you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
06-22-2008 | 07:58 AM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
Magic,
Alectoria Sarmentosa or "Old Man's Beard" is a form of lichen and isalso known as "Witch's Hair". In the big woods its a favorite food source of whitetails and grows on evergreen trees. Up here you can see the "lichen browse line" up to where the deer can reach. I tend to find a lot of sheds under jack pines, where they fall off while the deer are eating lichen.
http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Asarmentosa.html
Alectoria Sarmentosa or "Old Man's Beard" is a form of lichen and isalso known as "Witch's Hair". In the big woods its a favorite food source of whitetails and grows on evergreen trees. Up here you can see the "lichen browse line" up to where the deer can reach. I tend to find a lot of sheds under jack pines, where they fall off while the deer are eating lichen.
http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Asarmentosa.html
06-22-2008 | 09:25 AM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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I've been told they'll eat poison oak leaves, around here....but I haven't seen that, either.
I've been told they'll eat poison oak leaves, around here....but I haven't seen that, either.
06-22-2008 | 09:42 AM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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DeerLOVE poisen ivy, multi flora rose (thorns), and mile a minute vine (tiny thorns). At least in my area.
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I've been told they'll eat poison oak leaves, around here....but I haven't seen that, either.
I've been told they'll eat poison oak leaves, around here....but I haven't seen that, either.
I wouldn't want to follow their lead[8D]
Dan
06-22-2008 | 09:47 AM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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Magic,
Alectoria Sarmentosa or "Old Man's Beard" is a form of lichen and isalso known as "Witch's Hair". In the big woods its a favorite food source of whitetails and grows on evergreen trees. Up here you can see the "lichen browse line" up to where the deer can reach. I tend to find a lot of sheds under jack pines, where they fall off while the deer are eating lichen.
http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Asarmentosa.html
Magic,
Alectoria Sarmentosa or "Old Man's Beard" is a form of lichen and isalso known as "Witch's Hair". In the big woods its a favorite food source of whitetails and grows on evergreen trees. Up here you can see the "lichen browse line" up to where the deer can reach. I tend to find a lot of sheds under jack pines, where they fall off while the deer are eating lichen.
http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Asarmentosa.html
Another odd food source I have noticed is dead leaves that are still on a limb. If a branch falls during the summer while the leaves are still green they tend to stay on the limb and turn brown. Deer will ignor it until winter and there is snow on the ground. Then they will strip the leaves off and eat the branch clean. They will return again and again. A good spot to set a stand!
06-22-2008 | 04:36 PM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south.
That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south.
they dont have any other nutrition down here by me
06-22-2008 | 04:38 PM
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From: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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Tes, that is moss. Down here in Florida, deer will definatly eat it, they love it. If a bad storm comes through, deer, as well as cattle will head to downed trees with moss, and moss blown to the ground. One of the oddest things I have witness, was a doe and 2 yearlings stripping a 6 ft Marajuana bush, of all leaves and buds they could reach in Nebraska. No, the marajuana was of the wild type. It was everywhere and gave my allergie hell!
Tes, that is moss. Down here in Florida, deer will definatly eat it, they love it. If a bad storm comes through, deer, as well as cattle will head to downed trees with moss, and moss blown to the ground. One of the oddest things I have witness, was a doe and 2 yearlings stripping a 6 ft Marajuana bush, of all leaves and buds they could reach in Nebraska. No, the marajuana was of the wild type. It was everywhere and gave my allergie hell!
06-22-2008 | 05:15 PM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
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That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south.
That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south.
06-22-2008 | 05:24 PM
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: strutnbuck
Tes, that is moss. Down here in Florida, deer will definatly eat it, they love it. If a bad storm comes through, deer, as well as cattle will head to downed trees with moss, and moss blown to the ground. One of the oddest things I have witness, was a doe and 2 yearlings stripping a 6 ft Marajuana bush, of all leaves and buds they could reach in Nebraska. No, the marajuana was of the wild type. It was everywhere and gave my allergie hell!
Tes, that is moss. Down here in Florida, deer will definatly eat it, they love it. If a bad storm comes through, deer, as well as cattle will head to downed trees with moss, and moss blown to the ground. One of the oddest things I have witness, was a doe and 2 yearlings stripping a 6 ft Marajuana bush, of all leaves and buds they could reach in Nebraska. No, the marajuana was of the wild type. It was everywhere and gave my allergie hell!
