Jim: I watched your video yesterday. Bought 5 ft. stakes and 30 lb. fishing line. Installed the posts and line. For the first time in 3 months, my security cameras did not record video of deer destroying my garden. I will provide an update in 30 days but I'm so excited that I may having found---thanks to you!---a way to keep these beautiful pests out of my yard!!! Thank you!

My neighbors laughed at me last year when I said I was building a fishing line fence. This year they are all in a line at Walmart buying fishing line. We have a lot of deer but none of these deer got through the fence. My fence height was 9’ and my line was placed every 12”. I did run an additional diagonal fiberglass pole leaning away from my vertical pole. I tied fishing line again every 12” from the ground up. The deer can’t see it so when the run in to it, they stop but don’t jump because they can’t see what to jump. It’s the least expensive fence and it works.

@aaronrosenzweig8082

Жыл бұрын

I tried the same and somehow they just step right through it. Hate having to invest in a metal fence.

@slickdaddy_tv4499

12 күн бұрын

This is why double fencing also works, Deer wont jump over 2 fences close to each other because they want a place to land when they jump and a double fence confuses them.

I like the way you narrate your video. It’s entertaining and funny

Wow. You lit 'em up. From the reasonable comments, I think I'll go with hot wire. But this video really pulled the crazies out of the woodwork.

I like the concept of the psychology of the deer, they think feel an invisible force and they freak. thank you

@SupposedlyMean

3 ай бұрын

I mean wouldn’t you? 😂

I started running a couple of strands above my 4' wire fence after I watched 4 deer effortlessly jump it to get at my field peas...been using it ever since. It works.

Yes this works great, I have it around my massive area where my garden will go as soon as weather permits. My father used this tactic and taught me how to use it, he still prefers this method to repel the deer. The other critters, that’s a different issue!!

This is one great idea. Inexpensive and effective are often two things that don’t go hand in hand. Definitely would work. Thanks.

@Sheepdog1314

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t and it kills songbirds that don’t see it

I’m glad this came across my feed… I had to chase one out of my garden at 2AM last night 😆

I did this for years. It works really good for does but the bucks get their antlers hung up in it and pop the line. Kept having to replace the line.

Great video... You make me think of Mr. Rogers!

great idea!! Got the posts and line, gotta try it!

I like this a lot. Thank you for posting it.

This is great; thank you!

those posts are $8 now. It is crazy how much everything has went up the last few years.

@davidtaff7609

Жыл бұрын

Bidenflation

@Rich22C

Жыл бұрын

@@davidtaff7609 => Depends who you listen to.

@msms4659

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Since January, 2020 to be precise.

@jeannestapleton7514

Жыл бұрын

@@msms4659. There are actually public business statistics indicating the inflation started in 2018. Go ahead, verify. See the unemployment…wage stats & inflation numbers. It’s math… too hard?

@Xrager101x

5 ай бұрын

@@jeannestapleton7514 Don’t you know? Everything is Biden’s fault according his CULT. Ignorance and arrogance is rampant with almost of them that keep drinking his Kool Aid. It is beyond frightening.

It works for me last year. I am adding it to a new bed. I’m planning right now thanks for the tip.

Works Great ! Went from mowed down vegetable rows to .... "No Problem" last two years....😊

Good info! Terrific acting! The invisible line! 😂😂😂😂

Since you have a camera, do you have videos of deer backing away from the lines?

Monofilament is also the best way to protect the koi in your koi pond in the spring, and summer from large, fish-loving hawks. In this instance, you use the invisible fish line across the pond, often in the pattern of half a pizza. The line doesn't concern the smaller birds which may or may not see it. But the raptors with keen eyesight can easily see it and will judge if there is adequate clearance for their wingspan to get through. In the fall, leaf netting is called for and hungry Herons are often hungrier than they are smart as they unwisely climb into the pond underneath the leaf netting.

Been doing this for years, and for the first few years, it worked fine. Unfortunately, they get wise and start finding ways to get through. I think desperation and starvation from the worst winter we had a couple of years ago made them determined to get through those lines, and now that they found a way through, they now do it all the time, even when theres still vegetation out there. They EASILY chew the fishing line (been using the 50 lb) and even push through between lines once they leave a big gap between them. It's been hard trying to keep up and repairing the lines almost daily now, so I've started looking for other ways to keep them out of my plants.

What about high voltage fence with fried deer 🦌 on the hoof?

Get an electric fence single wire. That will really work!

Oh my God thank you so much!!! I am just planning my new vegetable garden and was worried about our visiting deer gobbling all my new growth but now I can plan the garden without worry 😄

@camirichardson7485

Жыл бұрын

I wondered why the little bird who built her nest with some fishing line was finding it as I do not use it on my property. I found that little bird one day dangling by the neck with fishing line wrapped around her! Please be careful with what you promote, and please be diligent in discarding the fishing line.

@Bfas13

Жыл бұрын

Did it work?

@christinagracewhite

Жыл бұрын

@@camirichardson7485 Lol did you actually just try to guilt trip me for something that has absolutely zero whatsoever to do with me?

@christinagracewhite

Жыл бұрын

@@Bfas13 I didn’t use it and used netting instead which worked against the deer and rabbits. This year I’m using wire cloches. The deer ate my corn last year, didn’t actually finish it but bit it off the stalk and spat the corn heads out on the floor 😂😩 They also ate my David Austen roses 😒 But left my peas and beans and other salad veggies. Haven’t seen them this year since planting out my seedlings so will have to wait and see but if they come around I’ll put the bug netting over the beds to protect my lettuces and chard

You might want to try hanging some little bells on the fishing line in the army we use cans with rocks in them to make noise to alert us of the enemy's presence

@egverlander

2 ай бұрын

Er, I think you mean stones or more likely "pebbles". Didn't they teach you in elementary school the different names for different sizes of stones?

I tried it. It worked for 1 month.

@markb8954

2 жыл бұрын

Probably need to change the configuration around a bit so they don’t get accustomed to the line.

Thank you - going to try a short fence for stray dogs and cats! (AND my nosy neighbor!)

@markb8954

2 жыл бұрын

Doubt if this method will work on dogs or cats. Deer are easily spooked & react differently to the “unknown”.

@privateprivate8366

11 ай бұрын

Might work on neighbors though. Some of those critters like to walk right into your yard.😂

4 strand braided line...50 lb test is the same diameter as 10 lb mono.... yes impressive...

Great for going fishing for the big ones. Great for tight lining for catfish.

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we have a lot of deer looking for food. Unfortunately this method only works for a limited period.

Ok. How do those deer jump back?

A little night video would have been nice to see to prove your point.

I saw a video where the deer still got past the fishing line. Maybe they were just more agressive?

What if they got tangled in it? Did you thought of that?

I prefer those invisible lines attatched to a fence charger

I tried using fishing line, and the deer paid no attention to it. They walked through it with impunity. Ultimately the broken fishing line damaged the mandels on my lawnmower. If you have something the deer likes to eat, an 8 foot fence is the only thing that will work.

I am trying a motion activated sprinkler.

Won't deer jump over the line once they figure it out? I saw a a video where human urine was used to splash on the perimeter. I may start to mark my garden territory.

Could route it along the tree line, tree to tree

Fishing line didn't work for me. They just worked their way through it. This year I'm going electric 3D fence.

@geekinstein

Жыл бұрын

60kv. Top wire and second wire grounded to fence box. Wire flower (like in the zoo enclosures) on their favorite shrubs.

@johnathonnichols

Жыл бұрын

@@geekinstein I put in a 7kv system with two hot wires on the outer layer. My trail cam showed that it stopped them 3 different times so far this year on just one side.

We get tons of deer on our property. I was wondering if wind spinners might scare them off? There are some spinners that are really large and kinetic.

@rcs3030

2 жыл бұрын

If you use spinners powered by 50 horsepower electric motors they work great. The deer are chopped up into handy small pieces that can easily be thrown into the trash bin.

@noneedtoknow6098

2 жыл бұрын

AR-15

@markb8954

2 жыл бұрын

Only good if the wind blows….

@bookofthomas

Жыл бұрын

I used to have a light house with a revolving light that faithfully came on every night. Never had any deer problems till it got rotted after 20 years of use and had to get rid of it. Very seriously thinking on building another 9 foot light house.

@wyominghome4857

Жыл бұрын

@@bookofthomas I have heard people say that leaving a radio on at night in the garden will keep them away too. My nearest neighbors are two acres away so it wouldn't bother them. I'm going to try multiple strategies.

What do you use to repel the sasquatch?

@AndyInfante

9 ай бұрын

reality

What pound test line are you using? I imagine the lighter trout lines won’t work.

@jimlukenoutdoors8428

2 ай бұрын

30 lb works for me.

I use size .308.

I tried this and a racoon nipped it every time I lined it

Almost need a WW2 styled razor wire, neighbor watched a deer craw under their gate on it belly to get in their garden

I tried, worked for about a month. Replace fish wire with four feet high chicken wires. Deers gave up trying to enter my garden.

@percyfaith11

Жыл бұрын

Any deer can leap over a 4 ft fence.

@davidtaff7609

Жыл бұрын

Plural of deer is deer, not deers

@shelbydonaldson5862

11 ай бұрын

Yup, we've got our big garden with chain link fencing for majority of perimeter and hog fencing for the rest. One year, it had to be a buck, made it over the hog fencing and back out. Im talking big tracks, and deep indicating he had made the leap. Im just perplexed how he got out, because it is on a slope and garden about a foot and a half lower. Haven't figured that one out, but he left me 5 or so tomato plants at least, what a gent! 😅

We tried this and the deer kept breaking the line and then tearing up the garden. We have a heavy deer population and the only thing that actually keeps deer out is an electric fence combined with Livestock horse fencing.

Every year the deer were eating my weed crop until I started using fishing line 😵‍💫

I’m not walking over anything 3 feet high. LOL

This has worked great to keep the deer out of my elderberries..

Can it be twine or rope?

@jimlukenoutdoors8428

Ай бұрын

Best to get the surprise factor with monofilament.

Funny little humans always sweating the small stuff.

@03056932

8 ай бұрын

said so superior whilst feeling the need to disparage. you aint there yet Brian.

Deer stretched my fishing line fence like it was nothing before the brook it. I guess they were hungrier then your Deer.

How long does the fishing line last? Do the sun's UV rays eventually cause it to break apart?

@claireryan8074

Жыл бұрын

Mine lasted 3 years year-round without breaking at all. In Maine and our winters are brutal. Putting more up as soon as I finish planting my tomatoes.

@camirichardson7485

Жыл бұрын

I wondered why the little bird who built her nest with some fishing line was finding it as I do not use it on my property. I found that little bird one day dangling by the neck with fishing line wrapped around her! Please be careful with what you promote, and please be diligent in discarding the fishing line.

@camirichardson7485

Жыл бұрын

@@claireryan8074 I wondered why the little bird who built her nest with some fishing line was finding it as I do not use it on my property. I found that little bird one day dangling by the neck with fishing line wrapped around her! Please be careful with what you promote, and please be diligent in discarding the fishing line.

I wondered why the little bird who built her nest with some fishing line was finding it as I do not use it on my property. I found that little bird one day dangling by the neck with fishing line wrapped around her! Please be careful with what you promote, and please be diligent in discarding the fishing line.

Just fyi, i tried this and it didn't work at all. The deer just bit through the fishing line.

.....and if ya put fishhooks on that line you could catch a bass or somethin right out of your yard. Mmmhmm. 🤔😉

Boa?

The problem is that the deer will get used to it and it breaks. Either one, it takes just that one moment of a free pass and your entire garden and landscape is gone. It's just not good enough.

@andrewhanson5942

Жыл бұрын

Yup, takes a deer about 10 minutes to completely wreck a garden.

@Faithdced

6 ай бұрын

These ones around our neighborhood learned to chew on the fishing lines. You can see where they chewed on them. I've also tried the mesh deer fencing, not the wire one, but the soft roll, and it still doesn't work. They push and rip right through it.

Did NOT work for me. Even hung tin pie plates on the line and Irish Spring soap on each post. Ate 12 collard plants, 37 cabbages, nipped my tomatoes and bell peppers.

.270 is also effective.

Ive had good luck with this method but I do better with a product called critter net it comes in 50 x10 ft rolls and lasts for years.i use 6ft step in posts and hang it up around the garden I can honestly say the deer don't get by it

@gregleach5833

Жыл бұрын

My wife found a strong product called deer x at tractor supply . I did same as you with 7 ft fence post one foot in ground made them 6 feet high and strung this up and it works great for the last year . It’s almost invisible even in daytime. They could jump it if they wanted but they don’t know how high up it goes and it works

I feel like hes talking to us like we are 3 year olds

@JA-jm8bk

8 ай бұрын

Agree. His presentation is irritating, like a little old lady.

Why not to hunt a few of them? Venison is a good food.

I would be worried about hurting birds

They jump jump over 5 ft or more. Hard to believe.

I tried it.....IT DOES NOT WORK !!!

Deer don’t walk like that, but I get your point.

Think it would be easier to run the lines from the bottom to top…….

My deer eat the fishing line then the garden.

The deer are not everywhere. they are mainly gathered at your house. You may wish to try bow hunting. It is rather silent. If a deer falls in the woods, does it make a.........

@J S Sure.......if the pellets are around 30 grains....and travel at nothing less then 900 ft per second. Otherwise.....its not enough power to penetrate......or break bones. 22 shorts work best. They are the quietest. Just the bullet drops much more over say......100 yards. But can just aim higher.

Don’t work! They put their head through then just slide in. I had 3 lines of electric fence up then 2 more that wasn’t hot then 4 of fishing line and on top at 8foot a clothesline.

@RiDankulous

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot razor wire! ;-)

I could be wrong but wouldn’t a 30-.06 work pretty well?!

Mine was free. I found $15. in my tackle box.

LMAO....Sir when we reach our age. we forget about the line and telling our company about it....couple toddies and go weed we forget again too..

I wonder if this method would work to repel raccoons? Probably not.

@e.v.squatch5835

Жыл бұрын

A bowl of cat food, a clear line of sight, a moonlit night and a .22 rifle has been the only trash panda repellent I have ever found that is effective. Nasty creatures, and destructive as can be. I'd rather deal with the bears.

@starbrand3726

Жыл бұрын

@@e.v.squatch5835 One raccoon, just ONE, caused $11,000 worth of damage to my roof. I had to get a whole new roof. And sadly that raccoon is no longer with us. Apparently he died by perfectly natural causes, because it's illegal where I live to "un-alive" them. Perhaps he was depressed and took a whole bunch of pills, I don't know.

@chachadodds5860

Жыл бұрын

​@@starbrand3726ROTFLMAO!!!🤣🤣🤣Thanks for the chuckle.

@egverlander

2 ай бұрын

@@starbrand3726 Since killing deer is outlawed, this massive (and growing) deer problem is caused by government interference in our lives.

@starbrand3726

2 ай бұрын

@@egverlander I only partially agree with you. Sometimes government interference is intrusive while other times it's necessary. For example; I don't want the government interfering with my love life or my body. On the other hand, without the government creating a mandatory minimum wage, employers would pay workers slave wages. In the case of the deer, without government regulations the deer would be hunted to near extinction like bison, wolves, otters, lynx, etc.

My My so it had to be explained like you were speaking to a 5 yr. Old.

Hey, I found $15 in my tackle box and already had the fishing line so mine was free! Don’t try this people, it kills birds and other things that get tangled up in it. He forgot it was there and about cut his head off

Don't trust a piece of fishing line to save your plants, the deer in my neighbourhood are not that stupid. A 7 foot high fence using deer netting was required.

Wish this worked for rabbits.

Doesn’t using fishing line introduce a danger to other, smaller animals becoming entangled? I won’t be using it.

Simple answer to deer Buy a 22 lr rifle.... Buy subsonics ammo only. ( shorts work good too ) Zero the scope in at 50 yards. Aim 2 inches high at 75 yards.... 6 inches high at 100 yards. Subsonic ammo is very quiet.... shorts are even quieter ! Plug the deer in the rear quarter......they will not be back ! Anything else is a joke ! Its about " getting rid " of the deer !

@JS-jh4cy

2 жыл бұрын

What about high pressure CO2 cartridges powered BB pellets in the deer arse?

@jerrylansbury9558

2 жыл бұрын

​@@JS-jh4cy Sure.......if the pellets are around 30 grains....and travel at nothing less then 900 ft per second. Otherwise.....its not enough power to penetrate......or break bones. 22 shorts work best. They are the quietest. Just the bullet drops much more over say......100 yards. But can just aim higher.

Bad idea. Doesn’t work and it snares birds that can’t see it. Ask me how I know. Broke my heart.

Doesn’t work. They get used to it and push right through.

“You can’t see the line because it’s actually invisible to deer”….s**t, I knew I was different but never suspected I was a deer!!

You could move back up north where you belong. You could move to Brooklyn or Kensington pa or somewhere similar where there are no deer PLUS you would be around your people.

@AndyInfante

9 ай бұрын

derp. you probably think the civil war statues should be saved cause of "heritage" and the war wasn't about slavery, right?

@JA-jm8bk

8 ай бұрын

WTF? Where did that come from??! U commenting on the correct video?

Where do people pull their brains from ? oh I know where so never mind can't say it here.

This is very harmful to deer and other animals that come across it. By it being invisible a running animal will at the least be cut by the line and more likely to become entangled in the line leading to severe injury and even death to the animal.

@karlsborgwi.jewell9919

Жыл бұрын

Therefore, that animal won’t be getting into the garden again…..

LOL NOPE

You dont " repel " deer........you shoot them.........but not to kill. They leave and never come back !

Fishing line is an environmental hazard. I worked at a sanctuary and hospital for seabirds. Around 50% of the injuries we saw involved fishing line. Terrible stuff.

@JerryHatrickShorts

2 жыл бұрын

It’s terrible stuff when people just throw it in the streets or don’t dispose of it properly. Otherwise it’s amazing. By your account, there’s a lot of terrible stuff out there then….

@fulanichild3138

2 жыл бұрын

@@JerryHatrickShorts Yes, there's a lot of terrible stuff out there hurting animals. Almost all of it made by humans. May the next pandemic be more efficient.

@robertsimmons1264

2 жыл бұрын

@@fulanichild3138 My! You are human, aren't you?

@fulanichild3138

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertsimmons1264 No, I'm not human. I am a critically endangered Saola pushed nearly to extinction by human overpopulation and development. Me and my many endangered friends would not miss a single human being who left our beautiful blue planet. Ciao!

@MyVisualRomance

2 жыл бұрын

Good thing seabirds don’t raid gardens then.

Don't do this !

Bad move if the deer gets it rap in it might kill it

Can't wait for your video on repelling deer with bags of pubic hair.

@tomeliafarmsthegoodearthfa3206

2 жыл бұрын

You’re crazy lol

its a lie ; dose not work !

absolutely does not work ; this is pure BS

The fishing line was free he found in his tacklebox are there is one stupid statement

I welcome and live in peace with the deer that come in my yard from the forest behind me, and they NEVER touch my garden. It's not a coincidence, but the people reading this couldn't grasp how I accomplished this nor understand why the deer act differently in my yard than they do in yours. When you treat something like an enemy, they act like an enemy... and what you have becomes the object of their targeted destruction.

@AndyInfante

9 ай бұрын

lol. deer aren't that smart. you probably just plant crap the deer don't like and they're eating everyone else's gardens