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Our extension agency said to use either an 8 foot fence or two five foot fences about 4 feet apart.
Lately I am trying a decorative 4 foot fence about running parallel to my house, about 3.5 feet away. Our deer prefer raspberries and roses above all else, but so far they have not leapt this particular fence, or even leaned over it. They get hungriest in September though (Oregon summer drought dries up most of their wild food by then), so we'll see.
As for the eight foot fence, I have always used some sort of woven wire to 5 or 6 feet, then ANYTHING strung above, in rows, as much as 2 feet apart - christmas lights, lightweight rope, twine. If the deer can see it, they won't try to jump. Deer are fleet-footed but when they're dangling in mid-air they can't simultaneously nudge their way past a string. They don't even try.
Its funny- these deer don't eat tulips, or any bulbs. I didn't know they were deer candy elsewhere. Also, the dog (a scary husky) scared them for maybe a year, but now the deer browse the grapes that try to grow on her fence and she just yawns.
