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"J"

Git Off My Lawn
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If they stoop so low as to eat a monkey ball...you're going to have much fun here in Ohio.

lol.... I was thinking the same thing Ben.... With all the ag fields we have they don't even look at em when they're dropping.... Good fence row cover but that's the extent of it unless you're into making stick bows....


 

CritterGitterToo

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Here in central Ohio I have never seen evidence that a deer would even look at one of those things much less actually eat it.

Also, I've seen hunting shows that talk about a hot sorghum tree. I've only seen evidence of deer eating those a couple times and it was very late season.
 

finelyshedded

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I've seen hedge apples eaten by deer or other critters nearly every time I see them by seasons end. I wouldn't set up and hunt over a hedgerow as I think deer just eat them every so often kinda like one of the many other things they browse on. Everybody gets tired of the "same ole same ole" diet from time to time and I imagine deer and other critters are no different.
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
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Only animal I've ever seen eat them is squirrel. I have a number of those trees...even a couple of years ago during that real cold winter, deer didn't touch them.
 
I've seen hedge apples eaten by deer or other critters nearly every time I see them by seasons end. I wouldn't set up and hunt over a hedgerow as I think deer just eat them every so often kinda like one of the many other things they browse on. Everybody gets tired of the "same ole same ole" diet from time to time and I imagine deer and other critters are no different.


they eat them here as fast as they fall and hit the ground, but there isnt much food to choose from around here. 2 of my biggest buck bow kills was from hunting a single osage orange tree by a thicket and when the deer would hear one fall a deer will run out and eat it most of the time as soon as it falls lol. then the edges of my driveway are solid osage lines and the deer just heard to those things and clean them up every night and then more fall through the day and come next morning every one is gone again.
 

finelyshedded

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they eat them here as fast as they fall and hit the ground, but there isnt much food to choose from around here. 2 of my biggest buck bow kills was from hunting a single osage orange tree by a thicket and when the deer would hear one fall a deer will run out and eat it most of the time as soon as it falls lol. then the edges of my driveway are solid osage lines and the deer just heard to those things and clean them up every night and then more fall through the day and come next morning every one is gone again.

Wow, that's interesting! They must love em and not have much to choose from in your area. I'd be carrying a few with me and chuckin them when the wind is perfect and I see a shooter nearby. :smiley_coolpeace: