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Fencing Requirements are: 8 foot high New Zealand style or equivalent woven wire 12.5 gauge minimum tensile with locking knots with no more than 6 inch spacing.
Perimeter fencing shall be adequate to prevent escape and withstand expected occurrences such as high winds.
Corner posts should be 6 inch round or equivalent and properly braced, line posts 4 inch or metal T Posts or equivalents.
Trees that may threaten the fence should be removed and a 5-foot clearing should be maintained around perimeter.
Posts need to be set in dips and on crowns or humps. Bottom strand of fence should be at ground level. Gates need to have functional locks.
Minimum size is 5,000 square feet for one animal
and increased 25% for each additional animal.
Fence requirements are subject to change. This is current WV law for fencing. The state calls deer cervid this would include other species of deer and elk.
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