Moose fence update

RobinHood's post reminded me that I needed to post an update on the battle with the moose varmints. I bought a Gallagher M360 fencer, some 4' fiberglass stakes, and 1300 ft of poly wire. The M360 is rated at 3.6 joules, so it should repel my large varmints. I cut the 4' rods down to 2', drilled some holes in the tops of my 5' T-posts, and wired the fiberglass rods to the top of the T-posts. They make a neat little SS wire clip for the 3/8 rod, making it really easy to string the poly wire. Once done, it kind of resembles Stallag 13, but there are no moose or deer getting inside the fence anymore. The hard part was drilling holes in T-posts. Those suckers are hard!! I'm setting up the trail cam to see if I can catch a critter getting bit, but I'm not holding my breath. The neighbor has a similar setup around his orchard, so the moose probably already know what that little white wire is all about. The roll of wire at the end of the run could be considered grandson bait, but it's really to finish out the run over the top of the hard panels, once they are set permanently. I'll get it up out of reach before those varmints show up on my doorstep. steve

Thanks for the update. IIRC that is an adaptation of the idea I put forth. Nice. Jim

Yup, Jim, that was mostly your idea. It took a while to figure out how to put the rods on top of the T-posts, but it worked well in the end.

take your rifle out n shoot a hole in every post. it will work too

Yah, but the neighbors are just over the hill to the right. And there's 45 posts. I don't even have that much ammo loaded up for the '06. The 22-250 might leave a more suitable hole size though. The '06 leaves about a half inch hole in steel plate.

here's one of the local varmints, in the neighborhood, yesterday.