Originally Posted By: greatwhiteape
Lassig,

A 30-06 is good to keep deer from tearing things up too LOL.


True just not in Illinois. No rifles allow except for yote hunting.

Back in Oct '10 I planted 5 Norway spruce, 4 Blue Spruce, and 5 Autumn Blaze Maples on the north side of my newly repaired pond. Since my buddy had shot a 135 3 beam buck that morning on my farm we had to take care of the buck (lower 70s). So we didn't get the spruce caged. That night one of the norway's got totally destroyed. We caged the rest ASAP.

The cages are made with 4 T posts and use 3' tall 2x4 fencing. I hold the fencing about a foot of the ground and attach to the T posts with zip ties. The cages will be on my trees for many years before I remove them.

Last edited by lassig; 09/23/12 07:04 AM.