Did some heavy walking and had some interesting finds. Can anyone help me to identify these? Are they possible food sources?
What type of oak is this? Where would you rate it on a deer's oak priority list?
the last one is acorns from what i call scrub oaks not sure if thats the right oak name for them or not though. second pic maybe persimmon tree?
The first one mite be a diggle berry............. I mite be wrong though :eek
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Second pic is a camphor tree. I have one in my back yard, and I hate them damn berries. Only the rats and tree rats eat em. First pic also looks like an ornamental gone wild. Happens a lot when birds eat the berries in a neighborhood and fly over the woods. Last one looks very much like it is a "live oak".
First tree looks like a wild olive.
Second tree is where you should be hunting; those presimmons start to drop and it's like cocaine to a whitetail!
Third plant I recognize, but forget the name. Deer will eat them when they're ripe, but there aren't enough of the fruits to call them a real food source. More of a browse as they happen.
Fourth is scrub oak acorns and yes the deer do feed on them, but will walk past the scrub oaks to get to the newly falling like oak, water oak, and red oak, and if you're in north Florida and get in amongst some fallng white oaks; then you're in a honey hole!
Find the trails between the live or water oaks and the persimmons and sit on them. Persimons need a lot of sunlight and the deer are reluctant to approach the spot until near or at dark. The oaks (preferably raining acorns) nearby is your best bet to ambush your deer before darkness settles.
In the morning, hunt the bedding areas on the wester edge of the oaks. Catch your feeding deer returning to their daytime beds.
