Cheap, Fast, & Easy DIY Garden Deer Fence that WORKS
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- #84: We needed a quick, inexpensive, and effective solution to keep deer from getting in our garden and this T-post fence with 30# fishing line idea we found on another channel worked great. It kept whitetail deer out of our garden all summer. +AMDG
Credit to JEofWV for the fence idea in his video: • Video
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Awesome! This is exactly what we did and have had no problems! We don't have this implemented in our new garden yet though. When I was looking at deer fencing solutions 3 years ago, the guy at TSC is the one that told me not to spend a lot of money yet...try 30lbs fishing line. So we did and were happy! Our posts were even very far a part! - Mike
Mike, glad to hear that it worked well for someone else. In the original video, I still can't believe how many people said it didn't work, because it is working perfectly for us even weeks later. Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Hope you and yours are doing great!
I used invisible fence and it worked. Have to spray weekly or sooner and if it rains. I also used sprinklers with sensors that would spray the deer when they tripped it. Worked for a while. All three with this fence should work well
Have you ever had trouble with deer getting their antlers tangled?
I tried this at 4' and 2' approximately. Kept the deer out for a couple of days until they figured out how to climb through. Your spacings probably would have worked longer, but I feel like they still would have figured it out. I live in a suburban neighborhood and my deer are not spooked by anything, really. I've walked out to shout at one for eating my trees and it squared off with me and stamped its foot. Also had them walk by within feet of me when I was weeding in the garden. They just don't care 😂😣.
I know this video is 4 years ago and you probably already have better fencing, but for those who want to do this and want a door for the garden, use a cucumber trellis as the door. We had one that we no longer used, that was rectangle shape and we just zip tied one side like 'hinges' to one side of a post and attached a chain to the other side so we can 'lock' the fence. This type of fence worked for us for 3 years until we upgraded and got a roll of fence fabric off of Amazon to wrap around the parameter of the posts. Very affordable option for those who don't have the money or need a quick solution!!
Great solution and nice video. Thanks for putting this up. The degradation of Monofilament Fishing Line over time under sun would be an issue as it is not UV resistant. If the fence is going to stay for long term, consider using Fluorocarbon Fishing Line which is UV resistant.
Nice suggestion thank you!
This clever idea FAILED miserably to protect my one apple sapling.
I enclosed an apple sapling with 6.5-foot tall fencing, close enough that deer cannot jump over (they'd bee in effect jumping into a "well" of fencing) but far enough away that they could not reach in without stepping inside the enclosure.
Turned out, my one lone deer (left behind the migration to higher forests and meadows), being very desperate (eating all kinds of natural but very undesirable vegetation elsewhere), managed to step partially through my enclosure so it could place forefeet on the ground and ease it's head through and then reach up 5+ feet to get at every last leaf!
In the morning, the fencing was in tact, undamaged and a mystery. The apple, utterly stripped. I got the culprit on video (2AM).
My problem was I had a plastic chicken wire type fencing around the tree from 2 feet up to 5 feet (works great but did not have enough) and the fishing lines, at 6-8 inch intervals, below and above the impenetrable fencing. The deer first drank up all the water I'd left for birds and my 2 rabbits and then wormed its way into the enclosure (barely) and then eased up to the top of the tree, and stripped it and then eased out, leaving a mystery had I not seen the video. Took it all of 2 minutes to destroy my tree.
The fishing line kept the animal from totally entering the enclosure but still allowed partial entry and devastation. This is the third attempt at enclosing this plant! I think it may not recover again this year if ever. I may now be about killed.
Anybody need venison? I'm ready to kill this damned creature. Alas, hunting season is still 2 months away.
Stinking deer. Rock salt in a shotgun works great! It won’t mortally wound it and the salt will go on stinging for a while. The deer in our area (and coyote and black bear) learn quickly from it!
This makes so much sense.
I've been sweating over the cost of other fencing but this I can afford !
Plant some strawberries and you will find that deer can jump 8 ft or more from a standing start. Our deer, at least, really like those strawberries!
It's not a matter of how high the deer can physically jump. The point is that they are hesitant to jump something that they cannot see.
Ever have any issues with birds getting caught in the line? We always were bummed with how much the black fences caught dragonflies and small birds
I would like to try this. Could you explain the Y shape gate idea in more detail?
we also use monofilament fishing line over the open area of our fenced area for our chickens and ducks. String it back and forth in an irregular pattern to prevent hawks from diving into the area. It doesn't even have to be closely strung, just irregular. The gaps on ours are about 6 feet apart. It is essentially invisible to people, but ariel predators can see it. The monofilment fishing line also keeps deer out of our garden area.
Thank you for taking the time to explain. It is working great for the 20 fruit trees I just planted. The deer ate two branches before I had a chance to put the fishing ring up. working great!! Thank you!! Take care!!
You're welcome and thank YOU for taking the time to comment. We really can't take credit for the idea, but I'm glad it helped protect your fruit trees! God bless!
should have put a camera to watch their reactions, I bet it was funny
We have an electric fence that stand 6'3" and the deer jump it ALL THE TIME.
Should be 8 feet
I've got a 6 foot high fence. They still jumped it. Adding 2 feet to it this year. Lol
We had a 12 foot fence they jumped. We took it to 18 feet and we saw them jump it like nothing.
Lolololol xDDD
Did it work? Did u try adding a line 2 feet in front of the wire fence 2 ft off the ground? That makes the fence 3d and it confused them for me with no issues
That's a good idea. Kind of got me to thinking if it might work for our chickens that free range. Never at all did I think about fishing line. 1" apart would take some time but man, that's be cheap! Thanks for this! Much appreciated!
What a great solution for the price...WELL DONE.. Look at that Garden..NICE.
Mark, the garden is looking amazing, and it is do entirely to your suggestion about the raised beds IN the Back to Eden garden (wood chips). We would have been waiting for them to decompose and not planted this year. Everything is taking off. We've harvested pounds of sugar snaps, radishes, beets, lettuce, etc, and the tomato plants are exploding - setting lots of tomatoes already. Again, thank you for all your help and advice. Oh, and the sunflowers are really coming along!
I did this around my blueberry bushes and so far so good. No more nibbled foliage.
Thanks for adding this comment. Really do think it is a quick, easy, and effective solution to the problem.
I tried it last year and it didn’t work! Had it 1’ apart, they put their head through then jump in
I put up a fence very similar…we have a second post on a 45 degree angle with fishing line tied to it as well. We’ve enjoyed great success thus far. I’m certain there are some deer walking about with wire cutters but they haven’t shown up yet. Great video…this fishing line fence works and its cheap.
Hi, I’m currently trying to fence my garden. Can you explain the second post at the 45degree angle. Thanks
The manufacturers know how to formulate steel so it will last a long time. But choose to make cheap steel so it will fail. Good to here. The T Post manufacturers still make their post out of Good Steel.
how many animals have gotten hung up on this? that is my concern.
I’m hoping to tackle the bunnies and the deer by putting a very short (visible) fence (I’ll probably buy something from Home Depot), for the bunnies plus do what you did for the deer. What do you think about that? Might look silly, but I’m hoping it’ll keep bunnies and deer out 😅
How did things work out for the bunnies? I believe this method will work for the deer but I also have the smaller thieves who want to take my plants instead of growing their own. Rabbits, possums, squirrels and raccoons. Thanks and Jesus bless.
We did this about 6 ft level, above black plastic mesh fencing on the top of a wood fence with rebar pounded in the post to take it to about 6-7 ft tall. The deer only came in during the rutting season when there were 6 of them together. They jumped back out pretty quickly. We made repairs and they didn't come back. Our regular deer population (they come by our back lot 2 times a day) stay out. Fishing line, who would have thought! Also, neighbors can't see the black plastic mesh netting so HOA doesn't get after us.
It seems like a good idea...so I tried it according to your recommendations and measurements. So for about 2 months it worked the deer left my garden alone. Well I must have the smartest deer in Georgia because they figured it out. I watched them approach the fence and and simply step right thru. Guess I will have to revert to solar powered electric fence.
We have an electric fence around our garden and it stands at 6'3"... the deer have just started jumping over it to eat our corn. Fucking things, grrrr.
Great info... Use barbless wire instead of fishing line?
so on reading the comments below it seems that in some locations or times of year the deer get through fishing line... I just called tractor supply: they have barbless wire, 12.5 guage @1320 feet for $72.99, and 10' T posts for $10.99 each. If you have a 20 x 40' garden, that is 120 lineal feet. If you use 10' Tposts 1' in ground, you have 9' or 108" above ground. If you wrap every 4" with wire, that is 27 rows (108'/4'= 27 rows of wire); 27rows x 120' lineal ft = 3240', so you would need 3 bundles of wire at $219 total, and about 7 or 8 T Posts at around $100: overall cost would be about $350 with post hammer. I may give that a try as we have lots of deer... thank you commenters for your feedback, as that gave me this idea.
Definitely a better and relatively inexpensive long term solution. Also, easy to electrify if you're not opposed to such things.
Hello, checking to see how this ended up working for you? Thanks!
@@nycooper3802 it kept deer out, but not rabbits, gohpers, squirrels, who knows what else....
Update on your review after a full season?
Great idea, thinking about this in my garden.
Thanks!
Did the same thing, but with electric fence instead, 8 runs a foot apart. The deer went right through it, barely slowed then down. Tenax black plastic fencing is easy and actually works.
I tried this and the deer just chews through the fishing line. :\ My deer can apparently see it just fine.
Bummer. Guess your deer are hungrier than ours!
@@StIsidoresFarm Yeah, I notice our deer also got very hungry last year and ate stuff they "hate" like lilac bushes.
Thank you for sharing this.We're going to try it. The price is right!
In our local area there is a gardener who put orange flagging tape on their fence to be sure it could be seen in low light. The same kind tree companies use to mark trees. It's very light and blows in the wind.
What if some persistent deer takes a jump anyway and gets all tangled up in the fishing line.
Shoot
I did this to keep hawks out of my chicken run. I strung it along top of run from post to post. Works wonderfully as long as you make sure there’s no gap 3-4 ft wide.
Awesome! Simple yet effective. Great tip!
That's what I had in mind to do I don't see why it wouldn't work and what deer would try jumping over something they can can't see
Thank you for this video! We have feral deer in Australia, introduced in the 1800s just add to the many wild animals we already have to contend with :) haha. I have been trying to figure out a cheap way to protect my veggie patch from our marauding deer. Thank you for explaining your system and allaying all my fears! :)
30 lb. mono worked for a while. But the blackeye peas were too tempting. By October, they were simply "busting" through the mono line twice a week. I put up a camera and unfortunately watched them regularly.
Why is it important that the deer not be able to see the line??
Do you think this is a better solution than using chicken wire? I know the chicken wire will be somewhat more expensive, but I'm wondering if it will work better so the trade-off will be worth it.
Oh, also.... I can't imagine this successfully keeps rabbits out??
I think I’ll extend my t posts with cheap pvc pipe and use my 60 lb mono fishing line I’m not gonna spend a fortune on fencing
Thanks for the awesome tip. I WILL be doing this around my corn field!
Hope it works as well for you as it has for us!
My neighbor is feeding the deer and they are eating my plants. However, I have the largest yard in the neighborhood which has become a deer highway over the decades. I'm thinking of stringing a fence across the middle of my hard to shutdown their path. My thought was stretched alum clothes line and invisible deer/bird netting (usually $40 for 14x75') strung over the line like shower curtains. When I want to cut my grass, I'll just slide the netting off to the side, With 14' wide netting, I can make that aluminum line over 12' high at the lowest sag point.
NOTE: I am thinking of just letting it hang off the line with the bottom just laying on the ground. It might be better if 2-3' of the netting lays on the ground rather than just reaching the ground.
I cannot imagine what is going to go through their little squirrel brains when they realize they can't browse through my yard!
I appreciate your honesty, talking about how it works for you but can't guarantee it will work for everyone. So many idiots making videos promising things that just aren't true.
Probably the difference between the white tail you have and the pacific black tail we have, but we got to watch our local deer go through the v style gate without issue at our neighbors house. They tried using the lines after there was a mishap (big buck inside garden got spooked and crashed through their 7 ft high welded steel fencing that it failed to jump snapping the 3 inch posts off at the ground across one entire side of the garden) we watched them carefully step through the lines. I think they used jute string though rather than monofilament.
Dude thank god. It’s not even Mother’s Day yet and the deer ravished my grape vines. It never occurred to me to use fishing line. Thank you thank you
I live on a pond and try this technique around my tomato garden and a pesky little chipmunk keep chewing the bottom line out I guess he didn't see the video
I fuckin SMASHED myself on top of the head with my fence-post driver last summer. Driving a tall fence-post in an awkward position on a hillside, arms going over my head and raised the driver a little too far. Coming back down I didn’t miss the fence-post entirely, (which can lead to hands/wrists hitting top of post), but the edge of the driver got caught so when I slammed down on it the bottom stayed stuck on top of the fence-post while the rest of the driver swung down to about horizontal until it hit the top of my head ...I was so oblivious I never even let up, just kept giving it 100% of my strength until SMASH!!
It was awesome.
Lessons to share are
-obviously be aware of not raising the driver too high
-be looking at the action to immediately see if the driver goes too high, and be ready to stop. (I was on a slope and looking down at my feet, balancing on unstable things while hammering blindly over my head…. it was kinda badass actually, until it wasn’t.)
-just generally being aware of what can happen, not pounding away with a false sense of security.
-there’s actually a video showing a guy doinking himself on the head, he suggests using a hardhat, and the video has lots of comments from guys who have had it happen, some with serious injuries, be safe!
Hope that helps someone.
(Fyi I haven’t done many fence-posts, and I am not any kind of a pro, just some dude. Obviously
And if anyone cares, I was fine afterwards. Paused for a few moments to make sure I was going to stay conscious, then finished pounding the post. Kinda impressed with how well my skull took it. Felt like a tough guy. A bit of blood to deal with, not much of a bump, and about a 3/4” cut that healed without stitches. Good times 😁)
I hired a guy to install field fencing. He did the same thing and gave himself a black eye.
When I built my garden fence, I installed 42" rabbit fence on 8' wood posts specifically so that I'd have room later on for a taller fence (money was tight at the time). I ran 3 strands of fishing line above the rabbit fence (spaced abt 8" apart) and it has worked perfectly for 3 seasons so far. I DO have to replace the line every other year as the sun does break it down eventually, though.
Thank you we planted some fruit trees and we have had deer eating there new branches so we are going to go around. Each tree 🌳 7 trees in total give it a try. I noticed you have a Missions shirt on very cool I have a ministry too on you tube been seeing miracles out on the streets where I’m from Port Angeles Wa anyway check us out and thanks for the Video
Deer pushed through the line. Then they climb through it then they bull dozens through it. Even plastic deer fence they just bull dkze it...
why is having the deer see the line first a bad thing? wouldn't that prevent them from trying to get through?
This may work in the summer but doesn't work in the winter when deer turn into eating machine zombies. They go right through multi strands of fishline and piled up brush. My trees were stripped this winter by deer even with fishline barriers.
some say green line some say clear some say ribbons other say no ribbons some say 2 feet some say 8inches very frustrating
Thanks for this! Do you have a Bitcoin Cash address for tips?
Ever see a deer run into wire? not a pretty sight.
40 bucks gwets you 7*100 foot plastic netting.
Thank you for the video. How do you keep rabbits out?
I can see this design hurting/damaging deer so not a fan of that as much as we want to keep deer out.
Doesn't work! Strung fishing line 7 ft high with 10 inch space between. They bust through, pull down the line with one leg and get in and they jump over it. The only way is steel wire fencing. Don't waste your money on fishing line!
Dont waste your time and money with fencing either ! Use a 22 long rifle........ subsonics or quiets. Shoot " NOT " to kill ! They will never come back ! 100% works !
How many feet apart are t-post
I've done this around my kitchen garden for the last three years, and it works great. My T posts are only 4 feet tall and I run just two strands, 20 and 40 inches high. It doesn't work for bunnies, but the deer steer clear of it.
For the burrowing critters and bunnies you can run chicken wire around the base of the fence. For 6' poles, I used the 2' wire with the 2" holes as it was cheaper. Affixed it with aluminum wire on a roll to the t-posts or zip ties. I put a foot against the 't' posts, a foot on the ground and buried part of it in dirt. That way when the deer step on it they also sense something weird under hoof and back off. Its a 100' x 30' garden. You can always get the 1' wire for your application.
I like JE's vids and yours too. I did this and it kept the deer out for sure, but not the woodchucks, rabbits, etc.
Yes, in another section of our garden, the fishing line kept out the deer, but the rabbits got in and ate all of our young bean plants. We're experimenting with some cheap alternatives to keep rabbits out around the bottom.
I’ve trapped many ground hogs with my live trap and relocated them . But I could never trap one of those wascally wabbit. They are too smart . I couldn’t understand how the bait would disappear and no wabbit until one day I watched a wabbit hop in the trap over the trigger plate , eat the bait and hop back over the trigger and back out. Then I got one on video cause my wife didn’t think they were that smart but I showed her the video and she believed. So I gave up on the rabbits. The first fence I put up was chicken wire and I saw a rabbit squeeze right through one of the holes. I put up a rabbit proof fence then they dug underneath it . I guess I’ll just have to plant enough for all of us
Why would you not want the deer to see the fence?
This fence is way too short to be effective in keeping deer out physically; it would seem that the object here is to not give the deer and inkling that what they are running to is something that they could easily jump over.
I'm wrapping apple trees with five foot fencing and then I'm going to go around the whole area with the fish line fence I'm glad it works for you hopefully it will for me
Use woodline trees as fence posts with ring screw anchors and fishing line.. You can fence in an acre sized lot with this concept and cost would be less than 10 rolls of fishing line and a bulk buy on screw hook anchors in the hundred count boxes..
What If the poor deer get tangled up? I suppose the fishing line will cut their legs or neck....
I git small critters so i don't think this will help
I've done this and it didn't work for me.
Great idea! Any information on the longevity of that kind of monofilament line?.. approximate..?
Ours has been up 2 years.
Thank you for the video! I want to try this on my garden. We live in the woods in the UP and have tons of deer. Have you tried this as a long term solution? Do the deer eventually figure out how to get through?
I use bamboo and tie bells to the top of the bamboo. They’re very flexible every time they touch the ring works perfect.
I'm sure Bambi is asking his dad... "when did they figure out force fields???" LOL
wonder how that will work against wild hogs
I will try to get a read through on all the comments...but possibly for a faster answer...what about rabbits? Anyone have a cheap way to keep rabbits and smaller thieves out of the garden?
This was a good, simple, short and to the point video. Thanks for taking the time to share and your results. Jesus bless.
Does this do anything at all to deter smaller animals like rabbits, etc, even if you have really close lines along the bottom? We live the woods with a large and active population of deer, but also rabbits, moles, turkey, fox, raccoon, etc.
Did I miss how you tied it to the post??
Food for thought. I need to keep deer out of a 3/4 acre area which is surrounded by large pines on one side, black willows on another. I don't want to fence directly up against these dense tree lines, but thinking that running fishing line through the trees might deter the deer from cutting through them into my orchard. Thanks:)
I have the same thought. It should work, and we can use the trees as t-posts.
This totally works! We like our little deer family, and we were looking for a solution that was environmentally-friendly, inexpensive and safe for small animals. We have a couple of cats, squirrels, possums, birds & lots of other wild animals on the property. I watched both vids yesterday (the original by JEofWV and yours), purchased the t-posts & 30-lb fishing line, and rigged up a quick temporary fence to keep them out last night. We sunk two 7-ft Tposts 24 feet apart (between our house and a 6-foot redwood fence). The ground is sloped, so we ran the bottom line about 12-inches off the ground (10 inches from the ground at the lowest point, 15 inches at the highest). Then, we strung the bottom 3 rows approx. 6 inches apart (as recommended in your video), with the top 3 rows about 12 inches apart. The finished height was 53 inches from the ground. This is a temporary fix, and today we will hang a new fence further out to include our citrus trees. The posts will be about 9 feet apart. Great solution! Thank you so much.
So happy to to hear this worked for you as well! Thanks for taking the time to share feedback and your results. Blessings to you and yours!
Is this still working for you for keeping the deer out? Would love to hear an update.
Have you had any trouble with animals getting tangled in it? I don't want to cause a new issue, but I really like this idea. Antlers tangling? Other animals?
This don’t work, our fat midwestern deer walk right through it, 30lb test, don’t waste your time
This did not work for me. I had 30 lb fishing line stretched tight every 8 inches from the ground up to 7 feet. The deer easily crawl right under it. Search RUclips for videos of deer crawling under fence; they are very nimble.
better to use 15lb line... less chance of deer seeing line.... what they push against and can not see, they will not jump. I have been using this for several years and it works great. Had three bucks bedding next to my garden and they never ate my vegs
I am going to try something like, but instead I am using bailing wire about a foot apart. It is a lot stronger and even cheaper than expensive fishing line. I am just trying to keep out deer, because we don't have many coons or possums around here and no ground hounds I know of.
Excellent.
I wonder if you still think this is a good fence and if there are any countermeasures or updates???
Thanks. How did you tie the fishing line?
I have tried this system repeatedly for the last few years. It simply has not worked. The deer maneuver through it, even at 12” or less apart. I have seen them on more than one occasion wiggle their bodies in between the lines. Also, the lines do break. I have used 30 lb and heavier line.
I have since switched to deer netting. It is almost like a screen door - barely noticeable. It seems to be working well.
Deer can jump over an 8 foot fence it's just a matter of how bad they want what's on the other side. They will also dig under a fence if at all possible.
Nice, use ghosts against the very aware psychology of deer. thank you
This absolutely does not work. I tried and they just pass right through it. Sooner or later they figure it out. Just do a real fence and save some time.
Why not chicken wire?
Great idea. Guess what? Your alwsys going to get the critics. I like the idea we in in the ccountry , deer country.
Since this is 6 years ago, do you still recommend this style of deer fence?
Excellent. Saves a lot of hassle and money. If it works, why go more elaborate and expensive?
How do you keep rabbits out Fromthe garden🤔
This kept deer out of our garden for a few months but now they manage to get it without even messing up the fishing line so they must be jumping right over it and jumping back out.
So far this has worked for me. Although I tried using 10' conduit. As posts, that has not worked well.
Will it keep out moose? Probably not strong enough or high enough.
How far apart did you space the fishing line?
very low volume. :(
We are using a pallet on two heavy duty hinges, connected to the corner post for a gate!
1:10 spool of 30# monofilament fishing line.... Not about deer.. How long do you think that like will last in the Florida Sun and Rain? Think it will last longer better than 18ga tarred nylon mason string? I see you looped, did you also tie?
If they see it it would not work
Phil Dunphy!!
Thanks for posting this great system. Happy Gardening 2021!
Spread human hair around on the outer edge of your property
Go to the barber shop
I've seen deer jump 16' fence like it wasn't there
Question: what about the risk of deer getting antlers stuck? I really want to try this, but I'm concerned about entrapping deer. Thoughts?
Any deer that would get antlers stuck in fishing line would more than easily be able to break free from the line.