I've shown the guys who hunt here where a HUGE persimmon tree is.....right off one of the properties I hunt. It's right by the road I live on, too.

Brknarrow was coming here last saturday morning...and said he spotted seven deer under it on his way to my house.

Last night I was driving in.....and there were at least that many under it.

It can't be bearing fruit of any kind this late. So....what's the draw?

Could be remains on the ground yet. I didn't see the deer hitting them that hard when the fruit was on the ground this year though[&:]

I've got one here in Randolph county that is still dropping...They have dried up, but some of the fruit is still on the branches...

Does it still have any remaining foilage?

I hunted out of a pair tree this year for the first time. I noted that after the pairs were gone the deer continued to come in and eat the leaves from both the tree and the ground. I found that interesting. They'd even stand on their hind legs to get to the leaves.

I'm gonna stop and look (only because there's a few persimmons on the lands I hunt). I don't think they can reach the boughs (even on their hind legs)....but I could be wrong.

No (visible) remaining foliage, though.

They could be eating the seeds.

It seems I have read before that persimmons can hold onto some of their fruit for a long time. I really don't know though. Let us know what you find out when you stop, I would be interested to know.

When Matt was here over Thanksgiving, We found about 3-4 large persimmon trees that I never knew of on a property fence line.... There were still a few rotting persimmons on the tree that had not yet fallen...?

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Persimmons are better after a hard frost. As they lay on the ground rotting, they get even sweeter yet. The deer have a sweet tooth and are getting one's on the ground would be my educated guess.