The persimmons fell off my trees due to drought back in late June and early July. Same with acorns and hickories.My persimmons have completely fallen off some of my trees about a month early, I believe from the extremely dry weather is to blame. I have one big tree between my food plots that is still loaded, it sits down in a low spot.
Here, the squirrels eat them. And because they're usually the first acorn to fall, the deer will eat them briefly (for about 2 weeks in September), but once other varieties begin to fall, the deer don't touch them.My Chestnut Oaks are loaded and already dropping. Only problem is nothing around here will touch them. I always called them "starvation" acorns because the critters will only eat them if there's nothing else to eat.
That was always my argument against going to the effort of planting persimmon trees for hunting. The early dropping variety drop them too early. A late-dropping variety exists, but it's impossible to tell the two varieties apart until they start to fruit.Persimmons are falling on our farm right now and they are tearing them up. They will be gone by the weekend for the most part.
And they do not last very long. If you miss the 5-6 day period they usually drop then you are out of luck. They are tearing the food plots up right now though and they probably will probably be dirt by next rain.That was always my argument against going to the effort of planting persimmon trees for hunting. The early dropping variety drop them too early. A late-dropping variety exists, but it's impossible to tell the two varieties apart until they start to fruit.
Most of the red oak acorns I'm seeing on the ground in Nashville are being knocked down by squirrels (still green). Not seeing many brown, mature acorns falling yet.Seeing a few red oak acorns scattered on the ground in SW TN. Killed a few squirrels out of red oaks this past Saturday. They were making all kinds of noise cutting the acorns.