Funny you should ask. I' ve got a pear tree in the corner of my yard and it is absolutely loaded this year. It' s already busting off limbs and they aren' t anywhere near ripe.

I' ve had deer run from under it several times now coming out of my front door in the early morning. They are eating the pears and the leaves off the lower hanging limbs as well as eating some of the pears on the ground. I can' t say it' s one of their favorite foods, but I do know they will eat them.