Out of a many hundreds of rubs I've seen in my life-time, I've only seen where a buck rubbed on a birch tree maybe less than 10 times. I've also never seen any in-season activity that leads me to believe they like to eat it either. It doesn't provide any ground cover as most of it's canopy is longer thinner limbs located higher up. The bark doesn't seem to appeal them in any way as well. In observing people's yards and their landscaping, I don't ever recall the deer bother the saplings, so this is an indication to me, they find it not on the top of their dinner list.

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