Could this CHEAP Deer Fence REALLY WORK? 

I had a dog for 14 years and I never had a problem with garden thieves I never even seen a deer in the yard. She's been gone for 10 years I see game everywhere now they robbed me of everything woodchucks deer koons everything. A dog is a really good deterrent.

It really is pretty much invisible. I'd love to know how it works for you in subsequent years. The surprise factor of running into something they can't see might wear off after awhile (I think they gossip to each other)! Your gardens are gorgeous, and so well kept!

I used a motion detector activated sprinkler in my garden which was quite effective.

Last year deer ate ALL of my veggie plants, some within days of planting, from my small container garden. So I gave the “CHEAP Deer Fence” a try this season. Yay!!! So far so good and much better than last year-the plants in the container garden are living and blooming!!!!Thank you!🎉❤

Very similar to my concept.. increase the number of spans and overall height by using trees along your woodline edge with galvanized ring anchor screws on the trees.. and span the lines just as you did except use the trees as your posts..the idea is to keep the deer in the woods ..dont even let em get around garden.. and heavier pound test is always good.. if your ground level spans are closer together you maybe could keep out smaller animals like possums rabbits etc. Lots more line but to compare to the cost of actual deer fencing.. its well worth it..

I think that were many people go wrong with the fishing line is not understanding that it's meant to surprise & frighten the deer when they touch it. In order to do that there should be nothing visible to give them a hint that a fence is there. I've seen people use way too many fence posts. People putting the fence right along the very visible line between the garden & the surrounding grass, etc. it's important to look at the fence through the eyes of the deer & to remove or minimize anything that might make them expect to touch something where your fence is. I've used this fence to keep deer out of both our orchard & our garden for several years now & have found that moving it in or out a couple of feet each year keeps them guessing & keeps them out.

how do you keep the rabbits and small creatures out?

The fishing line concept depends on the level of deer pressure in your area. In the Appalachian foothills near Wheeling, WV, there are 100 deer per square mile.. We call them "long legged cockroaches." When the feeding pressure is that great, I seriously doubt that monofilament fishing line fencing is a permanent solution. It may work initially but they will eventually charge the fence line and bust it up. Someone prove me wrong. please.

how do you cut the grass between the garden and the fence???????????

Deer can see any thing over 20 lb test. The idea is to make them feel the line, and they become uncertain how high they need to jump. Don't flag the line. I did my fruit trees over winter for two years with three lines at 24", 40", and 60", and had no deer tracks in the snow inside. Then I didn't use it and the deer still avoided the trees for a couple of years. Then I put it back up and had no deer. Next year I installed the T-posts only, no line, and got no deer. That has worked as a reminder to the deer now for a few years. I think you can train them, but have to educate the young ones every few years.

Being driven crazy this year by deer. Have had my garden for twenty years. Have plenty of hosta and other things the deer love, but I have sprayed religiously. This year, it just doesn’t matter. They never touched my hosta and this year I’ve had to cover them with netting, which the rabbits crawl under. A friend gave me fishing line and I tried it on my dahlias, which only the rabbits were eating, and it worked great. I don’t think it was #30 or higher, though. I am going to enclose a few beds with this idea and you have given me the blueprint to do so. Thanks.

Thanks for your very clear presentation. We've had complete success with using the chicken moat concept, placing two parallel four-foot fences six feet apart around the garden. Deer can jump very high (8' and more) and very far, but they can't jump both high and far on the same jump and thus don't dare jump the first fence as they have nowhere to land safely. After our yard having been a deer highway three years ago, we have literally not had a single hoofprint in the garden since we initiated this approach. We run the fencing down from the chicken coop to our 8,000 sq. ft. main garden and thus the chickens can circulate freely in the "moat" around the garden, free-ranging and picking off bugs that might otherwise get in the garden. It has similarly provided ideal protection for the chickens from predators. (It also keeps the chickens themselves out of the garden when they are free-ranging.) Of course, the start-up cost is much greater than the very creative and inexpensive approach you have shared with us. Thanks. I may well try out your approach with some of our smaller unfenced areas.

1 egg- 1 gallon water mix vigorously sprinkle perimeter they No Like it.

How do you mow the grass inside the fence?

We did the 3d fence this year. It worked.

What do you do when you have to mow?

Add some tanglefoot to that spiderweb fence and catch yourself some venison supper. 😃

Would love to see video proof, you have deer problems, and that they just dont jump OVER that line. We had to install fence at 12 feet around our garden. The standard fence hieght was a joke. They just jumped over it! 😮

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Clever - but have you watched any of those videos of the poor deer tangled up in webbing and such - super slow death if they don't get discovered and cut free (and very risky for the good Samaritan).

I guess I can try again, since last time I did not use the vertical lines. The deer around here were looking at the lines when they were shiny, and then push them with their nose! Now I have one that went to snack on my potted plants in the porch 😐😑😕

please keep us updated in a pinned comment here, and from time to time as needed, as to how well the fence has been working to this point. Thankyou for posting.

Good luck w/ this , I hope you have success w/it. * No heavily scented bath soap bars hanging nearby for back - up ?

Wouldn't work without the horizontal lines. But, yeah, this should work. Surprised the poles don't lean in without a brace. And you can get away with less than 8'. Neat!

I would like to have seen game camera used for what happened when deer visited. My small blueberry patch has a metal chicken wire fence around it and the deer try to knock it down. I keep adding posts to stop them. So, why wouldn't they do the same thing to this fishing line fence?

Deer=glorified goats! Pretty in the woods but not my garden! My uncle told me two short fences so many feet apart works. I forget the measure and he's long gone. I have heard they won't jump over if they can't see what's on the other side. But I saw a video of one jumping a solid board fence. He hung his or her back legs in the fence. And was rescued. I need a fence around my garden. They stopped down everything but the cherry tomatoes, peppers and egg plants.

"Taunt" line 🤔 So it taunts the deer? Sorry not sorry, it was too funny. 😂 How will this hold up in a summer of hot sunny weather. UV deteriorating strands and heat causing sagging?

This was posted 9 months ago. Wondering if it still keeps the deer out.

I had to use chicken 2' wire to keep cottontail out of my veggies

I put up a fishing line fence and the deer stuck their heads right though it. They also busted the fishing line on numerous occasions, even though I used heavy duty. I was disappointed that it did not work, because I'd always heard that it would.

Based on this video, I ran out and bought 40 lb line and strung it up around some fruit trees. Now they've broken two of the center lines and, I guess, walked through. The bottom of the fruit trees are ravaged up to about 3.5 ft. I see you have a dog and other repellent (subsonic?) in this video. I'm guessing your constant activity as well as changing up the visuals is what's really doing the trick. Not this line. I've seen deer push their bodies through thick vines to cut through trails in the woods. Why would a little painless, and weaker fishing line slow them down? They can just lean into it or paw at it and do more than 30 lbs of pressure.

As someone who doesn't fish, any suggestions for a simple reel to help unspool this line? Or did you just unwind from the spool by hand?

I know the fence is cheat but I did notice that you had the ultrasonic repellers on your fence posts isn't that maybe the real reason the the deer aren't around ,you kinda accidentally showed it

The word you're looking for is 'Taut' not Taunt" Taut means tight while Taunt means to tease

Im going to add 2 lines to my already rabbit 3 and half foot fencing give me that 5 foot total!

Fantastic view.. totally trying this

Fishing line degrades in the sun. Expect to have to replace it yearly.

Great points!!

Other inexpensive alternatives: When deer started raiding our garden, a friend suggested we place a radio in an adjacent shed that had electricity. A 24-hour news station at low volume proved very effective. (I turned it off when family members came camping by the garden, and the next day the deer were back.) I also tried motion-detector lights, but I am not sure this was effective. But if you already have the hardware and electrical access, it would be worth a try.

How are those predator eyes working for ya? I got a couple while deployed but my son never hooked 'em up.

Deer can easily jump that height of fence.

You didn't mention the animal allert spooker motion detector on the post

If dear can see where they're going to land they will jump almost 7 ft in the air over an obstruction

you could probably tie a bell on each run to spook them as well.

The deer I have will jump that fence. It needs to be 6 feet tall at least. I understand what you say about them not knowing how tall it is but in time they will figure it out. I have extended my fence using bamboo and fishing line and it seems to be working.

I’m curious if you made some sort of gate so the you can enter the garden without having to crawl through sections of fishing line?

How do you get into the garden itself?

what about an entrance? what do you do for that?

Why when I tied my fish line it pull the line down in your still up

Deer can also get caught up in that crap.

How do you make the entrance

Does it keep raccoons out?🤔

Like it but them racoon's will get right threw that!

The Idea is to stop the deer from walking into your Garden. A spooked deer will run through the fishing line. How it works is, a deer won't walk into the lines. as soon as they feel the line they stop. they don't know whats there because they can't see it. People use Pie plates, heavy line. rope all to no avail. use a strong light line that is almost invisible. Watch it stop the deer dead in their tracks ANYWHERE.

I wonder if any deer get stuck in the fishing line…?

Interesting idea, but I don't think it would work for me. I have black bears as well and they'd just push right through.

It would be great if this worked, but what are you do about keeping other critters out? We have ground hogs, raccoons, etc.

Pretty cool! I don't think that would work for Javelina though. So, I guess it's out for us Arizonans. Granted, maybe I could do a shorter fence and then do this for the upper part of the fence for the deer.

Please update us how this worked for you. Im thinking of trying this.

Not for NJ deer...

Thank 🐦 you

How do you enter into the enclosed area? If I am to try this fencing method, I need an easy way to get inside.

Get a dog, pee in your yard, a small light and a pinwheel help too. Pie pans on strings for noise , fake owl for smaller vermin. Good luck 🤞

Does it work

Tried it, built it, and completely failed, deer went right through it. I live in a very dry area of california, deer will do anything to get something green to eat.

I'm interested in the knots you used, especially in the vertical lines. the lines looked pretty curved . not straight. thanks for the video.

Nice approach! I've been using fishline the last couple of years as an outer perimeter around another more visible fence, but this seems to be a good extension. I was only using two horizontal rows at about 30" and 48", and no vertical parts, and only 10-15 pound line. One question -- what do you do for mowing or taking it down at the end of the season? With my 2-strand fence, I can mow under it and easily reach through it. And how do you create convenient gates or places for you to walk through? On the latter point I find deer dislike anything narrow with angles in it, as they are horizontally long compared to humans and afraid of being trapped.

taut, not tsunt.

Did you install your corner T posts with a bit of an angle to compensate with the lines pulling in? Thanks a lot Travis for this video - I will try this out very soon!

look up how high a deer can jump and know this work when you have a dog along with it. without a dog, it will initially work for about a week or two before they eat ur stuffs. i have done this , along with motion sensor water sprinkler and a second barrier of fish line.

This is exactly the answer I have been searching for... the deer ate so much of my garden this year... now I know what to do. Thank you so much!

Thank you. Direct and to the point....Starting my 1st garden and excited to try this.

Useless for rabbits

Glad it worked for you. My Rotty tore right thru it and let the deer in, lol

What about keeping rabbits, ground hogs, and squirrels away? This is my first time trying this out.

I don't expect this'll help my woodchucks, rabbits, etc. right?

Since I have dogs and the garden is so close to the house I do not have a huge issue with deer. I do have corral panes up which works pretty well but looks ugly. I am just try this.

Has any deer breached the fence since installation? My neighbor feeds the deer so not only are they attracted near my yard but they are pretty tame.

I need rabbit fence too tho, and that is fairly visible.

How do you deter woodchuck and smaller animals?

Deer eat up my gardens over 300 feet from my house. A multi level hot fence is the only effective thing I’ve found. Plates, aluminium foil, cans, motion lights and sound just entertained the deer. I’ll try it. The bird mesh came down with storms.

Deer in my area would just jump it. 8 foot high fence needed

I did this too about 4 years ago and deer didn't touch my tomatoes.

We have had major issues with deer in our garden. The best method to keep deer out is CHRISTMAS FAIRY LIGHTS SOLAR. Since we hung around the garden no deer have been near.

Show us the gate please.

Aloha. Wait! How does this work? My property is terrorized by a HUGE herd of deer daily (about 150+ deer). Will it really work?!

what about deer with antlers getting caught in it .

2:59 - I think you want a nice, taut line, not a nice, taunt line. Lol😉

Always heard a double 6 ft fence precluding a single jump without space between for a running leap worked around a garden But such structures would impede the view

How do you get in and out of the garden yourself?

Deer have a great fence but porcupine nope!

A tall electric fence keeps all my critters away

Very clearly expressed. Thank you.

This may sound like an idiotic question, but how do you manage harvesting your goodies? Your description mentions the 4 corners, so I am concluding that there is not a gate or any entryway to the garden itself.

Doesn't keep out rabbits.

Great!!! But do you see any birds hurt or killed by the invisible fishing lines???

What would happen if the deer got tangled in the wire, will it then just break away or cause more harm? I also have deer issues 🤬

Wow, that's really cool, BUT, I am not sure it will work in places that are dry with no nice grass all around for the voracious deer to eat and the only green is the green within the garden fence.

I forgot about fishing line!😮. I used it years ago. Thanks for the reminder.

I just purchased from Amazon about 50 small plastic weather proof tubes that emit the human odors of garlic etc. We'll see in the spring. I guess I'll also put up 8' bird netting but it's such a messy ugly PIA. I live in an urban setting where your fishing line fence would just not fit..... But what's your thoughts on building your fence across a path where I know the dear enter my back yard? I know this is their only access after seeing massive footprints after a light snow.... It's like a freeway