In case there is some confusion about what an 8 ft. high deer-proof fence really amounts to, here are some examples.
That is probably an above average fence in terms of sturdiness. Just out of the frame is a corner of the fence that supposedly was built in the position where a surveyor marked an original land grant corner in 1854. How to determine that? Look for remains of bearing trees. What, they're on the other side of the fence? Better drive the hour or so that it will take to get to the other side of that one in order to be able hunt for some rotted remains of a mesquite that has been dead for at least fifty years.
What, the actual boundary doesn't follow the 8 ft. high fence? Oh, it followed an older fence that is on the *other* side of the game fence? Well unless you have a skyhook or time to waste, better climb the fence to find the remains of the older fence.
Oh, the bearing tree remains aren't just a foot or two away from the fence corner post that was placed somewhere near the original corner that a surveyor marked in 1853? But, you can probably find where the now nearly completely rotten mesquite he marked in 1853 once stood? Was there some fence climbing involved if there was an 8 ft. high fence between you and the BT position? In this case, there was another on the other side of the fence from my truck.
