Deer can cause serious damage to newly planted seedlings and young trees. When they browse the buds, they reduce growth rates, nipping the tree at the base can create multiple stemmed trees, and bucks rubbing their antlers on stems can kill the tree entirely.
Follow these tips from the Kansas Forest Service, to protect your young trees.
http://www.kansasforests.org/conservation_trees/careandtips/deer.html
By: Cassie Homan
