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Old 03-25-2008, 05:25 PM   #1
 
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Pin oaks as we call em down here, and red oaks?? Do deer really not like these and only eat them if there is nothing else?? I have never seen deer eating either. This is why I ask..
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in wis the deer will always choose whites over reds but they do eat reds. we have burr oaks as well but the deer like the whites best. Have you ever tasted them? whites are less bitter
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I think there is a chemical in them called tanic acid not for sure that is the name but that is what my mind is recalling right now.
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Forgot to add this is what makes them bitter and whiteoaks have less of it as magic said.
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Old 03-25-2008, 05:50 PM   #5
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Hey magicman.. I just want you to know.. that acorns are poisonous to humans.. but you have to really eat a few.
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I've killed many a deer on water oak and red oak.
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Old 03-25-2008, 05:59 PM   #7
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in wis the deer will always choose whites over reds but they do eat reds. we have burr oaks as well but the deer like the whites best. Have you ever tasted them? whites are less bitter
Hey magicman.. I just want you to know.. that acorns are poisonous to humans.. but you have to really eat a few.
Thats what happened to me. I just knew it must have been something I ate!
FYI I spit, I don't swallow lol

Thanks for pointing that out though. I didn't know that. I would hate for someone to get sick because of my ignorance.
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No problem magicman.. I just wanted you to know. I've taken a bite out of a few too. Then I found out they were poisonous to us humans.. so I stopped Cold Turkey.
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Old 03-25-2008, 06:04 PM   #9
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I think there is a chemical in them called tanic acid not for sure that is the name but that is what my mind is recalling right now.
You're right, it is called tannic acid. The tannic acid in White Oak acorns make them much sweeter and as someone else less bitter than the others. In my area of Virginia we have reds and blacks too, and they hit on those but only after the White Oaks are completely gone.
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rockinchair, where exactly is Milboro??? I hunt in Wythe and Pulaski counties when I go up to the mts.
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