Fence/Wire type recommendation to protect young trees/plants from wildlife??

[Tangoddess]

Good morning dears

The deer are pretty big, maybe 4 feet? But they only come by occasionally. No bears here that I know of or have seen. It seems like one option is to get the 4 or 5 ft no climb fence...my question is, why do we need no climb fence? Is that for raccoons etc? It seems much more expensive than other options?

Is there any alternate fence option which may be cheaper?

I want to call the local fence stores, but not sure what to ask for!

Thank you

 

[Groo]

We recently had some squirls kill several large apple trees out at camp. I was shocked to see it. I wonder if my Dad feeding the birds brought more squirels in and they deceided to ballance their diet on the trees or something? These trees were mature enough to fruit.