This picture shows the food plot after taking the fence down.  Notice at the end of the plot deer are feeding in the section that had been excluded but not the part to the left of where the fence was.  I hope to finish the other fences today or tomorrow.  50 acres takes a while to complete!  Be aware that deer can get tangled in the electric fence.  Hard antlered bucks are the worst.  We live on our deer ranch and are in the pens often each day.  I feel comfortable with the fence but just use caution.  It's been used in South America for years.

Food Plot Exclusion Fence Picture

I'm taking down this trial exclusion fence today and start fencing all of my other food plots. You can see a distinct difference in just 3 weeks of using the fence. I'll update after the other food plots come up and start growing.

Food Plot Exclusion Fence Update

I've had my test fence up on my food plot long enough to be satisfied with it. Tomorrow I'll start putting up a fence in each pen to exclude the deer from the food plots for about three weeks. Then I'll plant the other side of the pens.

I've had a couple of deer out of about 100 that have consistently gone under the fence into the food plot daily but there is a very distinct line where the fence runs through the middle of the food plot. None of the other deer have been in the excluded portion.

I only have one 1" electric tape up. I'll take this one down and all of the others will have two electric strands, one tape and one rope. I'll give more details with pictures when I'm finished.