Fixing Fence

[kcfarms]

I am relatively new to the deer farm idea but my neighbor is not. He has been doing it about 10 years. I am actually going to take over his deer and build them a new pen. What do you do around the bottoms of the pen to keep the fence down.

We just spent half a day fixing the bottom of his and I figure there has to be a better way.

[TrueCountryWhitetails]

I can tell you what I do. I took rebar bent it to 1.5ft with hooks on the end, and hammered the bottoms into the ground every 5-8ft. It holds the bottom down very well where we are. I have heard of people taking a ditch witch and cutting the fence into the ground about 10". This is obviously a lot of work depending on how much fence you have. Just what we do, not the bible. Just our idea. Good luck on the new venture.

Damien
True Country Whitetails

[CurtisLloyd]

we have a 32" page wire laying on the ground, attached to the fence with hog rings, a little bit( 2-3 inches) of dirt on top of it keep the fence down and anything digging under the fence.

[rockingH]

you can also run a strand of 4 point barbed wire on the bottom and hog ring to the bottom wire of the fence .

[TRIGGER]

i used tension wire and hog ringed it to it. i have also used rebar if you are not on real sandy soil this works great.

[PaintedMeadowsBJs]

Barker Panel or cattle or hog panel.
You can cut them as long or short as you want or as high or low as you want. (use the spacing of the bars to your advantage)
I strip a few of the horizontal bars out and leave the vertical ones.
Cut where needed ...
Then pound them in the ground...
Then I hog ring them to the fence...
I also use hog panel through creeks and places where there is water erosion.I will get some pictures when we make it out of this snow storm.
The other thing you can do is use fence and bury the rest in the ground I have done that in some places.You can also use rail road ties drill and wire them.
Call me if you have any question...Or if you have know idea what the h*** I am talking about and I will try and help!
Best of luck

[kcfarms]

man you guys are great. I had thought about the rebar and the trenching but had never thought about laying the fence out on the ground and covering it. I have access to a skidsteer so would be relatively easy to do. I am in KY so the ground is heavy clay. I bet that will work out great.


thanks alot

[ANTLER VALLEY]

KC Farms...not sure where you are from (Kansas City area???) but if you lay your fence down and cover it, even 6"...if you are in MO, possibly most states, and you put some of the fence down on the dirt, you'd better be using something taller than 8' since 8' is the state requirement. Just food for thought.

[Arrowhead Whitetails]

On our new place we are putting 3 ft. prediator wire down along the breeder pens. Works great and will keep most animals from digging under. Good luck