[Growwine] bears and moose

[Ralph Walton2]

In BC if you are an official farmer (farm number etc.) you can get a
predator control permit which will allow you to shoot just about anything
(probably no eagles or spotted owls or other endangered species) for about
$15 last time I asked. We are a bit out of the way here and I got the
impression from the wildlife folks that unless I was to stand on the street
blasting deer with an Uzi, they wouldn’t bother coming, so I didn’t bother
getting a permit. My concern was with deer; if they made it thru or over the
6 ½’ multi-wire electric fence (I wouldn’t do that again by the way) that I
didn’t want to teach them they could go back and forth by chasing them out. 

The 6 ½’ fence surrounds almost the whole farm; we have an 8’ high mesh
fence around the vineyard with electric 3’ outside that (and a couple of low
electric wires for the coons). The vineyard electric is charged by a 200
mile Zareba “Wasp” and runs around 13KV, the outer fence is charged by a
largeish Gallagher and runs at about 8KV clean and dry to 6KV wet and dirty.


 

Ralph, Greenridge Farm, BC

 

-----Original Message-----
From: growwine-bounces at littlefatwino.com
[mailto:growwine-bounces at littlefatwino.com] On Behalf Of Glenda
Sent: November 21, 2007 4:40 PM
To: growwine at littlefatwino.com
Subject: [Growwine] bears and moose

 

Has anyone had any experiences with bears around the vineyard? I will be
planting in an area that has been frequented by bears; do they eat/damage
the grapes and vines? What about moose, anyone know if they have a taste for
grapes or the vines?

 

Thanks, 

 

Glenda Baker

Dark Cove Cottage Farm & Winery Ltd

http://www.dccw.ca

 

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