Persimmons

[catman529]

Has anyone hunted an area that is loaded with persimmons? I was scouting today and saw persimmon trees everywhere, and many were loaded down with fruit. Most persimmons I've seen in one area. The trees were all over the place. Tons of fruit just starting to turn orange. I'm not sure when they will drop but I'm wondering how I can hunt those... I assume find the hot tree just like with oaks?

 

[knightrider]

yes sir, when they start dropping it will be a hooottt spot. a good frosty morning in late October in a persimmon grove is one of my favorite places to be. has accounted for many a deers demise.

 

[catman529]

yes sir, when they start dropping it will be a hooottt spot. a good frosty morning in late October in a persimmon grove is one of my favorite places to be. has accounted for many a deers demise.

this isn't a persimmon grove, it's persimmons scattered all over acres of woods. Especially on the edge of the woods where they get more sun.

 

[TNOutdoorCo]

Hung a stand this weekend in a patch of woods that sounds very similar. They haven't started to drop yet, but I'll have the stand ready when they do. Also put up a trail camera to see if the activity increases when they start to drop.

 

[southernhunter]

I have many persimmons trees on my place. Never had much luck hunting them

 

[Andy S.]

Some of the best deer sign I saw this past weekend was under a few persimmons that were loaded. The branches looked as if they were about to collapse with several persimmons and caps (calyx) on the ground beneath. Lots of fresh deer tracks and beat down grass in the general area.

 

[plinker22]

I have many persimmons trees on my place. Never had much luck hunting them

Same here.

My trees are loaded with fruit too.

 

[TboneD]

My first two bow kills were under persimmons, but there's been other times where I didn't see a thing. I wouldn't invest any time in one that wasn't on an edge where it could get a decent amount of sunlight.

 

[Roost 1]

Coons and possums like persimmons as well..

 

[BSK]

Just remember there are two varieties of persimmon. One drops early and the other quite late. I've seen the late dropping variety hold persimmons into December. The early dropping variety can be an early bow-season hot spot. The late dropping variety can be a gun season gold mine, as fruit at that time of year is a real rarity.

 

[woodsman87]

From my experience, persimmons are just like oaks. Sometimes the deer eat under certain trees, while completely ignoring others that are just a few yards from it.

For the most part, I hunt a persimmon tree that the deer hit early bow season, and could kill a doe at least almost every day at it.

 

[Coon_huntr4life]

I have an old doe that is in my backyard every day eating persimmons. Last 2 weeks they been dropping and she's been there.

 

[tasaman]

I hunted them in GA with decent success. Here in TN I have hunted them on several occasions without as much as a deer sighting. Now this is on public land but so far no luck hunting them here. I think when there are a few trees and there is competition to get them before some other deer takes "their" snacks that would be a better situation than a lot of trees and fruit everywhere. Very similar to hunting an oak flat. Trees that drop first get hit quick. When there are lots of trees dropping deer don't move all that well.

 

[Winchester]

They will definitely eat them but you will have to wait until they start falling to determine which tree(s) will be best?

 

[Boone 58]

So loaded down in wayned county and Lawrence that the limbs are almost ready to break.

 

[Timber Ghost]

Just remember there are two varieties of persimmon. One drops early and the other quite late. I've seen the late dropping variety hold persimmons into December. The early dropping variety can be an early bow-season hot spot. The late dropping variety can be a gun season gold mine, as fruit at that time of year is a real rarity.

Some of the trees around here are already dropping some, and they appear to be ripe.

 

[bowriter]

One thing to add to BSK's post. Even though a tree may be dropping ripe fruit, some years, deer won't touch it. I have seen this with both varieties.