Topband: Beverage supports - Thinking of Deer...

[Darl Deeds]

For what its worth, I take steel fence posts and pound them into the ground 
about 12 -18 inches. I then take 2" pvc pipe and just slide over the top of 
them. The pvc pipe is ten feet long with a slice in the top for the beverage 
wire. The wires always stay in the slice and at ten feet the deer have never 
taken one down. Its easy in the spring to take them down so the fields can 
be farmed. I also have a twin wire one and just glued a T on top with a 
couple six inch stubs with slots cut in the ends. I have them spaced about 
every 75 feet, your spacing could be what works best for the wire sag. The 
posts can be bought at 5 or 6 or 7 foot lengths for whatever depth you want 
to make sure they are solidly in the ground

Darl  NA8W

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From: "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:37 PM
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: Beverage supports - Thinking of Deer...

> I was looking at using PVC & thinking of getting
> 1/2" or 3/4" PVC and spreading them out every 40
> feet or so.
>
> I ventured out today to where these are going to be
> laid out in a NW & NE direction & mostly there's the
> 10' tall Phragmites, those marsh reeds that look
> like they have a bushy squirrel tail on the ends.
> But there's some open areas the wire will be
> traveling through as well as some small ponds it
> will be going over and it's definitely a great place
> for deer. I see the signs of rutting & quite a few
> trails in the marsh with both deer & coyote tracks
> in abundance in the snow & ice.
>
> I'm sure the deer are being chased by coyotes & will
> be capable of jumping into my wire no matter how
> high I put it. I know any support I'll be putting
> out will be down in a moment if a buck decides to
> "debark" it with his antlers.
>
> That said, where deer are present, what's a
> realistic "good height" to put the beverage supports
> at?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary
> KA1J
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