Is there a way to make old fences coyote-proof?
Some farms have had success with electric scare wires built outside existing fences. Coyote explore with their noses close to the ground, and will approach a fence at ground height. Installing an electric scare wire eight inches off the ground, and perhaps another wire or two at the height of the fence, just outside an existing fence, may deter predators. For a stone wall or low woven-wire fence, you can install one or two hot wires and one grounded wire over the existing fence or wall. In some instances terrain or ownership problems make it impossible to install a scare wire outside the existing fence. You can put one inside, but it will probably work to trap the predators inside your pasture. The trapped predator will be easier to shoot, but you may sustain losses in the process. The major electric fence companies have stand-off insulators to install a scare wire fence on existing wooden or metal fence posts.
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