When was younger, I’d jump/crawl through. Now i lay down, roll under, quick, no noise or scars
As der Teufel also suggested rolling under...between the chiggers, sand burrs, and the low wire, plus wet ground like we have now, that is one of my least favorite options, but sometimes the low wire is as much as 18" off the ground.
Don’t know how many pairs of pants I ruined back when I was working going over or through somebody’s fence. I vote for the stools ! Good shooting on the hogs too.
All my field pants are patched in the crotch area. My wife has gotten good at salvaging the fabric from old pants to use to mend the new ones. Even when I don't tear the pants, I still get hung up pretty good and have to work to get unsnagged in a timely manner without tearing open a new hole.
A buddy of mine made me a contraption that would actually go between the wires and spread them while covering each wire with a U-shaped aluminum beam that would protect me from getting snagged above or below. Neat device, but it was far too bulky for easy transport and wasn't quick to deploy in the dark. It also had trouble with tight wires. Good concept, just difficult to implement while being stealthy.
I tried a t-post climber step. Another neat concept but not all t-posts are created equal and it could sometimes slip. Plus, if the t-post wasn't well buried in well compacted dry soil, you could get a lot of sway going as you tried to go over. Between the sway and fear of impalement on the post when the step gave way, I gave up on that $20 gadget. It might work okay for a 150 pound person, but not for a 250 lb person.
I have straight climbed many fences. I try to do it next to an H-brace or corner brace when possible. While more stable than climbing a single t-post, you still run the risk of wires slipping.
So I tried the 16" stools first, actually just using 1 stool to get me over the top and realizing a 2nd stool on the other side would be really helpful. I have now gone to 18" stools because with my short inseam, I still wasn't quite clearing the top wire cleanly all the time. The stools shown in the video cost about $22 each, hold up to 350 lbs (maybe 400?), don't make a lot of noise, and generally work pretty well. The down side is that you can't really carry them around all the time while stalking, although I often carry one in the back pocket of my vest if I am planning on hiking out to a field to sit and watch it for a while. The stool serves as a nice little travel seat.
Even so, still not a perfect solution to getting over fences, just the best I have found that works for me so far.
Oh and Ratdog68 brought up a good point about stabilizing them. I don't know how I would do that. As shown in the video, sometimes the ground isn't level by the fence and so they tend to cant outward from the fence. Too much cant and they are not stable.