OT racoons deer / corn

Thinking about an electric fence to keep racoons and deer out of my sweet corn. Any suggestions?

Run 3 wires about 5 or 6 inches apart. Make the top and bottom hot and ground the middle one.

I had five-strand electric fence all around my land, and it never stopped the deer from coming in. They'd crash through it, and then it'd be shorted out. Certainly didn't stop the coon either, but there are lots of places where trees overhang the electric fence and they can just jump in.

I'd suggest you plant enough extra for the deer, they usually don't take much. They'll nibble but usually don't hardly put a dent in the field (unless you're only planting a small amount). Coons are a different story. They'll tear off a dozen ears for every bite they take. If you get enough, they'll destroy an entire field and act like they're mad at you, and getting even.

Chances are, if you go out into your corn at night with a flashlight, when it's almost ripe, maybe a week before - you'll find them sitting up in the trees looking at you. Easy to shoot at that point. Otherwise, get aggressive with live-catch traps. I caught 8 coons last year and relocated them all - which I'm sure is a mistake.
Caught three skunks, six possums, and over a dozen woodchucks also. I'm getting soft; I didn't shoot any of them.

Here in New York, the conservation department will give out nuisance permits to shoot the deer or turkey if hurting crops. But, I don't. The deere nibble a few ears and that's about all. The turkey like to pull up young corn shutes and take what's left of the corn seed. One they get 4"-5" they're safe. I had more damage last year by deer in my potato field. They love eating the tops off the plants.

Dad just threads the wire through the handles of gallon jugs then sets a steel corner posts that seems to work for him. the deer are not bad but stops the coons. The other choice is a dose lead poisoning.

You need the top wire the ribbon stuff as the deer cant see the plain wire and will go thru it but the ribbon stuff works. a wire 6in up from the ground will stop the coons.

What I have is one wire about 4 feet high for deer and 2 wires for coons, the lowest about 3 inches hige, the 2nd one 8 or 10 inches high. Worked so far, but no gurantees. This is plain wire and occasionally deer will break it, but usually they don't try it twice.

KEH

What worked for me on the coons, is to plant 4 rows of feed corn around the outside of the sweet corn..they get a taste of that and go away!

stick a little peanut butter on it.

go ahead and string that fence... least it'll keep the dog out of it so that he doesn't drink the fly bait and coke you put out after the fence doesn't work... Live traps with some marshmallows and a 22 in the morning take care of coon also...