Whitetail Hill Deer Pear™
You're making an investment in your land — protect it. Each kit has a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block for one tree. The tube keeps deer and rabbits off and can double your growth rate; the fertilizer feeds the tree through its first season. Plant with a kit, follow the Growing Guide, and your trees are covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee.
What you're planting
- Drop Time
- Aug – Nov
- First Crop
- 3–6 years
- Produces
- Every year
- Pollination
- Self-fertile — one tree produces
- Zones
- 4b–8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil & Site
- Most soils as long as they drain. pH 5.5–7.5.
- Size & Spacing
- 15–25ft · plant 20–25ft apart
Deer can't get enough of these pears
Orders placed now are for Spring 2027 shipment
We take orders in advance and ship at the proper time for spring planting in your region — mid-December in the Deep South through the end of May up north. Pick your state under "When Will My Order Ship?" below and you’ll see your exact ship dates.
Get your order in now, we sell out early every season!
Our Whitetail Hill Deer Pears™ are our favorite fruit tree for deer. They're a highly adaptable pear that's extremely easy to grow, heavy bearing, and absolutely irresistible to deer. Whitetail Hill Deer Pears™ are descendants of wild pears like the ones you often find growing on old homesteads throughout the country. The fact that they are able to do well in these conditions are a testament to their hardiness and survivability. Whitetail Hill Deer Pears™ bear heavy crops of large fruits prized by deer and other wildlife. These trees can survive on their own in the woods for decades with little or no care and still produce heavy crops of pears that become destinations for the local deer herd. You'll often see deer visiting them daily to clean up the latest fallen fruit. Bucks have even been known to protect pear trees while fruit is dropping. Pears really are a favorite for deer and they're about as easy to grow as you can get. They bear young, usually at just 3-6 yrs and grow very fast. Drop time varies slightly from tree to tree but typically falls from Aug-Nov. These are some of the very best pears you'll find for deer and are one of our favorites.
Plant each tree with one of our Survival Kits (a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block), follow our planting instructions, and it’s covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee. Full details here.
Zone: 4b-8
Pollination: Self pollinating
Production: 3-6 years
Drop Time: Aug-Nov
Soil: Variety of soils as long as fairly well drained
Height at maturity: 15'-25'
pH: 5.5-7.5
Size when shipped: 1yr old approx. 18-48in
Sun: Full sun
Spacing: 20-25ft
Add Late Drop and keep chestnuts falling into December.
By November most acorns have been mopped up and the woods go quiet. Late Drop Hybrids are selected to drop Nov–late Dec, right when deer have the fewest options. Our recommendation: a 1:1 mix.
Questions we get about Whitetail Hill Deer Pear™
We don't ship on the day you order. We take orders in advance and ship at the proper time for spring planting in each region — from mid-December in the Deep South through the end of May up north. Pick your state below to see your exact window. Orders placed after your region has already shipped go out within 5–10 business days.
A Tree Pro grow tube and a slow-release fertilizer block for one tree. The tube protects the seedling from deer and rabbits and can double its growth rate; the fertilizer block feeds the tree through its first growing season. Every tree we ship is already inoculated with beneficial mycorrhizae, so there's nothing else to add — plant it in the kit, follow the Growing Guide, and it's covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee.
Plant with a Survival Kit and we guarantee the tree for a full year. If a tree dies within one year of the day it's delivered, we'll issue you store credit for what you paid for it. You don't have to worry about spending your money on something that may or may not make it.
To be covered, plant each tree with one of our Survival Kits (a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block), keep the tube on, and follow our planting instructions. Email us photos and your order number within a year of delivery.
For all details and conditions, see here: 1-Year Survival Guarantee
