DEER FENCE INSTALLATION: MIDDLE STEPS 1Middle Steps: Anchors, Supports, and Adjustments 
Finishing Touches, Gates, and Maintenance
MIDDLE STEPS
Use suitable trees as the posts at deer fence corners wherever possible. Lacking trees, you need earth anchors (item 16-12) attached with a heavy wire or cable. The earth anchor system can be used effectively with any corner post or corner approach post set in a cement footing. See Video: Installing Earth Anchors This earth anchor system is appealing because all you have to do is run a heavy metal wire designed for outdoor use (item 02-07HT1) between a secure point on the post and the earth anchor’s handle. Indeed, compared to corner braces (an alternative bracing system—see items 15-06 and 15-07 in the Products, Round Posts, Accessories section) we have found earth anchors easier to install, less expensive, less visible, and more effective. You can anchor a corner with earth anchors in two ways. One way anchors the corner post and requires only one earth anchor; but it leaves the earth anchor and its attachment cable outside the fence line, creating a potential lawnmower problem and tripping hazard (see diagrams below). The other method braces the two posts approaching the corner post. This puts the earth anchors and their cables right along the fence line, removing the lawnmower problem and tripping hazard If you are using the latter method, all parts of the fence between the corner approach posts and the corner post are not anchored (see diagram below). So, where snow loads or falling tree branches are a problem, set the corner approach posts close (6 to 10 feet away) from the corner post (the closer the better). This will shorten the segments of fence that are not anchored. 
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