do deer like black walnuts??
09-24-2005, 04:58 PM
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do deer like black walnuts??
i have black walnut trees in my backyard and i was wondering if it wouldnt hurt to get a gallon bucket full and throw them around my stand..would the deer like that?
09-24-2005, 05:47 PM
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RE: do deer like black walnuts??
I'm not sure but I think the nut is too hard for them to open.
Where I hunt there are black walnut trees everywhere.Their husks have a very strong smell to them,so I think I will use that smelll as a cover scent.
Where I hunt there are black walnut trees everywhere.Their husks have a very strong smell to them,so I think I will use that smelll as a cover scent.
09-24-2005, 10:15 PM
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RE: do deer like black walnuts??
When I grew up my pap would have us collecting those walnuts. We'd take them into the shed and remove the green shell and put the walnuts in baskets to dry out. The problem was that the green shell would stain your hands brown/black for days. Was always hard to go to school and explain to the other kids why my hands were that way. lol 
The next year we smartened up and started wearing gloves. 
The next year we smartened up and started wearing gloves.
09-24-2005, 11:03 PM
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RE: do deer like black walnuts??
I hunt from a few black walnut trees and have never seen any deer give them a second thought.
Sometimes I think it isn't a good idea to climb onto a black walnut. I've almost been knocked out by those damn things falling from higher branches!
Sometimes I think it isn't a good idea to climb onto a black walnut. I've almost been knocked out by those damn things falling from higher branches!
09-25-2005, 07:10 AM
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RE: do deer like black walnuts??
I just cut a piece of the shellopen and rub it on the tree around me once I'm in the stand. I also read somewhere that you can brighten up faded out camo by somehow soaking it in walnuts. Anyone everr tried that?
