Its already deer season here ,the owners of the land know what i do, and only there brother hunts there. I just call the owners,and they let me know if anyone is out hunting.

I have never had a mature plant eaten by an animal, but male deer might rub their antlers on a pot plant to get rid of the velvet . I think the deer has moved to another spot,it was sleeping next to my plants and i pee'd on its bed a few times it was a female also,so most hunters would be out for the bucks.