Height of hog panels around a feeder?

[sdfrench]

We are on a new lease this year. Several feeder pens have existing hog panels around them. We moved the hog panels off one location to another that had 3 strands of barb wire. It seems that the hog panels are pretty tall. What is a good height for the hog panels so that the deer and fawns can jump over yet keep the hogs out?

I was thinking maybe 34 inches with some sections lower to allow the fawns to jump in.

Thoughts?

[EastTexun]

I have used the standard hog panel, not cattle panels, from feed store/TSC etc. They are the ones that have small gaps at the bottom and get larger the further from the ground you go. Google told me the standard is 34, and that has worked well for me for a long time.

[BolilloLoco]

34” is ideal height.
You can’t let fawns in. Hogs/Javelina will likely get in if fawns can.

[SaltwaterSlick]

IF you're feeding cottonseed/protein and have cattle, I HIGHLY recommend you use the standard 34" hog panels, make your pens square and stretch 1 or 2 strands of barbed wire on top of the panels and make it TIGHT!! We fought cattle during dry years as they'd push through our round pens and destroy them no matter how tall, how many t-posts or how much barbed wire we used... Problem is (and this is especially true in South Texas brush country), cattle are used to pushing themselves through brush and scratchy/sticky stuff all the time... When they come up to a round pen and push on it, no matter how you put it up, it gives inward to their pressure so they think it's just "brush" and push right on through. Unless you rig up a deadman at each t-post you cannot make a round pen that does not give in to outward pushing from cattle. Make your pens square with H-braces being ideal, but at the very minimum, put in a good corner post and rig a deadman at each corner so you can get the barbed wire on top TIGHT. Do this, and you won't have cattle problems.

[AntlerCollector]

You may be calling cattle panels “hog panels”. If you have cattle panels then cut them down to 34.” Hog panels are already the correct hight. Don’t worry about the fawns. There’s no way to allow fawns and while keeping pigs out. When fawns don’t need there mommas milk anymore they will be big enough to jump in.

[bowaddict40]

Mine are about 30" and the fawns start jumping in about deer killing time. Never had a hog jump in.

[DirtyDave]

Hog panels are 34".... go with that.
Don't worry about Fawns, they will be fine... They don't need 2 momma's LOL

[jt400]

We are on a new lease this year. Several feeder pens have existing hog panels around them. We moved the hog panels off one location to another that had 3 strands of barb wire. It seems that the hog panels are pretty tall. What is a good height for the hog panels so that the deer and fawns can jump over yet keep the hogs out?

I was thinking maybe 34 inches with some sections lower to allow the fawns to jump in.

Thoughts?

Do you have livestock as well or are you JUST trying to keep hogs out?

[Smart]

Some reading for you...

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=866253&highlight=cattle+panel

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=859374&highlight=cattle+panel

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=826740&highlight=cattle+panel

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=650125&highlight=cattle+panel

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=620408&highlight=cattle+panel

[sdfrench]

Do you have livestock as well or are you JUST trying to keep hogs out?

Just keep hogs out. No livestock.

[sdfrench]

Looks like I have some trimming to do. I think they are 48 inch cattle panels with some sections having the top two rows cut off already. But, that would still be 40 inches high not 34 inches high.

[Burnadell]

I’ve never had issues with deer not being able to jump cattle panels. Never.

[Smart]

Looks like I have some trimming to do. I think they are 48 inch cattle panels with some sections having the top two rows cut off already. But, that would still be 40 inches high not 34 inches high.

If they are already cut, place the shorter areas where you want them to jump in the pen. It helps on those days deer are a little spooky and they jump in broadside and in range ready to shoot. If you read the others threads I linked above, I mentioned my deer use the two low sections like doors in a house. They only jump the full sized panels if spooked by a feeder or shot. I have them walk up to the backside of thepen al the time and then turn left or right and head to the low section.