Keeping Wildlife out of your fruit

[UBB]

A not so good picture but you can see the electric fence we have around the vines.

 

[grapeman]

UBB you might need to add a couple feet to that to exclude the deer. An alternative would be to come out a few feet from that fence with a single strand about 3 feet high. When they jump the first, the second is too close. They soon learn that and quit trying.

 

[UBB]

In three years not one deer track has been seen inside the fence so it must be doing the trick. It's an electrified 5 wire fence that's almost 6 feet tall. I have noticed raccoon and or skunk tracks though. Various live traps have captured some tresspassers.

 

[grapeman]

Height deer jump is a function of available feed. If there is plenty, they probably won't attempt it, but that doesn't mean they can't do it. Deer can easily jump 6 feet and sometimes 8 feet. I was just bringing this up because the poster wants to be able to exclude animals. If it is working for you, great! That is a great looking vineyard you have.

 

[Angelina]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. The two acres I have are flat land and 1/2 of it is wooded. Outside of the land perimeter is also wooded. There is also a possibility that in the future I could obtain more connecting land. That said I definitely have some planning and thinking do.