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Protecting new evergreens from deer #7716163
11/13/22 12:24 AM
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The deer started hitting my 4 year old white spruce that I planted this year. I put some branches around 'em almost as if to make a mini brush pile this weekend. At one of the forestry seminars I went to they told me the best trees grow through the tops of a clear cut b/c they are more so protected from deer.
My neighbor has been having the balsams in his backyard get hit. He started sticking a stake in the ground at an angle & putting soup can on the top of the stake. It seems to help.

I would have thought it would be deer sometimes eating the tops that would do a lot of the damage but it seems to be bucks rubbing them.

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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7716275
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Are they eating the main terminal or branches also? I planted 700 white spruce this spring, I wasn't planning on doing anything with the spruce- I just bud capped 400 white pines...

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7716710
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Eat the deer.

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7717349
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Never saw them eating white spruce here, but they'll eat pretty much everything else...

One winter the beach deer died of starvation with full bellies of black pine needles, so if things are tough enough they'll try anything...All the repellants I've tried at the house are regarded by these deer a food enhancement.....

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7724634
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I think it was their horns, not mouth, that did the damage.

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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7724658
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We hang chunks of Irish spring soap from our trees during rutting season and it seems to work well.

Ol dad


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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7724659
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Interesting.

The rutting season is definitely when this seems to be the issue.

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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7724693
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Originally Posted by AJE
. I put some branches around 'em almost as if to make a mini brush pile this weekend. At one of the forestry seminars I went to they told me the best trees grow through the tops of a clear cut b/c they are more so protected from deer.
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what your doing is a mini slash wall.

More info on slash walls



Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7727858
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I tend to think deer largely stop rubbing young evergreens like this once the rut is over, at least that is what I'm hoping

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: ol' dad] #7728169
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Originally Posted by ol' dad
We hang chunks of Irish spring soap from our trees during rutting season and it seems to work well.

Ol dad
At least three Blue buckets spread out around the trunks will repel most deer.


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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: Bryan Daigle] #7728257
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Has any one or firm ever created a pepper type liquid that can be sprayed on trees that will slow or stop deer from eating or chewiong on? I have never heard of anything like that but they were able to develop a product that when in the plant deters cranes from eating young corn.

Bryce

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7728327
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I have 33 white cedars going down the property line. At every sixth tree i push in a driveway marker. I put my old socks in the laundry hamper for about a week to absorb our human odors. I then place a sock on each marker. One set of socks on the markers another in the dirty laundry. I swap the socks out every two weeks after that. Keep doing so until well into spring. It works perfect.


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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: Animals Only] #7733165
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Originally Posted by Animals Only
It works perfect.

You must have some stinky feet

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7733424
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Lol. I don't wear them, just put those old socks with holes in them into the hamper for a week to absorb human odor. Personally, my feet don't don't stink.


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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7743913
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Whatever works, I guess.

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7743935
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Wolves in all seriousness solved that problem in Yellowstone. Lmao in the hot summer if I did wear socks Im sure it would kill a hogs appetite!

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7743992
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Try putting some cedar posts in where the deer are traveling close to the trees. We have had pretty good success getting the deer to rub the posts and not trees.

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7743997
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Cages around the trees. If they want to rub, and are determined, the cages better be substantial.

Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7744166
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We operate a Christmas tree farm.

Only 2 foolproof ways to keep deer from rubbing the trees is #1: 8 foot fence or #2: Kill the deer

What you do NOT do is remove the trees they've rubbed. They will ten to come back to most of those same trees next year and hit them again. If you take them out, they'll destroy a whole new group of trees.


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Re: Protecting new evergreens from deer [Re: AJE] #7744215
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We deal with this all the time on new tree plantings.
Cheapest and easiest way to prevent deer from rubbing on the trees is running a temporary electric fence alongside the trees to prevent deer from accessing them. A small solar fencer, poly wire and step-in-posts are all that’s needed. Run the fence waist height either over the top of short trees and shrubs or alongside taller trees. Many times you will have to repair fence after first couple nights as when deer touch them and get zapped they bolt thru the fence.
If you really hate the deer smear a little peanut butter on the wire.

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