squirrel ?

[fishboy1]

Deer hunted Sat am. Acorns, Persimmons, Hickory everywhere.

even with all the acorns, Whites, reds, chestnut, they were cutting hickories. IS that their #1 preferred food? I would have figured they would be stuffed full of acorns.

 

[moondawg]

My guess is that it probably is. One of the old timer inlaws always mentions the squirrels cutting hickory nuts during early squirrel season.

 

[bigtex]

It's been my experience that yes they prefer hickory nuts over acorns anytime. Don't know why, looks like acorns would be a lot easier to eat, they are cutting the heck out of the hickory's here at the house and we have plenty of acorns as well..

 

[cruff10]

I think it is like Hickory/Pecans, beach nuts, then the OAKS...

but can cut any as soon as they get ripe....

 

[catman529]

yes I hate it because the hickories are my #1 preferred nut in the woods too... I see squirrels sometimes on oaks, sometimes on walnuts, ALWAYS on hickory nuts. Even big stands of many mature hickories full of nuts still get mostly wiped out.

 

[fishboy1]

On my little property they are cutting Hickories then running to the big red oak to eat them.