Fallen Maple Leaves?

MarkDarvin

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Has anyone noticed much of a pattern around fallen maple leaves as an attractant? I've only seen it a few times, and I wonder if it wasn't more of a "Well i'm standing here, might as well take a bite" vs a food that was sought out.

I've got a little bit of maple on my place, and I'm just trying to understand them more in terms of how they can fit into a larger plan.
 
Yes, they are very attracted to them. I think eating them is just part of the daily routine as they move along foraging on various other goodies. The woods in my area are usually full of maples, so they don't have to travel too far from tree to tree.
 
I appreciate the feedback fellas. That's enough for me to go on. That'll give me something to do this winter too. I was searching my woods for seedling maples I could dig up and move to the yard at my cabin. I was really blown away at how hard it was to find some, so I think there is something to these being tremendous browse and leaf forage.

I'll get out this winter with the flagging tape and start marking them for release work. I need to get better at ID'ing them when young by there bark, or I've got to mark them in the spring with tape and come back in winter to continue the releasing work.
 
I used to make maple bushes by cutting down trees. When theystump sprout, they’ll do it prolifically. The result is like a deer candy popsicle for a few years. I’ll bet clear cut maple forest hold more deer per sq mile than any other habitat.
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I've seen really good results with ash and basswood stumps doing the same thing. Sprout like crazy, and browsed even crazier.
 
I used to make maple bushes by cutting down trees. When theystump sprout, they’ll do it prolifically. The result is like a deer candy popsicle for a few years. I’ll bet clear cut maple forest hold more deer per sq mile than any other habitat.


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Especially red maple. Its a very hardy maple, grows stump sprouts like a weed, deer absolutely prefer the sprouts over anything else growing in the woods, and they are a pleasure to stump cut or hinge cut when you know that they are almost worthless for timber.
 
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