Originally Posted By: keith


I usually use my hand on the top fence strand, and save the buttplate, except on electric fences. A word of advice: Don't let that wire slip while you are straddling an electric fence. If you do it in the East, they will hear you out West.


I can confirm that one, due to experience. I guarantee that if it ever happens, you'll remember to be careful the rest of your life when crossing electric fences.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.