Osage oranges?

[Gary morey]

Do deer like Osage oranges? Got some on my lease an I was wondering if deer eat them??

[flywise]

are those the big green things my dad called horse apples?
if so I believe they like them

[jenningsshuter]

If you're talking about the thorny bushes that bear what we used to call "mock oranges" , not to my knowledge. We had 'em on a lease we had for years and I never saw any indication that the deer would eat them. Make a great cover scent, though.

[huntnfishtex]

I have seen the hogs tear them up and deer eat the leaves off them but not the fruit.

[Gary morey]

are those the big green things my dad called horse apples?
if so I believe they like them

Yep that's them

[flywise]

I googled the subject and from what I have found they really wont eat them unless they are really hungry. And suggested splitting them open

[quarterback]

Horse apples. Squirrels love 'em. If you put some out you'll be covered up with tree rats.

I'd be interested to see if hogs will eat them. We have tons of them around our part of the world. Anyone have proof that hogs like them?

[huntnfishtex]

I have seen hogs tear them up at granger. Proof no.... Just what I have seen.

[Deb]

Those trees make the very best selfbows. Yes, the deer and hogs will eat them.

[flywise]

Those trees make the very best selfbows. Yes, the deer and hogs will eat them.

I was going to ask him if I could come cut one of the trees down

[fishanhunt]

The deer on our lease eat them fter they fall and ripen up. I have some funny pictures of the deer looking at the camera with one of the oranges in their mouth. They come off Bois d'arc trees in our shelter belts. I never heard of them called an osage orange till a few weeks ago.

[cattlelackranch]

I was going to ask him if I could come cut one of the trees down

Bring a concrete saw. They eat up a chainsaws blades FAST!

[18ncs]

Bring a concrete saw. They eat up a chainsaws blades FAST!

Ditto

[armadillophil]

Usage seems to be a regional. The crude protein in leaves is 18%. The deer on my farm in Ohio browse on them year round and will eat the fruit after it hits ground. I have also heard people say deer never touch them.

[flywise]

Bring a concrete saw. They eat up a chainsaws blades FAST!

SAW! i was going to use an AX