Native plants that attract Deer??

[DBHIII]

This is all relative to the area you hunt. A very interesting topic I am very curious about. We had a biologist come out to our lease several years ago. He advised that for our area, Sout TX, there were 11 natural plants that are high in protein of which 8 were found on our ranch. Does anyone out there know what they are. The only one I know about was already mentioned, guajillo.

[holdem]

I have heard some good stuff about the Bundleflower. I want to plant some this spring.

I saw bundleflower in action this fall just north of Tilden, amazing stuff.

[bowhuntertex]

I know the deer in the hill country love persimmons. They eat the heck out of them when they are blooming.

[buzzcut]

If you could get a big stand of beautyberry plants going the deer would love that! Also honeysuckle and wild blackberry plants. Not sure if you get enough rainfall in Callahan county to support those though. Those are staples for deer in east Texas.

[Peyton]

This is all relative to the area you hunt. A very interesting topic I am very curious about. We had a biologist come out to our lease several years ago. He advised that for our area, South TX, there were 11 natural plants that are high in protein of which 8 were found on our ranch.

Does anyone out there know what they are. The only one I know about was already mentioned, guajillo.

This is a great site for S TX brush ID!
TX A&M South Texas Brush Website

[Jaspro]

Try planting marijuana right next to your feeders. They'll catch a buzz, get the munchies, then be too lazy to go anywhere afterwards.

I know your being funny but I am serious in this response. I have some family members, black sheep sort, in the Owens Community of Brown County. On the back side of their property is a dry tank. I hunted a tree stand next to it 4 seasons ago and they had the dry tank absolutely full of marijuana. When the deer came into the plot they ate the lower, fresher leaves like it was corn. This was opening weekend and it hadn't froze yet so the plants were still growing. They ate on it for over an hour and showed no ill effects from it.

[bowhuntertex]

Now we know what jason has really been farming......LOL

[tex4k]

You can go here for info also, the county extension offices put on a whitetail apprecetiation (sp) day in various towns around the state. They have some good info on natural forbs and browse and whether its perennial or annual and alot of info like that. Try here :http://texnat.tamu.edu/

[holdem]

This is all relative to the area you hunt. A very interesting topic I am very curious about. We had a biologist come out to our lease several years ago. He advised that for our area, Sout TX, there were 11 natural plants that are high in protein of which 8 were found on our ranch. Does anyone out there know what they are. The only one I know about was already mentioned, guajillo.

I managed a hunting operation in S Texas for a few years and paid attention to the brush, off the top;

Huisache, Granjeno, Blackbrush, Catclaw, Berlandier Wolfberry, Guaucon, Twisted Acacia

[tuthdoc]

Guajilla, Granjeno, Coma, Guayacan, Kidneywood, Blackbrush, Mesquite during spring green, Catclaw, Agarito, and horsetail are some good ones that I can think of.

[jkk831]

I had this same question. I read that Japanese Honeysuckle was high in protein and a good attractant.

[tuthdoc]

Honeysuckle is a plant they LOVE. If you have the right conditions for it, plant it, but you'll have to have a chicken wire protection for it or they'll eat it faster than it'll grow.

[stxhunter]

I have been wondering about bundleflower because of what I have read/heard but dont know how it will do down south of Benavides. Its a bit expensive too. I think the last time I checked it was about $300 per 50lbs.

[jmack]

Where I hunt way up here in NE Texas, the deer feast on American beautyberry. There is so much of it, we can hardly get them to come to corn. They only eat the leaves though, never the berries. Also, from the wikipedia - "American beautyberry or Callicarpa americana has been found to be a natural insect repellant. Three chemicals have been isolated that appear to be the active ingredients; callicarpenal, intermedeol, and spathulenol. It has found to be repellant to the mosquitoes which carry yellow fever and malaria, as well as the tick which carries Lyme disease."

[duck or bleed]

Plant some WhiteOak trees! That will bring every deer from miles around!