Deer got a good portion of my maters first year I grew them. Who knew deer liked red ripe maters? Not this guy. And those sorry sacks of venison tended to take one or 2 chomps out of every single one. There were enough for man and beast, yet beast just HAD to sample them ALLI feel your pain. The one year we planted corn we had just gotten to the point where I told the wife 'I'm going to pick that and we'll have it tomorrow when your folks come over'. We hadn't planted a ton.
Next day, wake up, go down to pick it. Deer had eaten EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Haven't planted any since I was so p-ed off.