Repelling Deer With Fishing Line

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3 жыл бұрын

Repelling deer with fishing line. Using monofilament fishing line as an effective barrier to deer. How to install the line and a discussion of why it works. This video shows how to string fishing line around a garden to deter deer. The approach works because the line is invisible and startles the deer when they encounter it.
#deerfence #repellingdeer #deerdeterrent

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@fox8340 Жыл бұрын

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

@jimcoutsos2270 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@NVMe420 Ай 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.

@vonwillful 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SupposedlyMean 4 ай бұрын

I mean wouldn’t you? 😂

@lewsoltis5142 28 күн бұрын

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!

@williambixby3785 Жыл бұрын

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

@sherrytucker7102 Жыл бұрын

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.

@matthewpadgett9526 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@maureenmckenna5220 Жыл бұрын

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

@YSLRD Ай бұрын

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.

@MyVisualRomance 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@donlalonde3259 Жыл бұрын

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

@CamilleTylerbrand 3 ай бұрын

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

@B30pt87 Жыл бұрын

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

@dondig2617 2 жыл бұрын

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

@troydunn04 Жыл бұрын

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 6 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.

@zstatuelady Жыл бұрын

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.

@fugueine 2 жыл бұрын

This is great; thank you!

@skipperjones7490 5 күн бұрын

The key is to make something strong enough to keep deer out but easy enough to move around so you can get in to weed and water. I used some chicken wire this year with cheap plastic green stakes. They are super easy to move in and out when I water and weed but the stakes bend and give too easy. It worked for awhile but last night they finally worked up enough nerve to just trample right over it. Today I have bit off green pepper plants, chewed up beans and they even munched on my tomato plants. A lot of sweat and dirty hands right down the toilet in one night! Looks like I'll have to use stronger posts next time. That will make it harder for me to get into the garden. I thought about using them drawstring nettings next time for my peppers and tomatoes. The last few years I used netting and hoops for my beans and that works great to keep everything out but it's a lot of work.😮‍💨

@danconnors8961 Жыл бұрын

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

@Faithdced 7 ай бұрын

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.

@susanneohmes1044 Жыл бұрын

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

@zwebsterz Жыл бұрын

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

@inharmonywithearth9982 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bobbyhoward8568 2 жыл бұрын

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 3 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?

@laceylindquist1987 21 күн бұрын

@@egverlander no clue why you felt the need to reply to a great idea with a nasty attitude... especially when you're incorrect. The term "rock" does not denote size, just a solid mineral formation. Maybe you need to go back to elementary school.

@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Жыл бұрын

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.

@ricklong3260 Жыл бұрын

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

@deanmason5827 Жыл бұрын

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

@JS-jh4cy 2 жыл бұрын

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

@azhardhawan7390 11 ай бұрын

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

@christinagracewhite 2 жыл бұрын

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

@loosegear4345 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jimmydykes7961 Жыл бұрын

I prefer those invisible lines attatched to a fence charger

@robertatrimmer4764 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@HughButler-lb6zs Жыл бұрын

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.

@johnathonnichols Жыл бұрын

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.

@JS-jh4cy 2 жыл бұрын

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

@DanScottChannel Жыл бұрын

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

@randyscrafts8575 2 жыл бұрын

Ok. How do those deer jump back?

@Nadjasboy Жыл бұрын

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

@luisherrera5172 Жыл бұрын

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

@Know-How-Now 3 ай бұрын

I am trying a motion activated sprinkler.

@evelynbeevers4502 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Abdul-qe9qq Жыл бұрын

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.

@seedhound Жыл бұрын

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

@greeniejeannie Жыл бұрын

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

@wyominghome4857 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TS-rf3sy Жыл бұрын

I use size .308.

@leedsbutler3567 Жыл бұрын

Could route it along the tree line, tree to tree

@9999cameo Жыл бұрын

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 7 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.

@1fishinghuman208 Жыл бұрын

What do you use to repel the sasquatch?

@AndyInfante 10 ай бұрын

reality

@beebob1279 3 ай бұрын

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

@jimlukenoutdoors8428 3 ай бұрын

30 lb works for me.

@rs6588 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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! 😅

@johnlamphere3894 Жыл бұрын

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

@lukeward6076 2 жыл бұрын

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

@karenroth9103 23 күн бұрын

Why didn’t you show the deer staying out of the area with the trail camera?

@brianbassett4379 Жыл бұрын

Funny little humans always sweating the small stuff.

@03056932 9 ай бұрын

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

@whataworld369 Жыл бұрын

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

@JA-jm8bk 9 ай бұрын

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

@MrRutabager 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@camirichardson7485 Жыл бұрын

@vanhouten64 Жыл бұрын

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

@@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.

@hosseinz Жыл бұрын

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

@eddiepigg5333 Жыл бұрын

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

@shoneygirl2 2 ай бұрын

Can it be twine or rope?

@jimlukenoutdoors8428 2 ай бұрын

Best to get the surprise factor with monofilament.

@jerrylansbury9558 2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@DocScience2 9 ай бұрын

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.........

@randyscrafts8575 2 жыл бұрын

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

@donaldberg3068 Жыл бұрын

I would be worried about hurting birds

@davidcatanach2620 Жыл бұрын

.270 is also effective.

@danielburns7519 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheJohndepew Жыл бұрын

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

@vladimirberegovoy2886 Жыл бұрын

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

@skipblanton3956 3 жыл бұрын

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

@donnarichey144 Жыл бұрын

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

@MrOsasco 2 жыл бұрын

Boa?

@blackpine6693 Жыл бұрын

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

@sniksapap 2 жыл бұрын

My deer eat the fishing line then the garden.

@brucemalakwa Жыл бұрын

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.

@ralph5450 Жыл бұрын

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

@mississippigardener987 2 жыл бұрын

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! ;-)

@markbrown1412 Жыл бұрын

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

@jgg7377 11 ай бұрын

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

@Sheepdog1314 Жыл бұрын

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

@starbrand3726 Жыл бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@starbrand3726 3 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.

@thomasstone5707 Жыл бұрын

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

@ha3516 Жыл бұрын

Wish this worked for rabbits.

@jerrylansbury9558 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@logmaster27 Жыл бұрын

“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!!

@markfournier6066 Ай бұрын

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..

@williebechmeister3190 Жыл бұрын

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

@101stgrunt6 Жыл бұрын

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 10 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 9 ай бұрын

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

@guy1137 Жыл бұрын

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…..

@jimmyjohnson7041 Жыл бұрын

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

@bear9923 Жыл бұрын

LOL NOPE

@fulanichild3138 2 жыл бұрын

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.