cavey
5 year old buck +
Another fine reason to keep your apple trees fenced for as long as you can............ buck rubs
I was out checking /planting some trees and looked over to see this nice bright patch on one of my nicer apple trees... I had figured with the lower branches and the t post by the tree and that it was a fairly large dia tree they would leave it alone, plus the screen wrap. I was wrong. Pulled my cage to early - wanted it for a new tree planting earlier this fall. The buck got half the trunk.
I was out checking /planting some trees and looked over to see this nice bright patch on one of my nicer apple trees... I had figured with the lower branches and the t post by the tree and that it was a fairly large dia tree they would leave it alone, plus the screen wrap. I was wrong. Pulled my cage to early - wanted it for a new tree planting earlier this fall. The buck got half the trunk.