Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Dealing with Ravenous Critters and PestsPart #5, 0 by coleup

coleup wrote:
In the last three weeks over two adjacent acres of wild wonderful wild life habitat, deer browse and large trees have been cleared. This has in my estimation put huge habitat and feeding pressure on my small semi wild yard.

I wrote about squirrels on another thread but my immediate concern are with the deer. Right now their usual patterns are totally disrupted and one or two of the five have begun to enter my yard to nibble hosta, euonymus shrubs and the oak leaf hyrangea

Yesterday as I was doing some brush removal/pruning of my own, I began to notice several small trees with significant bark injury. Evidently one of the new to this area deer is a buck though I haven't spotted him yet as he doesn't travel with the two moms and two babies. Then I noticed that one of my Japanese Maples had also been rubbed. I grow a lot of JMs, trees, and shrubs in containers that I would not like to lose.

What have any of you done to repair damaged bark or protect certain trees from rubbing ?

Last night I was going to go outside with a loud bang of the door and a flashlight and fierce growl as a temporary deterrent until I read that a buck in rut may stand his ground and charge!