I THOUGHT my younger trees were better protected; I doubled down on that after I saw the damage. All is not lost - only ONE will actually die, ringed; tore the bark off ALL the way around.
Jerks! We have acres and acres and ACRES of trees for you to rub on - leave the ones nearest the house - ALONE!
I recently moved to a much more rural area.
I’ll have to check on whether I can cull Whitetail, Mulies and/or Turkeys on my own property in Season.
You could do an emergency graft on the ringed one if it’s not too big using live bark stripped from a limb.... cover the bare area with the live fresh stripped bark, then cut through the two layers of bark where it overlaps to make a perfect patch, like you would to patch wallpaper. Set the new bark patch aside and pry the injured bark that was underneath to the fresh cut you made, then put the new bark patch into place over the bare wood, seal it up with tar or wax, and cover with tape. Then trim the tree back, hard, and tar the stubs.