[Apple-Crop] Deer Damage

[Hugh Thomas]

Kurt,
The same applies here. I forgot and left the gate open one night, closed it
the next morning when I left and locked a big Mule Deer buck inside. He got
his rack hooked under a lower wire, ran like crazy and broke off 46 trees
at the graft union. I had to chase him on a 4 wheeler and drive him out.
Everyone around here fights the deer problem, but our 8 ft. fence is 100%.
It is a super cheap investment.

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kurt W. Alstede <kurt at alstedefarms.com>
wrote:

> Hello  Fellow  Growers,
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> We maintain over 10 linear miles of 8 foot high woven wire fence with two
> additional strands of high tensile above to give us 9 feet total.  It is
> the best investment we have ever made in our farming operation.  Perhaps
> equally important to our irrigation.  You will never fully appreciate how
> much crop you are losing each year until you fully exclude the deer from
> your fields and orchards.  Naturally we still back up any intrusion by
> providing the deer  with lead pills.
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> We tried all of the repellents, then had electric, but nothing works like
> the woven wire fences.
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> Best,
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> Kurt
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> *Kurt W. Alstede*
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> General Manager,
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> Alstede Farms, LLC
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> P.O. Box 278
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> 1 Alstede Farms Lane,
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> Chester, New Jersey 07930
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> United States of America
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> Tel:  908-879-7189
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> Fax: 908-879-7815
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> www.alstedefarms.com
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> *From:* apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-bounces at virtualorchard.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Hugh Thomas
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 18, 2016 10:49 AM
> *To:* Apple-Crop discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Apple-Crop] Deer Damage
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>
> I tried everything I could find out here in Montana - the commericial
> products, bars of soap, sprayed-on soap and somethings I forgot. I found
> the solution with an eight-foot hi tensile wire fence around our property.
> The MSU research station near us has an eight foot electric fence, and the
> mule deer get on their sides and squirm under the lower wire.
>
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> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Pat Curran <pat at curransorchard.com>
> wrote:
>
> A few years ago I experienced a significant amount of deer damage on new
> plantings & requested a depravation permit from the Illinois DNR.  They
> suggested a product called Plant Skid, & said it had worked well  in other
> locations.  I did so, and it definitely helped the situation.  It also
> works well on vegetable plots when sprayed around the perimeter.  The
> drawback is that it must be resprayed after rain washes it off.
>
> Having said that, I concur with others on this list. . . the best
> deterrent is lead.
>
>
> Pat Curran
> Currans Orchard
> 6385 Kilburn Avenue
> Rockford, Illinois 61101
> 815-963-7848
> pat at curransorchard.com
> www.curransorchard.com
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