Forums46
Topics538,024
Posts9,732,001
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Burr Oaks
#6001150
10/30/15 02:54 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,472
DQ Kid
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 10,472 |
Will planting the acorn like seeds from these grow the trees in Young county? Do the deer like these at all?
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001161
10/30/15 03:03 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,548
JCB
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,548 |
I put Burr Oak acorns out for the pigs and they love them!! Never seen a deer touch one though. Watched deer walk right over them all week long.
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001177
10/30/15 03:12 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 11,913
Simple Searcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 11,913 |
Squirrels love them. They bury them all over my yard. Little burr oaks are popping up everywhere in the spring.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001250
10/30/15 03:51 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,033
338ultra
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,033 |
I wonder the same thing. I've got some at my place and the acorns are the size of baseballs. Not sure what animals could get their mouth around them to break them.
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001273
10/30/15 04:08 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,156
kry226
The General
|
The General
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,156 |
Don't know about growing them, but the deer love them. I hunt out of one in Kansas every year. It's one of three trees in Kansas that you can actually climb with a Summit.
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001299
10/30/15 04:29 AM
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,384
nsmike
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,384 |
The size of the acorn lowers the desirability of the burr oak some, they'll eat them, but they'll eat any other white oak acorn first.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: JCB]
#6001380
10/30/15 10:55 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 296
TruTexican
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 296 |
I put Burr Oak acorns out for the pigs and they love them!! Never seen a deer touch one though. Watched deer walk right over them all week long. This
Secede!!
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001416
10/30/15 11:48 AM
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,239
Double Naught Spy
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 8,239 |
Burr Oaks are EXTREMELY slow growing, but are long lived. So planting burr oaks is really about producing results in 10-20 years from Acorns and even after 20 years, the trees will still be small in size as compared to planting something like live oaks.
Young County would be on the western edge of their natural range.
It is a great tree to have, the more the merrier, but slow growing.
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001435
10/30/15 12:14 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,549
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,549 |
They grow as fast as any other oak, give them water and they will grow.
You can sprout them from acorns, have done several that way, but never seen/noticed if deer eat them or not.
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001463
10/30/15 12:43 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,971
Dry Fire
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,971 |
My Mom has a burr oak in her backyard. Every year she would rake the acorns up for me to use. Never saw a deer eat one, but the hogs sure did.
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc. I don't give eeffoc until I have my morning coffee.
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: TruTexican]
#6001490
10/30/15 12:59 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,526
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,526 |
I put Burr Oak acorns out for the pigs and they love them!! Never seen a deer touch one though. Watched deer walk right over them all week long. This
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: Burr Oaks
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6001509
10/30/15 01:15 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 19,498
Erathkid
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 19,498 |
I've seen deer eat them. Beautiful trees that are hardy natives. Plant acorns in rich, loamy soil, down low. They are numerous around our creek bottom. Extra water when young and they'll thrive.
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|