Deer and apple tree bark......
01-29-2004, 10:08 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: waterville/barre vermont USA
Posts: 337
RE: Deer and apple tree bark......
yep. ever driven by an orchard, and seen the protectors around the bases? and they love the branches, too. just keep them fenced until they are five feet or so.
01-29-2004, 03:37 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,059
RE: Deer and apple tree bark......
Deer will eat the young growth and leaves off apple trees pretty well year round. In the spring and summer it seems like it's a treat to them as they don't get much volume from it. I guess they pick up a sweet flavour from the apple tree growth.
Dan O.
Dan O.
02-02-2004, 10:05 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Posts: 1,079
RE: Deer and apple tree bark......
Well the deer are defineatly hitting this one tree. We have four that are all within 50 yards of each other. They seem to be hitting only one. I have gone out and put back the wire mesh we took down this summer.
