I am so sorry that so many of you are struggling with wildlife issues.
I must be lucky- the deer seem to stay on farmland where they munch on leftover corn stalks and such. I've seen deer tracks near the end of the field, but no where near the gardens. The coons do eat most of my fruit every year and the rabbits get ahold of the spinach. We don't have possums anymore (we had four-ish- I think a neighbor put out poison, b/c I kept finding dead possums in the field). I think we have a woodchuck under the deck too, but as of yet- no damage to daylilies...
Now, if I could keep my neighbor's cats from using my space as a litter box...
Bravery is not being unafraid. Bravery is being afraid and living life anyways.