Your set up is the exact same as we used to keep cattle in a grazing paddock and around chicken tractors. The only predation the animals encountered was a porcupine that slipped under the fence in a depressed part of the ground. We never had a bear, coyote, fox, or wolf problem.
We use around 11,000 volts to keep a casual elephant from testing electric fencing but if they dont care or have experience with them, it doesn't matter. I could imagine a calm or curious bear investigating with a bare skin nose to react but 6 inch claws capable of prying car doors open and dense thick fur, I have my concerns about basic cattle, horse, livestock fencing. Not an expert, just curious if anyone ever lived to share proof that a charging or motivated brown bear was deterred.
Valid concerns, I would be curious to hear also. I'm not sure anything short of a .12 gauge with slugs would charge an angry grizzly, and I wonder how much of the deterrence is from previous encounters with an electric fence. All I know is that it helps my wife (and me!) sleep better at night! (Maybe that's a false hope, but it's there nonetheless!)
I'd want a two fence perimeter with two independant power sources.
Your set up is the exact same as we used to keep cattle in a grazing paddock and around chicken tractors. The only predation the animals encountered was a porcupine that slipped under the fence in a depressed part of the ground. We never had a bear, coyote, fox, or wolf problem.
The fence gives my wife (and me too, I'll admit!) great peace of mind at night!
We use around 11,000 volts to keep a casual elephant from testing electric fencing but if they dont care or have experience with them, it doesn't matter. I could imagine a calm or curious bear investigating with a bare skin nose to react but 6 inch claws capable of prying car doors open and dense thick fur, I have my concerns about basic cattle, horse, livestock fencing. Not an expert, just curious if anyone ever lived to share proof that a charging or motivated brown bear was deterred.
Valid concerns, I would be curious to hear also. I'm not sure anything short of a .12 gauge with slugs would charge an angry grizzly, and I wonder how much of the deterrence is from previous encounters with an electric fence. All I know is that it helps my wife (and me!) sleep better at night! (Maybe that's a false hope, but it's there nonetheless!)
How many watts does this put out on that fence? I bought an UDAP bear fence and am going to try it out and measure but that's only 2 D batteries.
Not sure, but 2 D batteries will power a fence sufficiently.
@@IdahoLife ok then, that makes me feel a little better 😅I’ll get a tester before I set it up, cheers!