Only one remedy for this

[deadeye]

Kill'em All. At least all the bucks.
My wife and I went to put bud caps on some of the smaller pines only to discover the big one have the real problem.
I may have to get the DNR involved to collect crop losses.  I better not catch any deer in the act of destroying my trees.

[Jerkbiat]

Deer are destructive that's for sure. But that's what happen when we plant them in there house.

[deadeye]

jerkbait,
You are absolutely right. I guess I shouldn't complain when I get the desired results. I plant plots and trees for the animal's benefit and then they go and take advantage of it.   

[Leech~~]

jerkbait,
You are absolutely right. I guess I shouldn't complain when I get the desired results. I plant plots and trees for the animal's benefit and then they go and take advantage of it.   

THIS!  It's call collateral damage for the greater good. 😉

[Jerkbiat]

jerkbait,
You are absolutely right. I guess I shouldn't complain when I get the desired results. I plant plots and trees for the animal's benefit and then they go and take advantage of it.   

It is crazy how many trees they have taken out in our yard. We have learned the hard way when planting new trees to try and protect them.

[glenn57]

i'd be curious to see how many of them trees survive!!!!!! we only have big old trees in the cabin yard so deer dont mess with them, just the beavers.

the deer once took out nearly every hosta mom had planted around the cabin and that only happened once???

[roony]

In my neck of the woods the deer are overpopulated. They are worse than rabbits for the damage they do.

[Dotch]

Same here roony. Along with knocking down the electric fence in 4 or 5 places, saw yesterday deer were after the hazelnut bushes already and took the tips off some of the dogwood. Must like the buds on the tips. They usually wreck at least one arborvitae a year in the EQIP planting along with assorted other trees in the CREP. That's OK, don't want trees in that anyway but they're stepping on their unit ruining arbs in the EQIP area. They use that corridor to hopscotch over to the neighbor's CRP. Dummies!  🙄

[deadeye]

glenn57,
My guess is none of the ones pictured will survive. They are totally trashed.