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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 |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: GMMAT I've been told they'll eat poison oak leaves, around here....but I haven't seen that, either. |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: early in ORIGINAL: GMMAT 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 |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: _Dan 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! |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: early in That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south. |
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! |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: early in That stuff reminds me of Spanish Moss like you see down south. |
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! |
RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
^ LOL i never thought of that. all you would need is a knife for that hunt, or mabye just a rope:D
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RE: you wouldn't believe what a deer will eat
ORIGINAL: whitetailbowhunter I've heard that stuff starts fires pretty good! same here thats the only thing ive heard |
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