found a persimmon tree on the back edge of a field i hunt. just wondering when the deer really get crazy about eating them. The field has soy beans & it looks like there has been very little activity under the tree, although all the lower fruit has been picked clean. That corner is a funny spot to hunt so im wondering if its worth setting a stand.

If the deer are eating the persimmons from the bottom of the tree, I would figure out how to hunt it. If you have to set up a ground blind I would do so. How big is the persimmon tree? Can you just sit at the gound underneath it?

no too tight. theres only a small section of woods on that side & very dense woods. again, there really looks like no trails or heavy activity.....but the fruit is just starting to turn colors....so i was just curious. maybe it will be better after the first frost when the fruit starts to fall. but again, i have no experience with persimmon trees. all ive heard is deer love them.

Persimmons are extremely bitter, even when they are changing colors (like right now). Following the first frost, they become sweet, so I would not hunt the persimmon tree until after the first tree, thats when the deer will be hitting them hard.

A lot depends on how the weather affects them, as noted above. I've literally sat under a 'simmon tree loaded with fruit that had no deer sign at all, which puzzled me until I tasted one of the "ripe" drops under the tree. [:'(]

I have only had positive experiences with persimmon trees. I found two trees about 50 yds from each other andwhen they dropped, they didn't stay on the ground for very long at all. The deer would actually smell around for themand look up into the trees waiting for the persimmons to drop.

A friend of mine has hunted under a persimmon tree that was under 8-9 inches of swamp water and said that the deer woulddunk their heads under water searching for the persimmons.

If the fruit are dropping more than just a few wind blown fruits then you know they are ripe. They are bitter almost up till they start to drop. Try one out for yourself, you will definitely know.

on my lease, the deer love persimmon trees.

i usually hunt persimmon trees hard during archery season. once the fruit from the bottom of the tree is gone, i occasionally give the tree a shake on the way to the stand.