by Jim Coda | Feb 6, 2021 | Deer, Elk, Fencing
Blacktail deer clears a fence at Point Reyes. The most common way barbed-wire fences kill deer and elk is when they get their hind legs caught between the top two wires. If you were to picture how they might jump, you might think of how a human performs a swan dive...
by Jim Coda | Jan 26, 2021 | Deer, Elk, Fencing, Point Reyes National Seashore
Barbed Wire Fence Is 56 Inches High, Not the Preferred 40 Inches On January 15 I wrote about a new fence along the reconstructed Sir Francis Drake Boulevard that runs from Estero Road to near Schooner Creek Road. It violates almost every rule for wildlife-friendly...
by Jim Coda | Jan 21, 2021 | Elk
A friend read my blog about the new fence along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and sent me two photos. They showed a 7-strand barbed wire fence that looked very tall and there was very little space between the top two wires and between the bottom wire and the ground. ...
by Jim Coda | Jan 15, 2021 | Deer, Elk, Fencing, Point Reyes National Seashore, Ranching, Uncategorized
New 48″ High Fence New Fencing Along the Newly Reconstructed Section of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Is Not Wildlife-Friendly. The reconstructed section of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard has been opened to the public. I drove it a week ago. Along the south side of...
by Jim Coda | Jul 26, 2014 | Blacktail Deer, Tule Elk
I hope the bobcat that I wrote about in my last blog is OK. It may not have looked like it was very injured, but we couldn’t see its underside and a single barb or point of barbed wire that cuts through the animal’s skin as the animal goes through the...
