Do a search and look at caging with cement wire and wrapping the lower trunk with aluminum window screen that is stapled shut.
You will spend as much protecting the tree as the cost of the tree, so plan accordingly.
It depends on how far north you are talking about. Are you USDA zone 3 or 4?
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If you are a bow hunter, plant a chestnut crab to start with. In zone 3, you have less choices.
I have some pictures on my Sandbox thread.