post cut for this fence, never seen any as tall as these.

[W.E.G.]

Rednecks don't shoot gators.

We grapples 'em. :neener:

[rxraptor02]

I have seen some tree farms around Indiana with 10~12 foot fence, my guess it would be for the deer.

[MCgunner]

(to be sure, ask Jimmy Houston . . . ).

LOL That's pretty funny right there....:D

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

or Gerald Rainey, or one of the Montgomery Gentry boys, though I don't think Gerald drugs his ranch game, in fairness.

I'd guess 7.5-8 feet minimum, for the full grown deer. But, if terrain features are such that a slope near the fence will give them some help/momentum, then 9-10 feet to be sure.

[GunTech]

The fence should be opaque, and tall enough a deer can't see over it. They don't like to jump over fences if they can't see what's on the other side.

[moooose102]

8" minimum!

[Triple S]

8' feet will stop MOST deer, but 10 is far more effective. When pressured, I have seen mature whitetails clear an 8' foot fence pretty easily. However, most deer will not voluntarily jump it. Typically, they have to be pushed, startled, or driven over it. Amazingly though, I have seen an Axis clear a 10 foot wall though. It was not pretty, but it jumped, got hung on the top then slid over. This was all standing and jumping "flat footed" (or flat hooved!). Any way, back to the point an 8' foot fence should do the trick. An easy way to get a away with "stretching" the 8' foot fence is to add 2-3 strands of barbwire. It will stop them.

[testar77]

I would say 8 would be minimum, even though I have watched a Blacktail doe jump over an 8ft chain link fence. She rubbed a little, but she got over it.

[Rottweiler]

Guntech's right, they don't like jumping into more trouble than they are jumping out of

[Gaiudo]

We strunk high tensile wire around the ranch in Nebraska to deal with the deer. nine foot tall, a strand every six inches. It does the trick, though we've STILL found a couple deer trapped inside.

[islandphish]

8' probably is not enough.

Don't know if you guys are familiar with KNPV dog training but a basic requirement is for a dog, usually a Belgian or Dutch Shepherd, to jump over an 8' wall and continue his attack on the other side.

The dogs clear it no problem.

Whitetails can jump better than dogs.

So, no first hand knowledge but it sure seems reasonable...

[astocks2622]

we have trouble with deer at a local airport and it has 8' fence with just shy of 2' of strand barbed wire on it... the deer jump right over it, though we did find one with a broken neck and a leg caught in the barbed wire, so I'd say 12' minimum.

[3pairs12]

8 feet