Looks like a promising method.
I was thinking of possibly using a wet use industrial carpet. I need to see what remnants I can get. Cut it into panels to fit the front, sides, and bottom. Then sew the edges together. I was thinking of using 3M's Dual Lock to hold it in place. Glue the Dual Lock...
We always called deer field rats or cloven hoofed rats. 4 or so deer eat as much as a cow.
For a few years I ran the family farm. Along one side was a highway that had a pair of 45 degree turns to jog it over a few hundred feet. That stretch of road did in at least one deer a week for many...