Not true BSK. I can show thousands of acres of properties (including my own) I've worked on that have no honeysuckle whatsoever. Why? Because it was never introduced and never allowed to spread. Is it used a late winter food source? Of course, but it is low quality. Very low in fat (that deer need at this time of year), so it is slightly above woody browse in value during the winter. It has higher nutritional values during the summer, but they are still far below what native plants offer.

So are you saying that deer need it to survive? If not, then from a biological standpoint, recommending a plant that is known to be invasive and replaces native plant species is not a wise management recommendation.

Very Interesting. I have none on my place that I have found. It is not because I have to many deer either.

I have read on the qdma forum of some of the prosand cons of it. I am interested in reading more about it's nutritional value. I was under the impression that it was very high in protein and a good late season browse.

Definitely not a high nutrition plant, but other than food plot crops, few plants provide high nutritional value in winter.

Honeysuckle and greenbrier--where they exist--are usually the top-choice foods, simply because few if any non-agricultural plant are highly nutritious in winter. Now deer are going to browse on a lot of things in winter, but those two species are usually the first to show signs of over-browsing.