Larch trees and deer

I am planting larch trees this spring as part of a timber planting. Does anyone have experience with deer browsing on larch?
I am hoping not too have to protect them from animals. Many thanks.

I'll tell my story with peach trees. I bought very expensive peach trees cause they were tall and I thought the deer couldn't reach up to get the leaves. I was right but still lost half of them. They girdled them getting velvet off the antlers. I think the term is scraping. That was an expensive lesson.

Regardless if they eat the leaves, protect the bark.

I'm planting enough (1,000 or so) that some scraping won't be a big deal, it's mostly the browse on larch that I am curious about, especially in the northeast.

In my experience, deer will eat anything if they are hungry. Even things that deer supposedly don't eat. My deer never read the book I guess...

Perversely, my deer seem to have a definite preference for new stuff I have planted.

Anyway, now, all the new transplants get a tree tube. Pretty much eliminates the problem, AND the trees grow noticeably faster. It's a couple bucks per tree. If you buy a hundred, they are $2.25 a pop. Even in low numbers, they are 2.65 ea. I use re-rod for the stake.

https://www.treeprotectionsupply.com/tree-tubes/tree-pro/tree-pro-4-ft/

Maybe your deer aren't as hungry as mine...

Yes they do enjoy larch, especially the sapling bark......the larch is really good for their rumen ph in the winter when they are eating less than ideal foods.

I was afraid you'd say that.
I was thinking of buying these rigid seedling protectors, they are a lot cheaper than the tubes.
Thanks for the information

Yeah, sorry.......

What are these inexpensive rigid tree protectors you speak of???

Thanks in advance,

I've never tried them before, they don't seem as good as the tubes, but a lot cheaper rigid seedling protectors

Wow, less than a buck each in quantity.

Thanks!