Chestnut and sawtooth oaks add great hardwood mast to food plots.
Food Plots Food plot additions
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megalomaniac
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Great place for a licking branch and a scrape as well i suspect!
Indeed, deer will have scrapes and rubs on these trees. We have to place wire around the chestnut trees once they outgrow the tree tubes. Deer don't seem to rub the sawtooth trees.
Great looking plot and setup.
I pulled the t posts and took the wire cages off all my pear trees back in the spring, thinking they should be big enough, but may re-cage the 2 smallest. They are probably 6-7 inch diameter.
In non acorn producing years do you lose food production by having trees there instead of more food plot?
I planted the trees on the plot boarder and have not noticed any reduction in growing area. The Chestnut and sawtooth trees produce hard mast annually. The only negative feedback is both species drop their mast before November. A late dropping persimmon would be a better option for attracting wildlife during muzzle loader and rifle seasons.
BSK
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We are going around and picking up seeds from just those late-dropping persimmons. Only time will tell of they grow trees that are late-droppers.
I am blessed to have persimmons that drop almost all winter long. I have picked up persimmon seed and spread the trees all over our farm by directly planting 1/2" deep on the edges of timber. Amazing success rate. I usually cut down the male trees (We have a lot for polination) and keep the fruit producing females.
