Observation

[grassi25]

For the past month. Every evening when we pull out of the woods there are 4 to 20 deer in the property owners front yard feeding under some live oaks and white oaks.

The funny thing is that in the woods about 400 yds from her house where the deer come out we have a corn feeder and nice food plot. And sure we see a couple deer there occasionally, but there are a bunch of deer in the peoples yard in the light, with dogs eating acorns, right after dark every single afternoon for the past 35 days. They are also, usually still there in the morning laying down.

It just shows how much the deer prefer acorns when they are falling. The next problem is that we have 3 miles of river bottom that is nothing but live oaks. I think that could be why the hunting has gotten tough lately. Maybe when the acorns are gone, it might get interesting.

[passinthru]

Your right you just cant compete with mother natures food sometimes. Ive noticed that myself.

[Deleted]

My favorite sets are in white oaks.
From what Ive read, white oak acorns have the least amount of bitter acids in them & thats why the deer prefer the white oaks over many others, such as red oaks.

If ya cant beat mother nature, use her to your advantage.

[buckfever]

Nov 16, 2011 21:58:45 GMT -5 grassi25 said:

... but there are a bunch of deer in the peoples yard in the light, with dogs eating acorns...

the dogs eat the acrons too???!!!

those deer are smarter than you think. they know the acorns will be gone soon, but the corn will still be there because the feeder is still getting filled!

[buckeyehunter]

We don't have any acorns this year but every deer I've seen have been really fat?

[dagr8bilster]

My observations show that deer don't prefer LIVE oak acorns if given a choice. WHITE OAKS on the other hand are super deer attractors. I've seem tons of acorns under live oaks and deer walkin right through them. Look under a WHITE Oak and you'll be hard pressed to find A SINGLE acorn. My adivce for the long term food plot...plant a variety of White Oaks and Fruit trees. But the trees as big as you can afford and plant them in groves out in the middle of clearings so you can catch the deer coming and going from the buffet for years to come.

[machette]

Our property is 90% hardwood. We feed year round between free choice feeders and several acres of food plots. We see plenty of deer at the feeders and food plots in October. But when the acorns start falling we have to switch to hunting the hardwoods. Then around mid December they come back to the plots.