I have used electric fence to protect crops from many animals. You were very wise to get a big charger. Look into simple springs and wire tensioners. They make working with the wire much easier. Also smear a little peanut butter on the wire to train the bear. A zap to the tongue will be very effective. Best wishes.
Thankfully I never had to deal with bears. I live in Texas. I do deal with some not too bright cows in a electric fence. I found that adding a ground wire between the hot wires will keep even the dumb cows in and everything else out. I added more ground rods due to the dryness here. Great job on making use of what you have. Stay safe.
Great video and great workmanship there my friend. Here in northern Canada we have beer problems to including grizzly bears and we put down what we call a welcome mat which is plywood with nails or screws poking up through it so it tears them from even getting close to the fence which is also electrified. When the bear gets aggressive he just tears off the fence but if he can’t get to the fence because of the welcome mat then you’re doing pretty good. We also lay them down outside of the cabins when you close them up for the winter so when the bears come in to hibernate they don’t destroy your cabin or even in the spring they can’t get in
One tip I would give you is attach your ground wire to the fence. This way in dry conditions you know if something hits the fence and hot wire it will be full power.
What a beautiful job!, that, “simple little pen”, required n amazing amount of work. From cleaning and brushing the area, to stripping and trimming the timber. Really, before you can even get started on the pen. Congratulations on a job well done.
A friend of mine had a number of bear breakins on his chicken coop. He installed an electric fence and wraps the wire with some bacon strips. He said the fence is a more effective deterrent if the first jolt they get is through the mouth instead of through their fur.
arcticwanderer2000 this bear got it on the nose first hit and never came close again. The pigs made it thru the summer and are in the freezer now. I’m not raising any this season but will for sure next spring. I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for watching.
Or, I've heard, without adding bear attractant like bacon, just tie some colourful short flagging ribbon in the centre of the line and the bear will likely sniff that and get zapped in the nose or mouth that way (instead of through the insulating fur which may reduce the shock energy as mentioned).
@Telephone Tales Not hardly. I did 17 years as a Deputy. The picture doesn't show the inscription fully. The unique flag is designed with the Thin Blue Line and the American Flag with texts that reads "Duty, Honor, Courage - Blue Lives Matter." My son is a Master Sargent with the Highway Patrol. His wife is a Prosecuting States Attorney, formerly clerked for the State Supreme Court. My other Son served 14 years on Fast Attack Subs. My Great.......Grandfather was a Revolutionary War Soldier who served under General Cook. We're a Patriotic family.
@Telephone Tales I hope Eric Talley's widow and his 7 children never have to realize there are people like you. God Bless my fallen Brothers and Sisters.
Good job, great pig pen. The only thing I don't like is it's all shovel and wheelbarrow work to clean it. Having had pigs I know its constant clean up. Like to set them up so I can get my little tractor in there. Takes a lot of the manual labor out. Really nice pig pen though.
Alan Behnke thanks for watching and the suggestion. I actually cut an area of fence for my bucket to fit thru then shovel it into the bucket and take it away. I plan on expanding this pen in the spring and tractor access is a big priority. Thanks again for sharing your point, I appreciate it.
Man an electric fence between a bear and bacon. He must not like bacon as much as I do. They would find me, all my hair burnt off, chewing on some BACON. 😂😎
@@shaysinclair1186 It is not a lie! An old friend seen it and he was not a liar!!!!!!!!!!! He was a god fearing man and a good man gone now to a better place. Your an idiot!!!!!!!!
25 years we've seen no bears at our cabin... the past couple years we've suddenly had 3 or 4. We don't have any domestic animals or pets but still a little bit of a worry. We'll see how this summer goes. Nice job on the video.
I have seen the Black Bears get into the Pig Pen many times. They just eat the Pigs food, the dried corn. They leave the pigs alone. The bears Don't want any Trouble
patrick dennisb your right they are more interested in the feed.... but I do know a local that did have one of his pigs taken by a bear. I’ll keep playing it safe. Thanks for watching and the comment.
I think u just contradicted yourself do u even live in bear county cause those bears will come back every chance they get to see if those chicken are on the menu
Awesome pig pen! Very stout and love how you used the timber from your land. I don't get why this video has so many dislikes. Well done and thank you for the video!
It’s not just the vegetarians, vegans, and animal lovers, it’s the fact that he doesn’t even show the bear getting shocked. Instead of showing a video, he put time-lapse photography of the bear, not getting shocked. He probably got more than half of the thumbs-down due to that.
Don’t know how I ended up watching..?? But it was pretty cool video for someone who never would normally watch, . Very nice property.. luv the trees.. Kool set up and awesome recycling..very nice 😊
That is a small bear Last week I stepped out of my barn and there he was a big boy 30' away he just walked away as I slipped into the barn he didn't even look twice at the chickens loose in the yard ( PHEW ) He was something to see I hope he has many more years
For what it is worth. If you stretch some wire and have it set up using tight springs and a horn system - Bear or wild animal pushes against this wire and causes wire ends to come into contact with each other and a loud truck horn goes off! Think about it. Not only does it protect the bacon but you get to hear when something is there! @ horn system used.
Being a retired Marine, know importance of securing an area against predators, man and beast. Just some food for thought, if I may. I'd consider not only the electrification of the pig pin, but at a minimal, attaching consternation wire (razor sharp) on the top logs and install similar logs on bottom and attaching wire there as well. But, the sadistic person I am, I'd wrap the entire pin with consternation wire and LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
BTW, I forgot to mention above that I would place wooden boards with LARGE nails on the ground by the fence connected to the electrical wires. And the constatina wire would be connected to the electrical lines as well. If I think of any more cruel and unusual ways to $%^& with the bear, I'll let you know.
o my gosh I love this fence. I think I may be able to do it. As a female just purchasing 19 acres and needing much fencing , its mostly forrested so I have lots of trees. Wish you did a while vid on just making the fence for us noob females.....great vid.
In near north Ontario Canada my bear deterrent is a spray bottle of ammonia and a pitchfork ! Most bears are just passing through or a little curious but there has been others that needed a little persuassion to keep moving on with no serious reprecussions to the bears or myself !
last summer I had a black bear go thru my 2 strand electric fence 6 different times. the fence surrounds a empty pasture with nothing in it. it was just in the way of where he wanted to go.
I would opt for four wires minimum if you really want to keep the bears out. If two wires, the bear will try and go through. If shocked he will either back up or continue through, and most likely continue through. If four wires he will approach more slowly and more than likely get zapped earlier in the process before trying to scoot through. Tying on bright strips of cloth, typically white, or fluorescent surveyors tape at intervals along the fence row often slows their progress as the flash made by the strips in the wind current unnerves them. If you have horses, it will keep them off the fence as well and stop new arrivals from running through it.
I have seen photos of cars that were ripped open by black bears who looked in the window and recognized the shape of a cooler inside. They have claws like can openers. I have seen a video online here of someone who took a leg of a deer or something, and hung it up, electrified it, and filmed what would happen. The bear kept coming back and testing, until finally disconnecting the electric source and taking off with the reward. If the bear is hungry enough, or maybe sick or wounded and can't hunt, it will be back for easy prey. I hope this system works.
monday850 this set up worked, two bears came in and both left empty bellies.... although like another viewer said if they want it bad enough they will get it.
hiya my wife is from the adirondacks was amazed how many people had electric fences around their bee hives there. Im from maine and we just shoot them here.
The electric fence should work pretty good but a 30 odd 6 would work a whole lot better not only that it would take care of your bear problem but it'll be meat for the freezer
Butcher the hogs yourself. It is really easy. My husband made a wooden engine puller with a come along. You need a few cement blocks, set a metal cattle tank on the blocks big enough for a 220 pig in it. Fill the tank with water. Figure for displacement. Build a fire under the tank. Get the water up to scalding temp. Shoot the pig between eyes baiting them with grain. Scalded until the hair comes off scraping with a thick backed knife blade. You don't need to hang a pig. Butcher in cool fall temps. It takes about 8 hrs to get process one pig to clean gutted carcass that's with clean up. Another whole day to completely butcher into cuts. While your pigs are small do your research into rendering lard, ham and bacon processing. The lard makes for the best pie crust ever. Pig meat is exceptional because it can be eaten right away. Beef should be hung because when you first kill and gut beef cattle. Especially wild cattle their gut is full of grass. The smell of the grass in cattle's stomach stinks to high heaven. After butchering cattle you won't want to eat any for a full month. I imagine before the processors do cattle they withhold food. Good luck.
one problem you need extra gound wire on top detering climbing just keeping a shock with out animal touching the earth just add grounded wire six inches from hot parallel at top and in middle that bear is thinking about that bacon
I didn't actually see the bear got zapped in motion. That is a lot of work you put in there to protect your animals. I would not know how to do it. Good work. Now protect yourself.
Very good fence it seems like a very good electrical fence with definitely enough power. Whatever you do don't turn that up too much as you only need 1J to deter most large animals and I think if you crank that up to two Jewels you might kill a grizzly if you have the correct charger LOL
I work in the oil field. If we need to we will secure our camp site. And one day I was on the receiving end. It's quite the jolt. Kinda like you been grabbed. Got my attention.
I would have went with seven lines but if that deters the animals you are trying to keep out then save the money but the door material and quality of hinges is very important that's why I always use stainless steel hinges and bolts especially as they will not rust. The other important thing is making sure the posts are deep enough and that you use a Sonic tube for a good concentration of cement at the bottom on top of drilling a hole through the bottom with a steel rod about 3 ft wide show the pole does not spin but I'm sure you know what you're doing. If your door is not that secure I would definitely put a electronic 4 ft mat in front of each door. I once made an enclosure and did not use electronic fence I used electronic mats all the way around the perimeter and nothing 10 plus after stepping on that mat but then again if you have snow then you would get heated Electric Mets that are 4 ft by 4 ft. After surrounding my house with electric fence about 50 ft away from my house I put electric mats just in case around all of my entry points but I also have a proximity sensor that is 5 ft away from my electric fence so I know if an animal is going to come near my electric fence or just to know that there is something out there that wants to get in. Besides having a very good alarm system I have installed thermal and night vision cameras all around my homes. The home that is most secure is my home in Utah on 135 Acres.
I had to feed the 4 horses in a open field, shit, ran 25ft, bucket drop, horses are on my ass. Continued, ran, 25ft, dropped another then did a huey, dropped 1 more, and the frigging Hackney was trying to kill me. I managed to drop it 15ft from fence and closed lined the 3ft electric fence. Burn, left a nice mark on my neck, not to mention it stopped my in my tracks, body slammed and ended up on the other side of the fence. Good times. LOL Good video, bacon rules.
Add a small goose pen. They are fantastic sentries, and will squawk their heads off when a bear approaches. Suggest too that you investigate the use of waratahs (as we know them down under), or steel Y-posts, driven into the ground and projecting outward at an angle of 45º. Attach insulators and hot wire surrounding the pig pen at a height of about 600 mm. Too low for the bear to crawl under, or step over, without getting 'dissuaded'.
Beekeepers have been leading the way with this for years...but bears have always figured their way around it..….To avoid the electric fence, one bear, in South Georgia, dug under the wire and into the hives! Next to feral hogs, bears are, possibly, the next most destructive animals around....sometime they appear to destroy things just for the hell of it......they can wreck a water melon field or, even, a corn field.....intelligence and strength are their allies.
The whole object is to not have them come around at all.... if I bait them then of course they will come... but if they don’t “learn” then I’ve just taught them that pig pens equals easy food... I’ll keep doing it the way I’m doing it.
I have used electric fence to protect crops from many animals. You were very wise to get a big charger. Look into simple springs and wire tensioners. They make working with the wire much easier. Also smear a little peanut butter on the wire to train the bear. A zap to the tongue will be very effective. Best wishes.
Thankfully I never had to deal with bears. I live in Texas. I do deal with some not too bright cows in a electric fence. I found that adding a ground wire between the hot wires will keep even the dumb cows in and everything else out. I added more ground rods due to the dryness here. Great job on making use of what you have. Stay safe.
Great idea for everyone living off grid to protect their animals . Great video thank you for sharing ☺️
"Little pig, little pig, let me in!"
"Come at us, bro!"
LOL!!!
Great video and great workmanship there my friend. Here in northern Canada we have beer problems to including grizzly bears and we put down what we call a welcome mat which is plywood with nails or screws poking up through it so it tears them from even getting close to the fence which is also electrified. When the bear gets aggressive he just tears off the fence but if he can’t get to the fence because of the welcome mat then you’re doing pretty good. We also lay them down outside of the cabins when you close them up for the winter so when the bears come in to hibernate they don’t destroy your cabin or even in the spring they can’t get in
I’d love a picture of the welcome mats:)
Dayum good idea. Welcome matts
@@hellodollyseniorvisitsandd4982 Check out "Home Alone" Marv and the nail.
What’s the best nail/screw spacing and length?
One tip I would give you is attach your ground wire to the fence. This way in dry conditions you know if something hits the fence and hot wire it will be full power.
What a beautiful job!, that, “simple little pen”, required n amazing amount of work. From cleaning and brushing the area, to stripping and trimming the timber. Really, before you can even get started on the pen. Congratulations on a job well done.
I'd say he's *loaded for bear* .
That electric fence kept the bear away from bacon? Sold.
" And I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the electric fence down " --- the Bear
I should get this for my bike to protect it from thieves.
Bears don't have insulated pliers like people do. One snip, bye bike
@@lucyfuir6386 but who would bring insulated pliers when they steal a bike, normally people that steal aren't very bright
@@bethanygarns4590 only if they are bad at it. A good theif has prepared and brought the right tools
Only dirt rusty crumbling old bike is safe.
A friend of mine had a number of bear breakins on his chicken coop. He installed an electric fence and wraps the wire with some bacon strips. He said the fence is a more effective deterrent if the first jolt they get is through the mouth instead of through their fur.
arcticwanderer2000 this bear got it on the nose first hit and never came close again. The pigs made it thru the summer and are in the freezer now. I’m not raising any this season but will for sure next spring. I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for watching.
Or, I've heard, without adding bear attractant like bacon, just tie some colourful short flagging ribbon in the centre of the line and the bear will likely sniff that and get zapped in the nose or mouth that way (instead of through the insulating fur which may reduce the shock energy as mentioned).
I liked the "Ha-Ha" look the pigs gave the bears a couple of times!
@Telephone Tales Not hardly. I did 17 years as a Deputy. The picture doesn't show the inscription fully. The unique flag is designed with the Thin Blue Line and the American Flag with texts that reads "Duty, Honor, Courage - Blue Lives Matter." My son is a Master Sargent with the Highway Patrol. His wife is a Prosecuting States Attorney, formerly clerked for the State Supreme Court. My other Son served 14 years on Fast Attack Subs. My Great.......Grandfather was a Revolutionary War Soldier who served under General Cook. We're a Patriotic family.
@Telephone Tales I hope Eric Talley's widow and his 7 children never have to realize there are people like you. God Bless my fallen Brothers and Sisters.
Bear 🐻 vs electric fence 11:43
Ty. The intro is very large
Jaylen Alexander thanks, I had no interest in making this guy money. You’re a star
MVP
More like 12:43
Thanks!
@2:17 "dig your holes - burie your poles" 😂😂
You could build a really solid shelter inside the pen with a small pig sized opening so the pigs can hide if the worst should happen
All this work and you missed the highlight shot -- the bear getting shocked. That's what makes a video like this better.
Your thought process over the construction of your pig pen is awesome and implemented it to prefction
That was more than he could bear.
LITTLE PIG LITTLE PIG. Let me in ,, let me In ,, Not all the hairs on mY ChinnY ChiN CHiN lol
That bear is probably jealous that isn't his home.
i wanted to see the bear get zapped. bummer
I was ready for the bear to catch fire from touching the fence, instantaneous combustion.
Good job, great pig pen. The only thing I don't like is it's all shovel and wheelbarrow work to clean it. Having had pigs I know its constant clean up. Like to set them up so I can get my little tractor in there. Takes a lot of the manual labor out. Really nice pig pen though.
Alan Behnke thanks for watching and the suggestion. I actually cut an area of fence for my bucket to fit thru then shovel it into the bucket and take it away. I plan on expanding this pen in the spring and tractor access is a big priority. Thanks again for sharing your point, I appreciate it.
A reverse Jurassic pork! 😁 nice job!
That's how I felt when my doctor said no more bacon.
Man an electric fence between a bear and bacon. He must not like bacon as much as I do. They would find me, all my hair burnt off, chewing on some BACON. 😂😎
Rodley E Riffe You and me both!
BBQ pork ribs!
@@lilithbelle2051 Just ate those tonight for dinner!!
😂😂😂💀💀💀💀
lol!
A big black bear can jump 12' straight up. If a black bear wants in he will get in.
That is completely false. They cant "jump straight up" like that especially to an astonishing 12ft.
@@shaysinclair1186 It is not a lie! An old friend seen it and he was not a liar!!!!!!!!!!! He was a god fearing man and a good man gone now to a better place. Your an idiot!!!!!!!!
Bears think it’s Shocking what they must do for some Pork around there.
There's no such thing as a bad pun.
It's not a pun, but I didn't know what to call it. DON'T JUDGE ME, MAN!
@@joelspringman7748 so it’s still,PUNNY then right? 😂
@@1OFGODSOWN
Ya, at least you made the effort.
What we don't have in quality, we make up for in quantity.
Pigs came out to greet their relative.
25 years we've seen no bears at our cabin... the past couple years we've suddenly had 3 or 4. We don't have any domestic animals or pets but still a little bit of a worry. We'll see how this summer goes. Nice job on the video.
Jenny Girl thanks for the comment and for watching. Hope it works out with the bears... they can be a nuisance.
They're being purposely introduced by conservation.
I have seen the Black Bears get into the Pig Pen many times. They just eat the Pigs food, the dried corn. They leave the pigs alone. The bears Don't want any Trouble
patrick dennisb your right they are more interested in the feed.... but I do know a local that did have one of his pigs taken by a bear. I’ll keep playing it safe. Thanks for watching and the comment.
My husband built our pig hut and goat house each from pallets and siding metal. Who lives in them? The chickens. 🙄
Flea Christenson always the way! Lol
This bear won't likly go to that same point of interest but likely will return. I wont call bears smart , but they are persistent.
And they are getting more and more predatory for flesh
100%👍
I think u just contradicted yourself do u even live in bear county cause those bears will come back every chance they get to see if those chicken are on the menu
Bears certainly aren't stupid.
@@darkwolf2622 How do you know?
Awesome pig pen! Very stout and love how you used the timber from your land. I don't get why this video has so many dislikes. Well done and thank you for the video!
The city animal lovers lol. They are usually vegetarian and Democrats lol I believe those are the thumbs down
@@terrywhithouse115 ,and they want him to feed the bear.
It’s not just the vegetarians, vegans, and animal lovers, it’s the fact that he doesn’t even show the bear getting shocked. Instead of showing a video, he put time-lapse photography of the bear, not getting shocked. He probably got more than half of the thumbs-down due to that.
Ahh the good old days of the dislike button
Very smart,beautiful place,nothing like peace and quiet.
I guess he got quite the zap cuz that small area you have electrified will increase the intensity of the jolt.
yeah guessing is all we can do since we couldn’t see. I was expecting to actually see it get zapped
@@1topfueldrag They might have the best sense of smell of all North American wild animals . Maybe it smelled electricity !
Good Job!
Nice set up.
Don’t know how I ended up watching..??
But it was pretty cool video for someone who never would normally watch, . Very nice property.. luv the trees.. Kool set up and awesome recycling..very nice 😊
Bears are smarter than you think.
That is a small bear Last week I stepped out of my barn and there he was a big boy 30' away he just walked away as I slipped into the barn he didn't even look twice at the chickens loose in the yard ( PHEW ) He was something to see I hope he has many more years
Everybody's always got a bigger one ? Pictures or it didn't happen!
For what it is worth. If you stretch some wire and have it set up using tight springs and a horn system - Bear or wild animal pushes against this wire and causes wire ends to come into contact with each other and a loud truck horn goes off! Think about it. Not only does it protect the bacon but you get to hear when something is there! @ horn system used.
I think ill just stick with the electric fence. Thanks for watching.
Being a retired Marine, know importance of securing an area against predators, man and beast. Just some food for thought, if I may. I'd consider not only the electrification of the pig pin, but at a minimal, attaching consternation wire (razor sharp) on the top logs and install similar logs on bottom and attaching wire there as well. But, the sadistic person I am, I'd wrap the entire pin with consternation wire and LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
BTW, I forgot to mention above that I would place wooden boards with LARGE nails on the ground by the fence connected to the electrical wires. And the constatina wire would be connected to the electrical lines as well. If I think of any more cruel and unusual ways to $%^& with the bear, I'll let you know.
I’ve used all of my Constantine Wire in the piranha filled moat that surrounds my compound......
@@5yearplan269 Didn't know....maybe the store has some more, just a guess.
The smell of sour grain seeps far into the woods, it's more likely that's what's got his attention, bacon is probably just an opportunity.
I agree 100%. Thanks for watching.
This man has quilted himself a crazy pig pen.
Just talked to a neighbor today that is having trouble with a bear. The solution is called triple s.
o my gosh I love this fence. I think I may be able to do it. As a female just purchasing 19 acres and needing much fencing , its mostly forrested so I have lots of trees. Wish you did a while vid on just making the fence for us noob females.....great vid.
God bless an peace, hope its goin good, that 19 acres sounds like a good nice place
That’s a skinny bear. Can you imagine how delicious the porkers smelled to it? It can’t be easy for them to find a good meal.
It’s a bit like me going to the drive through only to find out it’s closed
In near north Ontario Canada my bear deterrent is a spray bottle of ammonia and a pitchfork ! Most bears are just passing through or a little curious but there has been others that needed a little persuassion to keep moving on with no serious reprecussions to the bears or myself !
Great job
The bear was just trying to rescue the pigs! Lol!!
last summer I had a black bear go thru my 2 strand electric fence 6 different times.
the fence surrounds a empty pasture with nothing in it.
it was just in the way of where he wanted to go.
I would opt for four wires minimum if you really want to keep the bears out. If two wires, the bear will try and go through. If shocked he will either back up or continue through, and most likely continue through. If four wires he will approach more slowly and more than likely get zapped earlier in the process before trying to scoot through. Tying on bright strips of cloth, typically white, or fluorescent surveyors tape at intervals along the fence row often slows their progress as the flash made by the strips in the wind current unnerves them. If you have horses, it will keep them off the fence as well and stop new arrivals from running through it.
I have seen photos of cars that were ripped open by black bears who looked in the window and recognized the shape of a cooler inside. They have claws like can openers. I have seen a video online here of someone who took a leg of a deer or something, and hung it up, electrified it, and filmed what would happen. The bear kept coming back and testing, until finally disconnecting the electric source and taking off with the reward.
If the bear is hungry enough, or maybe sick or wounded and can't hunt, it will be back for easy prey. I hope this system works.
monday850 this set up worked, two bears came in and both left empty bellies.... although like another viewer said if they want it bad enough they will get it.
Looks like the same bear, i would off added another line of electric wiring on the top beam just for added protection
“Hey Yogi I don’t think you should touch that fence!”. “ Ah don’t worry Boo-Boo, I’m just looking for, like a picnic basket!!!”.
Nice job. I have a similar set-up for my honey bees here in up-State NY. Never ending battle with them.
hiya my wife is from the adirondacks was amazed how many people had electric fences around their bee hives there. Im from maine and we just shoot them here.
@@jdenmark1287 Really.....fill the freezer with the Raiders. 😂😂😎
@@jdenmark1287 your just lazy and would rather kill then do something to not hurt the bears. U idiot
@@rodleyeriffe9149 crawl in the freezer with them
@@kellybelanger3685 Sure thing, sunshine. Love bears, hate people. Snowflakes are always hypocrites.
Thanks for the information..... Keep up the videos.
I’d put some cameras watching my pigs, and a lot of solar lights and keep some shot guns by each door
The bear got to work for his bacon.
Looks at thumbnail and title...
“Ok I’ll bite”
look at 12:51 then 12:52, I'd say he got bit.
The electric fence should work pretty good but a 30 odd 6 would work a whole lot better not only that it would take care of your bear problem but it'll be meat for the freezer
Honey Bees find this video quite interesting
Sunshine Life I’m assuming you have bees and bear problems?
He didn’t want any pork after that zap. Lol
Butcher the hogs yourself. It is really easy. My husband made a wooden engine puller with a come along. You need a few cement blocks, set a metal cattle tank on the blocks big enough for a 220 pig in it. Fill the tank with water. Figure for displacement. Build a fire under the tank. Get the water up to scalding temp. Shoot the pig between eyes baiting them with grain. Scalded until the hair comes off scraping with a thick backed knife blade. You don't need to hang a pig. Butcher in cool fall temps. It takes about 8 hrs to get process one pig to clean gutted carcass that's with clean up. Another whole day to completely butcher into cuts.
While your pigs are small do your research into rendering lard, ham and bacon processing. The lard makes for the best pie crust ever. Pig meat is exceptional because it can be eaten right away. Beef should be hung because when you first kill and gut beef cattle. Especially wild cattle their gut is full of grass. The smell of the grass in cattle's stomach stinks to high heaven. After butchering cattle you won't want to eat any for a full month. I imagine before the processors do cattle they withhold food. Good luck.
All my electric fencing has a ground wire running between each live wire therefore the bear does not have to be on the ground to be grounded.
yup best way to get em shocked right! Just twice the wire is all
Them pigs look like they was ready to get somewhere!!!!lol
armydoc631 thanks for watching
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excellent video, thank you!
“As level as I can make it” hahaha My kinda thinking!
Well ain't you crafty! Nice job.
one problem you need extra gound wire on top detering climbing just keeping a shock with out animal touching the earth just add grounded wire six inches from hot parallel at top and in middle that bear is thinking about that bacon
The bear shows up @ 11:47
The pigs told the bear. I'm a hog for you baby
I didn't actually see the bear got zapped in motion. That is a lot of work you put in there to protect your animals. I would not know how to do it. Good work. Now protect yourself.
The beauties of Red Neck engineering!
Very good fence it seems like a very good electrical fence with definitely enough power. Whatever you do don't turn that up too much as you only need 1J to deter most large animals and I think if you crank that up to two Jewels you might kill a grizzly if you have the correct charger LOL
Really great designed pig pen
A bit of cyan pepper sprinkled around the perimeter would help alot also
That was a young skinny bear. I felt sorry for it. You can tell he is starving. Nice pig pin buddy.
I work in the oil field. If we need to we will secure our camp site. And one day I was on the receiving end. It's quite the jolt. Kinda like you been grabbed. Got my attention.
I would have went with seven lines but if that deters the animals you are trying to keep out then save the money but the door material and quality of hinges is very important that's why I always use stainless steel hinges and bolts especially as they will not rust. The other important thing is making sure the posts are deep enough and that you use a Sonic tube for a good concentration of cement at the bottom on top of drilling a hole through the bottom with a steel rod about 3 ft wide show the pole does not spin but I'm sure you know what you're doing. If your door is not that secure I would definitely put a electronic 4 ft mat in front of each door. I once made an enclosure and did not use electronic fence I used electronic mats all the way around the perimeter and nothing 10 plus after stepping on that mat but then again if you have snow then you would get heated Electric Mets that are 4 ft by 4 ft. After surrounding my house with electric fence about 50 ft away from my house I put electric mats just in case around all of my entry points but I also have a proximity sensor that is 5 ft away from my electric fence so I know if an animal is going to come near my electric fence or just to know that there is something out there that wants to get in. Besides having a very good alarm system I have installed thermal and night vision cameras all around my homes. The home that is most secure is my home in Utah on 135 Acres.
Dispatch the pigs!
Yes, master.
That looks like prime bigfoot territory.
Good job. My husband I have been having a argument over the hen pen. We dont have bears but wild dogs. I want chain link with electric fense.
Put electrified barbwire
You made an amazing pig pen! Really nice.
I had to feed the 4 horses in a open field, shit, ran 25ft, bucket drop, horses are on my ass. Continued, ran, 25ft, dropped another then did a huey, dropped 1 more, and the frigging Hackney was trying to kill me. I managed to drop it 15ft from fence and closed lined the 3ft electric fence. Burn, left a nice mark on my neck, not to mention it stopped my in my tracks, body slammed and ended up on the other side of the fence. Good times. LOL Good video, bacon rules.
Add a small goose pen. They are fantastic sentries, and will squawk their heads off when a bear approaches. Suggest too that you investigate the use of waratahs (as we know them down under), or steel Y-posts, driven into the ground and projecting outward at an angle of 45º. Attach insulators and hot wire surrounding the pig pen at a height of about 600 mm. Too low for the bear to crawl under, or step over, without getting 'dissuaded'.
Great job. Were building a chickencoop on our property in interior Alaska and we have black and grizzly bears. Will try and do our fence like yours.
I have zapped myself on my 1.2/1.3 joule energizer... and it will WAKE YOU UP.......cant imagine what your fence must feel like......sheesh
Beekeepers have been leading the way with this for years...but bears have always figured their way around it..….To avoid the electric fence, one bear, in South Georgia, dug under the wire and into the hives! Next to feral hogs, bears are, possibly, the next most destructive animals around....sometime they appear to destroy things just for the hell of it......they can wreck a water melon field or, even, a corn field.....intelligence and strength are their allies.
What a horrifying way to keep an animal.
Pigs being smart af would learn not to touch the fence.
Black bear...the Usual Suspect.
At least a bear wouldn’t know how to lift the gate up. Add driveway monitors to your premises as well.
Hmmmm no free bacon today sir bear. Bye now.
Good job👍
Very nice. Good work. Congrats
11minutes 43 seconds of my life gone like that
Me too!
And just think of every time you stand in line and wait .
me when i see a bear getting shocked: HELL YEAH DIE STUPID ANIMAL
me when i see a dog getting shocked: awww who put that fence there its so cute!!!!
Bait the electric wire with bacon, etc. The bear gets a head shock and learns fast.
The whole object is to not have them come around at all.... if I bait them then of course they will come... but if they don’t “learn” then I’ve just taught them that pig pens equals easy food... I’ll keep doing it the way I’m doing it.
FYI, if you can lift the gate off so can the bear. I saw a horse do it with her neck once. Never safe to leave both hinge bolts up.
Awesome pig pen. I'm viewing this 4 years later, wonder how it's doing now.
It’s still up and holding strong for the time being. Thinking about not doing pigs for a while so i might tear it down. Thanks for watching.
Wow bro you have hard life out there I watch all you videos great be safe out there👍👋🇬🇧