(But even the white-tailed deer have started getting tamer -- I had to run around screaming like a banshee to get a doe and yearling out of the yard a couple of weeks ago when I forgot to close the gate, and I was within ten meters or less of them.)
What is the optimal height of a roo-proof fence, or at least one high enough to deter them?
Our "deer" fence isn't deer-proof, but it's enough to deter them. I've chased one that came in through an open gate and left by leaping over the fence. It's about 3 metres high on average I think or maybe a little more or less (I've never measured it).
@Greg A. Woods The fence would have to be over 3m (10ft) high for a kangaroo. According to Google the fence would have to over 7ft high to keep a deer from jumping over.
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in reply to Muse • • •I should have said "five clumps of twenty kangaroos each!" There was close to a hundred out there!
Yes, indeed @Andreas Geisler. That's a lot of bounce!
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(But even the white-tailed deer have started getting tamer -- I had to run around screaming like a banshee to get a doe and yearling out of the yard a couple of weeks ago when I forgot to close the gate, and I was within ten meters or less of them.)
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in reply to Muse • • •@Kenny Chaffin Thanks for the explanation! So this is what I felt, last night!! 😀)
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in reply to Muse • • •What is the optimal height of a roo-proof fence, or at least one high enough to deter them?
Our "deer" fence isn't deer-proof, but it's enough to deter them. I've chased one that came in through an open gate and left by leaping over the fence. It's about 3 metres high on average I think or maybe a little more or less (I've never measured it).
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