plant a whole bunch of large ferns around the base of the trees....ALL your
trees, if you can. whilst deer will eat hostas, they HATE ferns and the
ferns' roots will not disturb the tree's roots. you can try it on one tree
and see how it fares, and then work on the others.
by large ferns, i'm not talking about fiddlehead ferns....more like the
maiden-ferns.

good luck.

From: "BE"
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:01:31 GMT
Subject: Tree help?

Howdy, I'm in western NJ (Hunterdon County) and have a small, not quite sure
what type Maple tree that has at times, (last fall most recent,) fallen prey
to male deers, (rubbed.)

I've posted some pics he http://www.pbase.com/hiker/tree

Is this something I need to treat? If so how/what to do?

Thanks, I appreciate any feedback.