Electric Fences as Bear Deterrents
Demonstration Videos
These videos, produced by Wayne Hall for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will demonstrate setting up an electric fence, including how they work and the components you will need for both backcountry and more permanent installations.
Uses of Electric Fences
Electric fences have been used successfully to deter bears around the following settings:
- airplanes
- animal feed
- beehives
- butchered game
- camps
- canneries
- compost piles
- domestic animals
- fish camps
- fish cleaning sites
- freezers
- garbage containers
- garbage dumpsters
- incinerators
- municipal landfills
- rafts and boats
- remote cabins and lodges
