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Matt, s.WI deer like pear & serviceberry better than apple.  Gotta fence just 
about everything.  Except, I've been trying to remember ever seeing damage on 
tomatoes or plants.
 
I do notice feeding based partly on deer travel routes, but the routes are 
also based on what's around to browse. (Which comes first...)  And this can 
be seasonal, for example lush spring greenery and autumn corn crops.  
Effectiveness of repellants is also seasonal, and timing is important to make 
the best use of the sprays.
 
  

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>.... I've never had deer touch my serviceberries, although they eat
> cherry, apricot, and apple with gusto. I guess they don't touch the
> pear trees either. Rabbits also immediately stripped the bark off all
> my apple prunings this winter, but not so much the pears. No deer
> damage on kiwis yet, but they're new.
>
> -matt demmon
> se mi z5
>
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