my garden pests besides the deer are St.Johns Wart and what I think is morning glory....
If the deer ate your honeysuckle, maybe it wasn’t one of the problem honeysuckles.
Japanese honeysuckle is the worst in NJ - in the sun it has white and yellow flowers, the ones that children suck the nectar from, and has the most delicious scent. In the shade it’s just leaves and deer don’t touch it. It seeds and creeps everywhere, very invasive.
Here is coral honeysuckle, a native. Hummingbirds love it. The deer have not touched it in my yard either.
