I’d leave it open and hunt the entrance.
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Originally posted by steve morton View Post96 acres, 97% completed high fence now, not out of pocket, that's a no brainer.
I'd have all the kids and grandkids on doe and cull duty.
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Originally posted by Tbar View PostWhen I was looking at buying a high fence breeding operation I thought I was told I could not trap the kings deer(native). I could be wrong.
The regulations were endless on the breeding stock.
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Originally posted by Tbar View PostWhen I was looking at buying a high fence breeding operation I thought I was told I could not trap the kings deer(native). I could be wrong.
The regulations were endless on the breeding stock.
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No laws, you high fence them in their yours to the extent the states lets you hunt and manage. High fence materials per mile is around 20k on the cheap side. Labor about the same or a little less. If your in Rock it’s more. I would put the fence up and enjoy. Wouldn’t count on a small gap to provide much immigration of deer and gosh forbid you lose the few you have. I would be in the offense growing a confined herd and managing from there. Plus the bonus of adding a few exotics. Just my 2cents good luck.
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Originally posted by Tbar View Post
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Originally posted by Gumbo Man View PostI approve this message.
So I could probably finish the job for $50k ($20k fence, $20k labor and 3 gates). Or buy 5000 bags of corn (250,000 pounds). That’s 100 bags/year for 50 years. Maybe a large on-demand feeder at the entrance.
Maybe I’ll focus on low fence exotics.
Will also read up on DMP, even though it doesn’t directly address the issue here.
Thanks for advice.
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Originally posted by 60 Deluxe View PostThose high fences can bite you in the rear. My neighbor across the road, whom is a good friend, put up about four miles of high fence with a four-foot barrier mat laid on the ground and staked down to keep coyotes out. This was done with the intention of raising sheep and goats, not anything to do with hunting. The dummy had a nice stand of wheat last fall. Mine failed and the neighbor to the east of me also lost his wheat. All of the deer migrated to the high fence ranch because of the easy food source. He finished hanging the gates about the time that nearly every deer in a couple mile radius was camped out on his place. This summer, the drought got really bad. He doesn't have anything for the livestock to eat, so they are mostly gone. He is having to feed the deer to keep them alive. I tease him often about his stupidity. A couple of months ago he offered to get several guys together on four wheelers late in the evening to push several dozen deer out and on to my place. I declined the offer. At the time, the only thing actually growing on my place was prickly pear and mesquite. There wasn't anything for the deer to eat. We got a little rain in October, so I went ahead and planted wheat. It's amazing how well it grows with a highly reduced deer population.
High fence for sheep and goats???? And then he just happens to finish the fence once he sucked all of the neighboring deer in?
Now he wants to let some out ONLY because they are eating him out of house and home.. LOL
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