Pesky Deer Or Rabbits Ate Our Tomato and Pepper Plants

My husband planted about a dozen tomato plants and eight pepper plants yesterday.  Today he said there were deer tracks around them and the plants have all been eaten.  You can see some of the stems in the picture.  We've never had this happen in our 17 years of living here.  So now he went to the store to see what we can do to deter the deer or rabbits from eating them if we plant some more.  Does anyone have any ideas for this problem?