RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

I'm not feeding them, the trees are! Second of all I know how to utalize the conditions here. About two weeks ago we got 18" of snow. It got really cold really fast. And yeah they always eat them but more so when food is scarce.

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

JimPic your right there, they do make excellent bows. I work with a guy that makes his own out of Osage and he also kills deer with it.
And around here we call em hedge apples.
Dan

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

I agree, don't pile them up, you'lljust be spreading YOUR scent around. Plus by manipulating them into a pile and hunting over it MAY be considered baiting. Don't mess around in Illinois!!

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

These trees are everywhere around here, how does one go about pickingthe correct limb to make a bow out of, and how does one make then said bow? I would love to have a long bow, and if I could make it myself out of something local, that would be awesome.

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

Tell you what. Im off work till thursday night and then go in on the grave yard shift. The guy i know works days right now and i will not see him for around two weeks. If you dont get your answer here i will ask him some ??? for you. and get back to you.;)
Dan

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

Don't hunt under that tree without a hardhat..........I would say if it's placed there by you it's considered baiting.

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1995/11/06.html

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

well baiting or not I'll figure it out.
That would be pretty cool to make my own bow!

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

I actually have a stand in a hedge apple tree. Once I shot at a doe and shot right under her. She just jumped a little and then went on about her business. I nocked another arrow and shot her. I'm convinced she thought the arrow hitting the ground under her was a hedge apple falling.

Originally, they were planted in this area for shelter belts and used for fence posts. If you find a hedge post still in the ground, it could be 100 years old and the part under the ground will be yellow on the inside. They get so hard you can't drive a nail in them. You have to use wire to attach the barbed wire to the post.

RE: What are those Big green Balls??
 

Its not baiting it would be the same thing as you hunting out of an acorn tree.