I had four peachtrees, one nectarine, three apple, three crababble, and two pears that produced fruit this year. Outside of one peachtree in the yard, every other piece of fruit was eaten by the coons and possums with the exception of the above apple tree. I tried metal duct work around the trunks, full tree nets, ten traps around one tree and nothing worked - except in the above pic. I intend on expanding the hot wire protection next year. I dont know if this being new to them they just havent figured it out - or if it really works. The white plastic is just a herbicide spray guard.