Wait and see what grows back. After some growth you can trim off any damage. They should regrow and be fine.

I had that happen to my newly planted fruit trees last year. It's so frustrating! My stella got munched twice. I am waiting to see what kind of grouth comes out on that one. it was right before the leaves started to change color. It grew back the first time and the second time it kind of made small sprouts. It looks like it has fruit buds on it. We're still dorment here. I wanted to kill the deer!

Thanks. Is it good that i painted over the cracks?

Painting over cracks is fine.

I also recently left my deer guard down by mistake, I have a chain of motion-activated sprinklers but forgot to turn the water back on after turning it off to do some orchard work. They took care of one of my small apples. The sprinklers have been working great as long as they are on :-)

Scott