Topband: How tall Beverage poles, etc

[Mike Bragassa]

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 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.
> 

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At our place in Wyoming, the cows would rub on whatever was up for Beverage sticks. WE put an old tire around each pole (= lots of tires, yes!) It worked , the cows quit knocking down the poles.

Here in south Texas, it is a deer problem tearing the wire down at the end where I had the last 40 feet or so tapered down. Quit tapering the wire at the ends and it solved the deer problem.

On a related note:
I had planted maybe 30 fruit tree saplings in the side lot. The bucks would rub the devil out of the little trees trunks; enough to split the bark and  kill a few trees. 
Of course the trees were to large to put an old tire around so I put green fence wire around the trees Say, 12" diam for a 1~2 " trunk. Has cured that damage.
There have been two occurrences where the buck tried to rub through the fence wire and got caught in it....and played holy-heck getting loose. One time he left one antler and a very small part of his skull.
Such is life.

73 de Mike, K5UO