[GaltAdonis]

"Are you sure the deer are eating the tomato plants?"

Yes - AND chipmunks.
I stood ten feet away from a deer this morning that had a
tomato in it's mouth - head cocked to one side staring at me -
if it could speak, I'm sure it would have said:

"What? What's your problem?".

And I recognize the chipmunk tooth marks on the half-eaten
tomatoes left on the lawn.
But I have been using a trap for them.
I've gotten two so far - one was a huge fat sucker -
I'm sure his belly was totally full of green tomatoes.

The deer won't quite fit into the bucket trap, however.

[David Chase]

Oh. Ok. Yep, they’ll eat tomatoes but not the plant itself, or they shouldn’t. Try feeding deer in another area too. Give them a reason not to be near your garden. I feed the deer wherever I want them to be. It’s cheap too. Do this a few times and they’ll go there to find food always.