I have seen whitetails clear a 6' fence, with ease. So we build garden fences 8 or 10' tall. The top strands of barbed wire don't need to be really close together, but I prefer to use mesh for the lowest 4 to 6', since deer are pretty good at crawling through fences too.
To make a fence that is fairly easy to remove and easy to build, I use steel pipe that is pounded into the ground and then extend the pipe height with metal T posts stuck in the top of the pipe.
If I was going to try to use an electric fence, I think I would alternate charged wires with grounded wires, and I also would have a charged wire about 2 or 3' outside of the main fence and about 3' off the ground. That way the deer would not be able to get close to the fence to jump over it without getting shocked. Electric fences don't work very well here in the late Summer. The ground is too dry to be a good enough ground unless you sprinkle it.
I didn't garden for a number of years, since the deer completely took my last several gardens when it got dry in August. This year I am gardening again in a new spot with a newly constructed 10' fence. I hate the deer--they take anything I plant that isn't fenced well enough. Hope my new garden area is successful. Good luck!
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