Feeder pen

Thanks guys. First year on the new place so can’t wait till November.

Had a few start jumping over.

B1, just give it a chance. I have seen a dozen deer in small hill country pens. Bigger is better, no doubt. Also more expensive and harder to put up. Check out your activity prior to revamping everything. You did the right thing. Separating the hogs from the feeder is the best thing you could have done. A bigger pen would have likely been better, but you have still accomplished what in my eyes would be goal numero uno. In addition, I don't believe there is any reason to cut down a 38 inch panel. Fawns won't get in, but you likely won't be shooting them anyway. Myself and many others here hope you gain solid results with your pen. I hope they make it crowded.

My square pens are three 34 16 foot, 34 inch high hog panels. I think I made my one, circle pen with 11, but that thee is fuzzy now.

34 inch hog panels. I know some people despise this practice, but we typically put a strand of barb wire above the panels. We had a problem with the cattle guy overgrazing the place. Had cattle issues and especially so in round pens where we could not get the wire tight. The 2nd pen was built at the end of that guy's grazing lease and the pasture was allowed to go free for a year. When a new cattle guy was secured, the owner placed restrictions on how many cattle could be on the place. That took care of the over-grazing issue. That was two seasons ago and we have not had any issues since then. If this issue ever comes back, I will without hesitation run a string of wire across the top making it so tight you can play a tune. Can't do that with the round pen, but sure can do it with the square pen with 2 3/4" inch corner posts which were driven in with one of those mechanized post drivers which look like a modified chain saw. That there thingie was worth its weight in gold and especially since Klappenbach bought it.