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When a buck is determined to cleaning his
>antlers, my experience (in Kansas) is that little will deter him.

Hmm... what about foam rubber?  Is there anything soft like that that would
remove the temptation?  I can see how a blackberry thicket would work, the
plants would protect the apple tree without being tempting themselves.
There was someplace, probably POMONA, where I read that blackberries to
apples is a natural seccession.  A local NAFEXer, Shannon Stoney, found
herself with 12 acres of former pasture, and it cost her $200 every time she
paid someone to bush hog it.  She allowed the entire property, including her
infant apple orchard, to grow up in weeds and blackberries.  A few years
later the apples began to emerge from the blackberries, and then started
blooming.   Donna