DIY Deer Cages - Protect Your Trees From Marauding Deer!

In central Texas deer are a real problem if you planting new fruit trees! Deer fencing a whole area is expensive so we've found this to be the best solution in many contexts. You can remove the cages once the tree is big enough to tolerate deer browse and reuse it infinitely. Follow as Adam Russell explains how to build a tree cage to protect trees from deer, livestock and other predation. He gives a list of materials needed and all the steps for constructing these valuable pieces. Protect your tree investment by learning how to install a stand alone tree cage.

[@marianlane8507]

THANK YOU! I pulled your video up first and you have EVERYTHING in this video (fence height, snippers, wire) that I need. Thank you for all the tips and for saving me some time figuring it out. I greatly appreciate the underground wire tip and the clipping off the sharp fence pieces. I have done both the forearm cramp from twisting all day AND scratching myself on the pokey ends. I'm a 5', not 20yr old woman and this will be easy enough to do without pestering my busy spouse.

[@1970brent]

Hi quality explanation. very nice teaching!

[@stevebehe7115]

Excellent Detail, Well Organized Video, Good Job!

[@chellelivinggreen]

Thanks for sharing. I am going to try this when planting my trees. ❤

[@goodfriend6428]

Great work! Thank you!

[@stmcgarret]

Good tips. I've done basically the same. Problem this year is that the deer busted down the fence when they smelled the apples. I did not have them secured with t-posts so it was an easy task for them. Next year I have to secure them better.

[@symbiosistx]

Rebar stakes and irrigation wire can be less expensive ways to tie them down

[@stmcgarret]

Thanks for the idea - rebar may in fact work. @@symbiosistx

[@whunderwood]

What trees did you plant?

[@stmcgarret]

@@whunderwood They went after the apple trees. I have peach, plum and cherry also but sadly no harvest to date. Stone fruits have been a problem with canker. Not enough time in my days to properly manage my little orchard.

[@l800x8]

could wind the wire around a 6" spool and make one cut across, or a 10" board ...

[@symbiosistx]

Good idea!

[@ChristopherKomuves]

Great video! But I can't find 12.5 gauge fence near me. I'm wondering if the thinner 14-gauge 2"x4" 6-foot high fence that I could find would work, or if it would be too thin. I would probably just use more like 12.5' of it to make a 4' diameter cage for my new fruit trees. Also thinking that an extra foot of height would help a lot, as deer can reach things up to 6' high to browse on--so wondering if they would reach their heads above the 5' high fence or not (our whitetails here are often over 200 pounds).

[@symbiosistx]

There’s tons of pros and cons to all different options your mentioning and bottom line, your probably going to be able to get the trees to survive no matter how you do it, within reason. We’re just recommending what we like best from doing thousands of these now and managing them over time and even reusing them once trees get established