Muntjacs...3 of them!

[peanut]

Hello folks,
3 Muntjacs are slowly eating my garden, actually, they're eating quite quickly. I've rigged up some fencing, wire and posts, websites say they fencing needs to be1.5m high.
Anyone had experience of them and how high they really can jump?

[Plot70]

If you can get close enough a good over arm throw with a digging form might win you a good filler for a big cooking pot.

[Nicos]

I’ve not experienced them ,but have looked at a few sites just now and the minimum height mentioned always seems to be 1.2 - 1.5 m high as you say, but I’ve noticed they suggest bury and stake the netting underground too as they will try and dig under a fence like rabbits do !
Also, it seems that if you use mesh then a maximum mesh size should be 75x 75mm so they don’t get their heads stuck.

This site mentions both ...
https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co....muntjac.67810/

Good luck! (I’ve enjoyed reading up about them)

[Jungle Jane]

If you had some sacrificial plants like yarrow & dandelions to forage on,maybe they’d leave the difficult fenced off area alone? What else do they like to eat? It reminds me,the other day I watched a pigeon pulling at my broccoli leaves so I went out & put some bird seed down. It’s the only way except I’ve got two pigeons now

[peanut]

I try to enjoy all wildlife and enjoyed watching them until I realised they were eating their way through my brassica bed, they just pushed the netting and supports over and pulling up beetroots, but the final straw was when I noticed my beautiful large Hibiscus shaking rapidly as one of the Muntjacs ripped its bark of.
I've used rabbit wire which I have across the ground as well to deter digging, then between the wire and the new hedging I have laid branches of Pyracantha.
I can attach more wire along the top if they do decide to jump over, it won't be pretty but it will do the job. Can't stop looking out of the window waiting for the pesky things to come back!