Browse.
Specifically, the browsing that the deer are doing. Don't get me wrong - the deer are doing what deer do in the winter. They're eating woody vegetation like the buds and foliage they can reach. The trees will survive this foraging as they largely grown well beyond the height of a hungry whitetail. Any little trees not so much. They're doomed. White cedar is a perennial favorite and you can see here they've munched the cedars clean of any greenery within reach.
I cannot recall the deer hammering the red cedars. Check this out...
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