Was so nice this morning, doggie and I took a little walk. All around both my stands on one ridge are these things.
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Pursuit Hunter
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Looks like pin oak, northern red oak, and white oak. Regular acorn smorgasbord. The reds look like they might be wormy though.
Those could be, looked like they had been on the ground quite a while. Plenty on the trees. Could be too much. All the woods are loaded. saw several deer and a couple real nice toms.
Which of these do deer like best?
White oak.
No simmons on any of the trees I checked. On my other property, two of four trees I saw were loaded, some dropping but no sign of any eating.
Pursuit Hunter
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I found a green persimmon on the ground the other day with a big deer tooth mark right in the middle of it. Had to chuckle at the thought of a puckered up deer walking around. Found a few ripe ones on the ground under another tree.
BigBeef
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are the small white acorns of the chinkapin variety? i have learned recently the are one of the most preferred. true?
Pursuit Hunter
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Probably. They like to grow on shallow soils over limestone like you have in Cannon county. The trees have bark similar to a white oak and leaves that look like a small chestnut oak. You are right. Deer love'em.BigBeef said:
BigBeef
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that would be the tree. have a patch of them at the top of a ridge. with a fair amount of past season rubs. hope it offers some daylight activity.
LanceS4803
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I have a white oak tree that the deer are hitting hard. They have broken off thumb sized limbs to get at the acorns?
Looks like someone took a machete to the tree after they got done with it.
Looks like someone took a machete to the tree after they got done with it.
Yes, chics. Deer like them but prefer a standard white oak. In the picture are white oak and chincs. I also have chestnut oaks in good amounts but deer don't really like them in contrast to the other two.
Rightnow, pthe preferred food is the white Crownbeard that I have just learned the name of. They are also all aorund my stands.
According to the tracks, they are also eating the4 dickens out of something in my backyard. The ground is just torn up with deer tracks from two nights ago.
Rightnow, pthe preferred food is the white Crownbeard that I have just learned the name of. They are also all aorund my stands.
According to the tracks, they are also eating the4 dickens out of something in my backyard. The ground is just torn up with deer tracks from two nights ago.
Coach
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Do persimmons and muscadines grow throughout the state?
I don't know. I would suppose they are in areas where the habitat is compatable. I do not have nay muscadines where I hunt but I have seen them in plentitude not far from here. I also have crab apples and on one edge of one place I hunt, I have domestic apples.
Most common for me, in terms of deer forage, is greenbriar, honeysuckle, various mast, both hard and soft and a flower I have just learned is one of the crown family. Of course, there is also scattered farm crops, namely clover and alfalfa and a variety of normal browse.
It is important for hunters to understand that deer may not eat perismmon or even some acorns in specific areas due to acidity or other content. For example, where I hunt, the deer have to get pretty hungry to eat chestnut oak. And quite often they won't touch some persimmons or some crab apples. Until you see them eating a food source, you cannot be sure it is a food source.
Most common for me, in terms of deer forage, is greenbriar, honeysuckle, various mast, both hard and soft and a flower I have just learned is one of the crown family. Of course, there is also scattered farm crops, namely clover and alfalfa and a variety of normal browse.
It is important for hunters to understand that deer may not eat perismmon or even some acorns in specific areas due to acidity or other content. For example, where I hunt, the deer have to get pretty hungry to eat chestnut oak. And quite often they won't touch some persimmons or some crab apples. Until you see them eating a food source, you cannot be sure it is a food source.
Pursuit Hunter
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Or see evidence that the are actively feeding on it, i.e., fresh tracks, fresh droppings, and other fresh feeding sign. The key word is fresh, because deer change their feeding patterns frequently in the fall when the available foodsources are changing daily.bowriter said:
One thing I try do is, when I find a ree with simmons on it and ripebut none on the ground, shke the tree as hard as you can. get some on the ground. Then check it next day.
plinker22
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I do that as well. Those persimmons hit the ground with a significant "thud".bowriter said:
plinker22
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Persimmons grow statewide. FWIW, they have a range of all the SouthEast, plus the lower edges of the Mid-West and the Eastern border of TX and OK (PH links are my friend). :)Coach said:
No idea on muskadines.
Pursuit Hunter
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Followed by the sound of me eating them. Love 'em!plinker22 said:
They make superb wine. Too bad I no longer drink. But. the pre-sarves aint bad, either.
