The best thing you can do to protect your trees from deer antler rubbing is to prevent the deer from getting close to the tree trunk or branches.
Fencing to protect trees from deer.
Deer also are capable of inflicting significant damage to trees from rubbing and scraping their antlers on them.
Each of them operate in a different manner but all accomplish the same goal.
That is where protecting trees from deer with tree shelters and cages comes in.
They wrap right around your tree s trunk and prevent deer from rubbing up against the bark.
Plastic or mesh tree guards are a quick fix.
Instead of building a fence around your entire woodlot you put a small fence cage or plastic tube around each tree.
While fencing is the most expensive way to deter wildlife it is also the most effective.
The best way to protect your tree is to physically block off deer with a fence or tree guard.
We couldn t afford a fence that big nor did we want one.
The simplest way to protect trees is with fencing placed around a single tree or an entire stand.
The fence must be at least six to eight feet tall and tilted at an angle of 30 degrees as deer are champion jumpers.
We had moved to the country in part so we could grow as much as we liked and the local deer were killing our orchard trees one by blessed one.
Protect tree trunks with fencing.
By now you should know exactly how to protect trees from deer.
The products we discussed today are the best deer deterrent products available.
Protect trees from animals such as deer by installing a temporary metal fence.
Getting rid of deer.
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A fence tall enough to keep the deer out wasn t a possibility it would have to be at least 8 feet tall.
Here s the fence i chose.