I've built untold miles of fence on farms and as right-of-way markers on Interstate highways. Most of the fence was low enough for deer to easily jump over. However, this article reminded me of one spot in southern WV where a deer wandered into the construction storage area. He looked around until something spooked him and then he began trying to get out. I don't know how many times he jumped into and bounced off the fence, it was almost as if he couldn't see the wire, but he eventually found the gate and ran away down the dirt road leading up to the storage space for fencing supplies and huge machinery used to build the Interstate highways.
Richard, it would be interesting to see what effect fences have on animals in the eastern part of the U.S., such as West Virginia. As I said in the beginning of this post, I remember seeing deer jump over fences as easy as one, two, three in West Virginia. I didn't include it here, but fences also save animals, like the fences they put up along interstates. I've heard that there is at least one deer killed every day along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Better fencing could probably help that situation. Thanks for your contribution!
Along some highways, we had to build eight-foot-high-fences with chain link fence and the deer still jumped or probably climbed over them. The deer population in WV is huge. Sometimes they have extra-long seasons or seasons with different weapons in hopes of lowering the population.
I hate to see crushed animals along the highway. Many times fawns will be playing along the highway as the does watch, but there isn't much you can tell a kid to keep them from getting into trouble.
I've built untold miles of fence on farms and as right-of-way markers on Interstate highways. Most of the fence was low enough for deer to easily jump over. However, this article reminded me of one spot in southern WV where a deer wandered into the construction storage area. He looked around until something spooked him and then he began trying to get out. I don't know how many times he jumped into and bounced off the fence, it was almost as if he couldn't see the wire, but he eventually found the gate and ran away down the dirt road leading up to the storage space for fencing supplies and huge machinery used to build the Interstate highways.
Richard Godfrey
Richard, it would be interesting to see what effect fences have on animals in the eastern part of the U.S., such as West Virginia. As I said in the beginning of this post, I remember seeing deer jump over fences as easy as one, two, three in West Virginia. I didn't include it here, but fences also save animals, like the fences they put up along interstates. I've heard that there is at least one deer killed every day along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Better fencing could probably help that situation. Thanks for your contribution!
Along some highways, we had to build eight-foot-high-fences with chain link fence and the deer still jumped or probably climbed over them. The deer population in WV is huge. Sometimes they have extra-long seasons or seasons with different weapons in hopes of lowering the population.
I hate to see crushed animals along the highway. Many times fawns will be playing along the highway as the does watch, but there isn't much you can tell a kid to keep them from getting into trouble.