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Post by jjas on Mar 20, 2017 11:16:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 11:35:23 GMT -5
I don't think so per my experience. Like past post I planted 330 trees three years ago. I caged protected around 200 of them. I think all the non protected trees have been eaten by the deer to the ground. The DNR's have done hundreds of studies and found deer browsing is a major issue. I think the study assumed the trees make it to a large enough size to handle browsing. One to three year old trees don't have a chance to survive. Deer/rabbits eat them to the ground. Another poorly done study.
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Post by boonechaser on Mar 20, 2017 13:21:00 GMT -5
I don't think so per my experience. Like past post I planted 330 trees three years ago. I caged protected around 200 of them. I think all the non protected trees have been eaten by the deer to the ground. The DNR's have done hundreds of studies and found deer browsing is a major issue. I think the study assumed the trees make it to a large enough size to handle browsing. One to three year old trees don't have a chance to survive. Deer/rabbits eat them to the ground. Another poorly done study. Kinda my experience as well. Planted 300 white and red pines 2 years ago. (Caged them all) Bought from state nursery. Planted to add some thermal cover and I would guess approx. half have survived. Bucks figured out they could easily tear cages off with horns and eat the young trees. I plant a few new trees every year now but cages and strong stakes or metal t post are a must or they will be eaten. |
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Post by esshup on Mar 20, 2017 13:40:07 GMT -5
THEN once they get big enough, bucks will use them for rubs, and destroy even more trees.... Had a few transplanted with a tree spade, they were rubbed so hard that they died the next year.
This year I'm planting around 400 bare root, will enclose the area with an electric fence for both deer and rabbis/groundhogs. Then after a few years they will be transplanted again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 14:35:23 GMT -5
My wife hates deer. She thinks of them as big overgrown rats.
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Post by boonechaser on Mar 20, 2017 15:10:07 GMT -5
It does get frustrating. Very time consuming more so than expensive but one begins to question the worth after seeing the destruction the deer can do relatively overnight. I'm in process of re-caging the pines that have survived, but they will need protection for at least 10-12 more years.
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Post by esshup on Mar 20, 2017 19:01:13 GMT -5
I need to put my thinking cap on and figure out how to make a tool. I have concrete wire mesh panels. I'm guessing 6'x12'? Need to figure a way to bend the ends quickly and easily once the panels are cut, but make it easy to disassemble to store flat once they are not needed any more.
I figured I'd use a bolt cutter to cut the horizontal wires right next to a vertical, then bend those horizontal wires, leaving them open a bit, so the vertical wire would slip into the end. 2 "T" posts or some other type of post would be enough to hold them in place. I'm just guessing here, but make each side 18" or so since they are going on hardwoods and not pines.
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Post by 76chevy on Mar 23, 2017 10:30:09 GMT -5
I put these on my trees around here Bunch of oaks in these, 5 footers are best for deer protection www.treepro.com/I don't think so per my experience. Like past post I planted 330 trees three years ago. I caged protected around 200 of them. I think all the non protected trees have been eaten by the deer to the ground. The DNR's have done hundreds of studies and found deer browsing is a major issue. I think the study assumed the trees make it to a large enough size to handle browsing. One to three year old trees don't have a chance to survive. Deer/rabbits eat them to the ground. Another poorly done study. |
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