My garden is a prep, so I need to protect it from these bandit bastards. Whatever steps are taken, I understand they should be taken before the raccoons are feeding on the garden.
Live traps sometimes work, but can accidentally attract more raccoons. And I would like a fix that is on auto-pilot.
One option is electric fence. I also want to exclude deer, so I'd like to make an 8' high welded wire fence (using 6' and 4' rolls spliced with hog rings), with a raccoon proof gate, and apron it out at the bottom a couple of feet to deter digging under (10' total). Most recommend putting a line of electric fence around such an enclosure, about 6-8 inches high and 6-8" out from the bottom. This seems like a pain to me for purposes of mowing, and the necessity of shutting it on and off to enter, etc.
My thought is to build the fence enclosure, and put a strand of electric fence at the top, a few inches above the welded wire, and a few inches outside. This could be continuous, with no need to disconnect for a gate, and should deter anything that would try to climb over the fence.
Anybody have any thoughts or advice? I couldn't find any discussion of such a setup in a few quick searches.
Thanks in advance!
Live traps sometimes work, but can accidentally attract more raccoons. And I would like a fix that is on auto-pilot.
One option is electric fence. I also want to exclude deer, so I'd like to make an 8' high welded wire fence (using 6' and 4' rolls spliced with hog rings), with a raccoon proof gate, and apron it out at the bottom a couple of feet to deter digging under (10' total). Most recommend putting a line of electric fence around such an enclosure, about 6-8 inches high and 6-8" out from the bottom. This seems like a pain to me for purposes of mowing, and the necessity of shutting it on and off to enter, etc.
My thought is to build the fence enclosure, and put a strand of electric fence at the top, a few inches above the welded wire, and a few inches outside. This could be continuous, with no need to disconnect for a gate, and should deter anything that would try to climb over the fence.
Anybody have any thoughts or advice? I couldn't find any discussion of such a setup in a few quick searches.
Thanks in advance!
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