And, no deer ate the tops out of them.
Yes, I have learned this lesson the hard way.
I have deer cam pics of deer standing on their hind legs eating the tops off of my trees after they cleared a 5' tree tube.
Even eating just 8" off the top has caused the entire main leader to die. If the tree is very healthy, then I have had re-growth from the base of the tree. Some of those trees have eventually thrived but it took a lot of TLC.
Much better to keep the deer out of the trees!
