How High a Fence Do You Need to Keep Deer Out? Knowing how high a deer can jump is more than just a fun fact; it’s also useful information for anyone looking to keep deer out with a fence.

The topic of hunting deer on fenced preserves divides many Hoosiers — even, it appears, judges. A ruling this week in a Harrison County lawsuit only adds fuel to the debate that has been ...

A legislative study committee has set the stage for yet another contentious legislative fight next year over high-fence hunting in Indiana. In an 8-3 vote, the Interim Study Committee on ...

That’s not always the case with a high fence for deer. “Folks are putting up fences to keep deer out, not to keep deer in,” says Dave Edwards, a biologist with Westervelt Wildlife Services.

But, given that wildlife experts say a fence should be roughly 8 feet high to prevent deer from leaping over it, that can be cost-prohibitive in addition to obstructing your view.

I have been on a number of high-fenced ranches over the years. The smallest was about 300 acres. The largest was close to 5,000 acres. If I hadn’t known beforehand they were surrounded by a ...

INDIANAPOLIS – What is an acceptable way to kill a deer? Under normal circumstances, morality, legality and profitability clutter the question. Throw the animal into a fenced-in parcel of lan… ...

A senate committee passed an amended version of a bill Monday that would regulate Indiana's high-fenced hunting industry. Legislators have been debating the issue for a decade. The bill attempts ...

The high-fenced hunting industry in Indiana has long raised alarming questions about sportsmanship, humane treatment of the animals and the disease risk posed to wild deer when out-of-state ...

Two years after the high fence went up, Gene Riser went one step further and became one of Texas’ first scientific deer breeders, a business that became legal for the first time in 1985.