Tracey
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I have winter wheat and buck forage oats planted in a 1-1/2 plot. Will the deer start hitting it hard after a couple of frost and the forage and acorns are gone.
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Football Hunter
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YES,well....they should,wouldnt be surprised to see em in it at any time though.
TS_13
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they have been hitting mine already. and its only about 2-3 inches tall. they are hitting wheat and rape...
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Anonymous
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They'll graze back and forth between the plot and the acorns. Don't expect the acorns to be gone until season is almost over this year. You should have at least some success.
Next year you might want to consider planting feed oats. I've planted them beside buck forage oats and they looked the same and the deer ate them the same. Germination was also about the same for both. Buck forage oats just cost over 2x as much.
Next year you might want to consider planting feed oats. I've planted them beside buck forage oats and they looked the same and the deer ate them the same. Germination was also about the same for both. Buck forage oats just cost over 2x as much.
BSK
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Deer have diverse diets. They will gorge on acorns as the weather cools, but even then they will browse on many things.
Don't expect the acorns to be all eaten up during hunting season this year. At least in my area, we have an excellent crop or red oak family acorns, and they are the acorns deer feed on during the winter after the white family acorns have gone to root in late November and early December.
Don't expect the acorns to be all eaten up during hunting season this year. At least in my area, we have an excellent crop or red oak family acorns, and they are the acorns deer feed on during the winter after the white family acorns have gone to root in late November and early December.
Jarred525
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BSK said:
Is it true deer prefer white oak acorns over red oak?
BSK
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Yes, whites are preferred over reds because whites have a lower tannin content, making them less bitter. The high tannin content of reds is one of the reasons they last through the winter. Whites are the fall candy that put fat on deer, but it is the bitter reds that carry them through the winter.
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Anonymous
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I've got a neighbor who always hunts over yellow acorns instead of whites or reds.
BSK
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bucknasty said:
We must have the same neighbor!
I keep wondering which tree the peanutbutter jars are falling from...
TCL
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my yellow acorns started sprouting! i guess the deer chose the "natural" white this time
