Portable electric fence

[Montana Mike]

Anyone here make 1 yourself?, seeing the price difference buying vs. making 1, looks like I came up with about $160 too make 1 vs. $200+ too buy the kit.
Matt

My question is: why do you want one? To keep your herd corralled in camp? To protect them against predators? I have some thoughts, but first I'd like to know a little more about your need.

With no evidence at all I feel like it may deter a black bear, and coyotes.

IdahoNancy has a great setup but she sounds unsure if it will deter large predators. According to some wildlife experts, this takes a minimum of 5,000 volts. Where I hunt, a seven strand electric fence is required to protect your camp and stock. This basically consists of T-posts strung together with Turbo Wire (or something similar) using insulators and charged with a solar charger. Details can be had from the Lewis and Clark National Forest here in Montana. The idea is that predators try to squeeze under the fence, ground themselves out and get zapped. 

The problem: it takes as much time to set up the fence as it does to set up camp! Obviously I don't take this setup with me when I backpack. My pack goat and my dog (as well as any other backpackers who accompany me) make pretty good burger alarms in case of a midnight visitor. I sleep with a can of bear spray close by. Also as a precaution, I place my food in an odor proof sack inside of a pack, and run the whole thing up a tree. 

Photo is of the above-mentioned electric fence surrounding our camp during an elk hunt in griz country.