You’re lucky. We have deer that live in town all year, and they are a menace to life, limb, and property, including gardens.
There are a few tomato and potato plants (supposedly deer don’t like nightshades-HAH!) that have been trimmed by these long legged rats in my yard.
The worst part is that the deer got my 17” tall sunflowers, before they could even form a head. Of the 30 or so I have about 4-5 undamaged.
Managed to catch them before they damaged the peas. I’ll be planting a bunch more fennel and various mint family members next year fur certain!
One question: Why did my pennyroyal not show up at all? I planted a brand new, full package, and not one single seedling sprouted. I scattered the seed on the surface of a prepared bed, then lightly raked and watered. Everything else in that bed is doing well.
I put tomato cages around my peas and then wrap them in chicken wire.
It protects them some, but they will eat to the top of the chicken wire so you need to use fairly decent sized cages and enough height in the chicken wire to keep them from snacking on the tops of the plants where all the peas are being produced.
Deer also don’t like strong scented plants. I am mixing herbs like dill, oregano, thyme, and rosemary in with my plants.