Young oaks protected from rodents, cattle, and deer. Tree shelter nearly 6-feet tall. The wire mesh and fence post protect from cattle, but allowed deer to climb where they could eat the new growth off the young tree. We added another short section of tree shelter - approx. 8-inches. This wasn’t high enough, so another short section was added. This allowed the trees to grow above the deer browse.

The tree on the far right of the photo at left, a few years later, without irrigation. Many people want to take the tree shelters off once the tree has grown out the top. But it takes a year or more for the trunk to become firm, and, even more importantly on this site, removing the tree shelter exposes the trees to girdling by hungry/thirsty rodents, which can kill young oaks.