persimions????

stick shooter · 11-30-2003, 09:34 AM

Do the deer eat persimions? I hunt and live in Okla. I have a place to hunt but its rough. I did notice a lot of persimions on this stand of trees.There wasnt many on the ground but the trees were loaded.Will the deer be eating them??Does any body know about these??? Thanks

Hawgnman · 11-30-2003, 09:53 AM

Usually about the first frost the deer will attack them. You have found a honey-hole!!!

Danny45 · 11-30-2003, 04:30 PM

Yep, deer love them!!! And they are good too, when they are ripe. Don' t eat one if it' s not ripe though! LOL

Tree climber · 11-30-2003, 05:00 PM

set up a stand and wait,you will see a lot of deer.they love them.that is the reason theres none on the ground,the deer get them the day they fall.

I hunt every tree I can find with fruit on them...[:-][:-]

Russ otten · 12-02-2003, 04:41 PM

I have 2 Persimmon trees in my yard. the deer didn't wait for frost, ate every one that fell. They even rear up and knock some of the limbs that they can reach. I had limbs all over the ground. All the Persimmons were gone by the time gun season started. Set up your stand, they will come. (Just hope they don't go nocturnal. Never saw a single deer, but their droppings were everywhere

Russ).

G-Dawg_02 · 12-02-2003, 06:17 PM

You hit the jackpot, just sit around and wait for them to come!

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Chubber · 12-04-2003, 09:40 AM

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the coyotes will wear out the ground to get them.

Me too! There is a nice persimmon tree next to my Dads house. The deer get there before I do most years. But, some times I get there on the same weekend as the first real frost / freeze. (That makes them sweet and fall). Shake the tree with a stick and pick them up and eat them. The small ones are sweeter, but have more pits.

The deer can come looking for the ones I don't pick up. Then I might just get to eat them second hand!

Chubber

FlDeerman · 12-09-2003, 07:33 PM

Fertilize in the spring,the deer love them.