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Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:04 am
by AndreSaavedra
Hey guys sorry to bother you can anyone tell me what nuts are these and do deer eat them. On the other side it's just one sample but is it Parmesans? Thank you.
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Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:37 am
by brancher147
What did the tree and the leaf look like? Are they very hard? Kind of looks like hickory nuts but hard to tell from a blurry pic with no other info.

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:47 am
by <DK>
Parmesan? Cheese nuts? :D I think you mean persimmons?

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:00 am
by Horizontal Hunter
Looks like one of the hickory nuts. Hard to tell which one with the blurry pictures. Lots of critters like hickory nuts; including us humans.

Bob

https://www.mossyoak.com/our-obsession/blogs/a-beginners-guide-how-to-identify-hickory-nuts

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:20 am
by Dewey
My first guess was hickory nuts but they do look a little different than around here.

Deer do eat them. I killed a buck that was crunching on them. Never would have believed it if I didn’t see it. Still had the extremely hard shells in his mouth when he died.

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:05 pm
by greenhorndave
<DK> wrote:Parmesan? Cheese nuts? :D I think you mean persimmons?

Glad I’m not the only one who read it that way, :D

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:38 pm
by Boogieman1
A bit of Boogies advice.... never put a unidentifiable set of nuts in your hand! In fact don’t put any weird nuts in your hand. Pecans,ok. Walnuts ok. Pistachios ok. Chin nuts or a handful of hairy berrys not so much. Just my .02

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:03 pm
by AndreSaavedra
greenhorndave wrote:
<DK> wrote:Parmesan? Cheese nuts? :D I think you mean persimmons?

Glad I’m not the only one who read it that way, :D


Yes Persimmons, typed it in word and it must of auto-correct, sorry.

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:15 pm
by greenhorndave
AndreSaavedra wrote:
greenhorndave wrote:
<DK> wrote:Parmesan? Cheese nuts? :D I think you mean persimmons?

Glad I’m not the only one who read it that way, :D


Yes Persimmons, typed it in word and it must of auto-correct, sorry.

Hey, autofill gets us all! :lol:

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:25 pm
by Dewey
greenhorndave wrote:
AndreSaavedra wrote:
greenhorndave wrote:
<DK> wrote:Parmesan? Cheese nuts? :D I think you mean persimmons?

Glad I’m not the only one who read it that way, :D


Yes Persimmons, typed it in word and it must of auto-correct, sorry.

Hey, autofill gets us all! :lol:

Turn it off

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:27 pm
by PK_
Boogieman1 wrote:A bit of Boogies advice.... never put a unidentifiable set of nuts in your hand! In fact don’t put any weird nuts in your hand. Pecans,ok. Walnuts ok. Pistachios ok. Chin nuts or a handful of hairy berrys not so much. Just my .02

Here you go, I identified him.

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:34 pm
by Boogieman1
PK_ wrote:
Boogieman1 wrote:A bit of Boogies advice.... never put a unidentifiable set of nuts in your hand! In fact don’t put any weird nuts in your hand. Pecans,ok. Walnuts ok. Pistachios ok. Chin nuts or a handful of hairy berrys not so much. Just my .02

Here you go, I identified him.

Say.... that ain’t very nice! Thought we were closer than that. So much for your subscription request to the jelly of the month club! :lol:

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:19 am
by Double Draw
It is hard to tell from the photo but I think they look like pignut hickories. Some, not all, pignuts have a teardrop-like shape which a few of nuts have in your picture.
And yes, I would consider hickories a primary mast crop for deer.

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:43 am
by Bowhunting Brian
Dietz?

Re: Identifying a Nut

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:41 am
by G-Patt
I'd say pignut or bitternut hickory. Google says deer eat both of them but I haven't seen that nor have I seen scat under these trees. Not saying it doesn't happen though.