Ah, we love our deer fence!
Not only has it prevented the deer from munching my veggies, but it has created a beautiful spot to enjoy my garden.
I love that we are still able to enjoy the view, as we can see directly through the fence.
And soon the Wisteria will be draping over the trellis.
A few weeks back I wrote a post about slugs in my garden.
If you are struggling with slugs or snails, you’ll want to see my natural way to keep them from munching my strawberries and tomatoes.
And I’m happy to report that I’m still enjoying my juicy fresh strawberries. Yum!
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What is the dimensions of each section? Post to post? Do you have a full layout dimension by chance?
Each section can not longer than 8′, because of the length of the hog wire. We took the length of each side and evenly spaced the 4×4 post. They are a few inches shy of 8′. I hope this helps. I don’t have a measured drawing, but we should make one.
This is goals! Are you willing to share the approximate total cost? Thanks so much for the details and inspiration!
Thanks so much Sam. I don’t remember the exact cost and prices of wood and pretty much everything have gone up so much in the past couple of years. We did find it less expensive to purchase our hog wire fence through Tractor Supply. At was quite a bit cheaper than the 2 big home improvement stores. Let us know if you decide to build a deer fence for yourself. We’d love to hear about it.
Hi there! We are doing something similar. Cab I ask what stain you used on the wood?
Thanks!
We did not stain our wood. We used pressure treated lumber and that’s the color it is. We’ve had it up for 4 years now and it still look the same.
Could you provide some details on how you did the gate? Love this so much! Thanks!
Thank you Debbie, I’m so happy this is something that may be helpful to you. Basically we constructed a rectangle the width of the opening. Screws were inserted in the top and bottom boards into the side pieces. In the same way we did the actually fence, we ripped a 2×4 in half attaching one piece to the frame of the gate. Then the wire panel was inserted and the other ripped piece of 2×4 was screw into the gate frame. Once the gate was constructed it was installed with gate hinges. I hope this helps.
We’ve completed ours. 11’x20’x8′. I couldn’t find Hog Fencing anywhere (100 miles) near our home. I did find Wild Hog panels, 6 gauge, 4″ holes, in 3’x6′ sections black powder coated. They were pricey, but with the stained wood, they look great. How can I send you a picture of the completed project?
That’s wonderful Dave. You can Email to us if you’d like at 2thesunnyside@gmail.com or share it to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/2thesunnyside. We are excited to see!
Looks fabulous. What was your 4 x4 post spacing if I may asK?
Thank you so much Tammy. I love it. Our 4×4 post are spaced 8′ apart or a little less.
This is the prettiest deer fence I have ever seen. I have never had to build one before and everything we have seen so far is very utilitarian- it’s gonna keep out the deer but it isn’t cute. This is 😍. Definitely deer fence goals. I just sent this to my husband.
Thank you Carissa, it was important to me that it looked good, because it’s visible from the front of our house. It does a terrific job at keeping the deer out and it wasn’t difficult to build. Last summer I planted wisteria to grow along the trellis. I’m hoping that this year it will be tall enough to start to really show.
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Thanks so much for the beautiful pictures and great instructions. My husband and I are almost finished with our deer proof fence which surrounds our raised garden and we couldn’t be happier wi th the results. It is just gorgeous! Many, many thanks!
How wonderful Susan, please share photos of your completed fence, we’d love to see it. They can be emailed at 2thesunnyside@gmail.com.
All that effort and then to.plant a grape vine, one of a deer’s favorite snacks up against the fence is asking for trouble.
The grapes were already there before the fence Doug. I figure the deer can eat whatever is on the outside, I get to eat whatever is on the inside. 😉 Last summer we had more grapes than we could possible eat.
Totally love it; totally want it!!
Thank you Brenda! We will see what we can do.
I love this fence and sorely need it for my back garden! Dang deer.
Do you mind sharing how much this ran you money-wise? It looks like it was 3 sides? I think I would need to do 2-3 sides as well.
Thanks for visiting our site Nicole. I agree, the deer can be quite troublesome. We enjoy them in our yard, but when they eat all of our garden produce, it’s definitely frustrating. We found the hog wire was less expensive through a farming supply store. I don’t remember the exact costs, but I believe it was around $600. Good luck with the deer.
This is beautiful, and looks totally doable. Do you have any trouble with bunnies, where this fence doesn’t go all the way to the ground?
No we’ve never had trouble with rabbits here. It’s just been the deer. But you could have the fence go all the way to the ground. Thanks you, we are loving it! We have so much produce from our garden this year, thanks to the fence.
Love your fence and am working on replicating it for two small sections at our home! Do you know what size hog wire you used? One picture looks like it was a roll of galvanized wire but the main photos look like the very sturdy hog panels that come in straight sheets (not a roll). Also what was your post spacing? Thanks!
Thank you Kyle. We purchased 5′ x 16′ panels from Tractor Supply. The panels are 6 gauge wire and are very sturdy. We wanted our fence to last for years. We had to drive to a more rural area to pick them up. Here is the link to the product we purchased. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/utility-panel-5-ft-x-16-ft-3610480?store=1951&cm_mmc=feed-_-GoogleShopping-_-Product-_-3610480&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-rj9BRCAARIsANB_4ADGN4k8IG-cUushlgtYMIyiwWAyu9M0tZ5L2XCedEyO8G8e1n5t52MaApAOEALw_wcB