Found this tree today so I started looking around at the other beech trees and found another nearby that was also loaded. I don't see bumper crops of beechnuts very often. Gona hang a camera and stand this weekend on it! I've always loved hunting dropping beech trees.
Some Beech Somewhere
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yellalinehunter
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That's cool!
I haven't seen a beech crop like that in ages. When my boys were young and into squirrel hunting we visited several beech groves that were always a hotspot for squirrels.
Squirrels love them, was hunting southern Il 1 year and a heavy crop of those had squirrels and all kind of birds tearing the tree's up, made it really hard to get a shot as they wouldn't set still long enough for a head shot, moved away from them and got a limit quickly, think it was 4 a day so reckon that aint saying much lol, looked at a huge beech tree 3 weeks ago and it was loaded, love to measure the tree as I have never seen 1 that big. too much poison ivy around it for me to mess with it.
Hunt it! Deer love them as much as squirrels do. And since they don't drop but every so many years, it's a treat to hunt one.
Yeah I've read that too but never seen it in reality. I've seen trees go years and years without nuts, then out of the blue one year it'll be hammered. And yeah I think persimmons produce every year.
BSK
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Yes, persimmons can produce every year.
Boll Weevil
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Folks sometimes overlook the value of beechnut mast. There's some absolute giants on my farm. In years they drop the turkeys keep it raked up underneath and killing a few squirrels on any given morning is akin to grocery shopping.
bowhunterfanatic
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Buddy of mine told me the ones he's looked at so far this year in our area are loaded. I can't wait to shoot a few squirrels out of them. It's my absolute favorite tree to hunt them in even though I don't get just a whole lot of opportunity to do so.
Swampster
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Well! Some of a Beech. I'll have to look at the few I have left standing.
I once saw a beech, ash, and sugar maple growing so close together they looked like they were growing from the same root. I was trying to come up with a catchy caption but wasn't witty enough. Something about a sweet ash beech was as close as I got lol.
backyardtndeer
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Will have to take a look at some of our beech trees. Hopefully it cools down next week.
Just seeing this one. I love beech trees. They're really cool. I like squirrel hunting them when they are producing, but never tried them for deer
I thought Beech Nut was chewing tobacco……
Farm manager
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Beech hit well here too as did most every mast producer.
