The configuration is only 6 feet wide and 24 inches off the ground but the three dimensional effect has proven successful at keeping deer out of cowpea stands.
Electric fence to keep deer out of food plot.
The tape is far more visible to the deer than a wire and it helps prevent the deer from crashing into your fence.
Heavy browse pressure can cause poor plot production or even failure.
Food plot fence chart.
At our research facility in nacogdoches texas we planted iron and clay cowpeas in april within electric fences.
The three dimensional configuration keeps all species including deer out of the plot until it is ready for harvest.
Osmun conducted some great experiments.
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Will a gallagher food plot protector fence keep raccoons out of sweet corn.
By fencing deer out of the warm season plots we then can make better use of native forages while banking our food plot for the late summer and early fall.
The system can easily be de activated to allow deer to feed.
An inegral part of any electric fence is the grounding system.
The directions called for 3 rods but we use 2 and they worked just fine.
By removing the outside fence and changing the wire configuration of the inside fence you will allow deer into the plot while keeping wild hogs and livestock out of the plot.
Additional t posts may be needed every 100 feet on bigger food plots.
Our food plot fence is a two stage multi wire fence that creates a depth perception problem for deer.
We sunk the grounding rods in 5 feet into the ground.
Place white if possible electric fence posts every 25 feet between the t posts.