Read this thread Can't Win, Seemingly which prompted me to post an update on our electric fence. We finally got it energized about 3 weeks ago, so it’s still relatively new and may still have some issues come up, which I don’t yet know about.
So far the fence has worked quite well. This is the first time we’ve ever raised peaches where there was no damage by coons and possums. I actually expected some would dig under the fence (which they might still) so that I would have to trap some of them. But again so far they have been repelled enough by the electric fence to not try digging under the fence.
It’s taken some effort to keep the weeds killed out. If I had to do it again, I would definitely put up a 4’ tall horse fence (with the 2"X4" squares) verses the 30" tall horse fence we put up to save money. An extra 18" in height of the horse fence would go a long way in ease of keeping weeds away from the hot wire.
The tall fence has completely excluded deer
and the electric fence seems to be completely excluding coons and possums, so far. The only issue we have with wildlife is birds, which peck the fruit and eat berries. I know of no solution for that.
We used to have hawks which scared away a lot of birds, but we have so many of those $%&! kingbirds, they chase away any hawks or eagles. I’ve also seen crows chase away hawks. We don’t have time to hunt the crows. Plus they are super smart and hard to kill.