Pecan trees for you habitat guys

[Scatterlandsfarms]

Orscheln farm supply has Stuart pecan trees for 14 bucks ,not a bad deal and I plant a couple every year for someone in the future

 

[Merle Hawggard]

I like pecans too. While I've never saw deer eat them if you were to drive by on the right day in the fall you'd definitely see me eating away.

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[Scatterlandsfarms]

they will eat them up once they learn whats inside ,, we sneak some now and then when the wife is out of sight

 

[Fish]

they will eat them up once they learn whats inside ,, we sneak some now and then when the wife is out of sight

So do you see whitetails eating pecans? I recall someone saying they had seen it in the plantation setting down south.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

I've saw where it's been reported here in Arkansas, but I've never saw it. I don't doubt they do though.

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[Scatterlandsfarms]

yep works in Arkansas

 

[buckdeer1]

I can't keep them off mine.I even put a tarp under a tree this year to try and ge t more and have pics of deer standing on the tarp eating pecans

 

[buckdeer1]

Atwoods also has them on sale,any ideas on what length of time is for a grafted pecan to produce

 

[THE LLC]

I been around pecans my whole life but never seen deer eat them. I always it was because of that bitter crap in between the meat. Hogs will wear them out though.

 

[Scatterlandsfarms]

Some acorns are bitter to humans , Deer eat them as well .

 

[THE LLC]

There ain't an acorn in the world as bad as that crap though.

 

[buckdeer1]

As you can see the dropped pecans on the tarp,there was deer there every night until they were gone.

 

[Scatterlandsfarms]

maybe its the variety of pecan

 

[mattpatt]

We have pecan everywhere and deer don't touch them. Are you sure they're not just eating the leaves? We even have a lot of different papershell varieties which would be a lot easier for them to get into and they still don't touch them. Cattle, on the other hand, will wear the papershell out. Stuart is a very old variety. There are much better ones out there now like Pawnee and Oconee that are disease resistant, bear earlier have a paper thin shell and are much bigger.

Matt

 

[Scatterlandsfarms]

tell you what im just going to have to video them eating them ,, will take a spell since we don't have any right now but just to prove we are right I will do it ,,

 

[dogdoc]

I have pecans by the millions on my place and have never seen deer feed on pecans. Been grafting some of the smaller natives with a larger paper shell variety - but that is mainly for me.

 

[mattpatt]

We do the same here Docdoc. About 10 years ago put in a 50 tree orchard and had problems with deer feeding on the leaves. We had to fence each one to keep them off of them while they were still within reach of the deer. We also have big mature native trees that produce lots of pecans and I can go out there right now and find tons of them on the ground. This is how we get most of our root stock for grafting. Just wait until spring when the pecans sprout and go dig some up, transplant them and wait a couple years until their big enough to graft. All I'm saying is that they aren't a preferred browse for all deer. Apparently AR deer love them.

 

[mattpatt]

tell you what im just going to have to video them eating them ,, will take a spell since we don't have any right now but just to prove we are right I will do it ,,

I believe you I'm just saying deer in my area where there are tons of pecans every year do not browse them. Maybe there's too much other stuff to eat for them to have to expend the energy to try and crack them open.

Matt

 

[OkieKubota]

Have never had them eating them here either...same as hickory nuts = no use by deer...

 

[Scatterlandsfarms]

dunno maybe my deer are crazy ,,, im amazed that you guys deer don't eat them .