Posted by Janet Tweedy on February 20, 2011, 11:13 am
How high does Muntjac fencing need to be? i have standard stock fencing
round the garden across hawthorn but the blinking things are coming in
from next door where the person who rents the house encourages them.
Just seen 3 busy helping themselves to whatever's left of winter crops
at the bottom of the garden. They seem to just hop over the four foot
stock fencing and through the hawthorn.
Gardens are about 200 foot long but they don't seem to cross any nearer
the house than about 50 foot from bottom.
Now I've lost the dogs and can't get any more until i have time to be in
for a puppy there's no longer a deterrent on four legs!
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by Gary Woods on February 20, 2011, 11:59 am
>How high does Muntjac fencing need to be?
American whitetail deer can jump a good 10ft/3 meters if they get a running
start. I think Muntjacs are smaller, but given suitable motivation...
Electric wires help, especially if occasionally baited with foil coated
with peanut butter. Depends on how much you want to make your garden look
like Staleg 16!
They're very fond of the Kale plants I overwinter to grow for seed the next
spring.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by Janet Tweedy on February 20, 2011, 7:02 pm
>They're very fond of the Kale plants I overwinter to grow for seed the next
>spring.
Hmm guess I won't be trying that any time soon then:)
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by Derek Turner on February 20, 2011, 12:01 pm
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:13:09 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:
>
> Gardens are about 200 foot long but they don't seem to cross any nearer
> the house than about 50 foot from bottom.
What is at the bottom of the garden? Is it a two-or-more-storey house?
If so you should get very reliable kills at that range with a rifle from
an upper window, provided your stalker can shoot down so that the ground
acts as a safe back-stop. Muntjac venison. Yummy! Ask at your local
gunsmith for a contact.
>
> Now I've lost the dogs and can't get any more until i have time to be in
> for a puppy there's no longer a deterrent on four legs!
Older rescue dog?
Posted by Janet Tweedy on February 20, 2011, 7:05 pm
>What is at the bottom of the garden? Is it a two-or-more-storey house?
No it's another garden 200 foot long.
>If so you should get very reliable kills at that range with a rifle from
>an upper window, provided your stalker can shoot down so that the ground
>acts as a safe back-stop. Muntjac venison. Yummy! Ask at your local
>gunsmith for a contact.
Never heard of people eating Muntjac but it's very tempting at the
moment. They are incredibly ugly things with big fangs very unlike the
prettier Roe or other deer.
They can't really get a run at the hedge and fence as the hawthorn is 9
foot high and quite Thick they seem to almost spring over the 4 foot
stock fencing into the midst of the thorns.
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net
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