"Relocating Acorns"

[alien77721]

Just saw Uncle Ted on the tube and he was describing how he started using corn to bait deer. A maintainer that was scooping up corn dropped corn along the bends and thats where the deer were. I got to thinking. With the corn prices so freakin high, why not spend a few hours pickin acorns up around here and moving them to the lease? In my experience, they go after good acorns before they do corn! What do you guys think?

[boy wonder]

Would work great if you could get enough and be even better if you could rig a feeder to dispense them.

[OS_BRANDON]

yeah ive tried it and theyve absloutly loved it...

i went to a near by middle school that had about 15 mature oaks and winded up with close to 500 pounds of it...

with corn prices being so high this is the "cheaper" alternative...but it works well...although

[tvc184]

I've used accorns and the deer eat them just like the corn. As was stated, it is hard to find enough of them. If it is just to scatter in a shooting lane or in front of a stand to hold the deer, it is okay. I would hate to have to scoop up several hundred pounds of accords and use them in my feeders in place of the corn.

[mharris1]

They would be easy to pick up with one of those pecan picker upper thingys, or rake em up and use a shovel. Could you feed them out of a protien feeder or would they just roll out the bottom?

[thebomb6_99]

well how much do they cost per pound if you were to buy some

[alien77721]

No idea how much they cost or even IF you can buy them. I have alot of oak trees where I live so it's just a matter of time, not money.

[Cur_Dog]

Just be careful of the ones you pick and how long you leave them in a bag or bucket.

If the acorns have holes in them they have worms and they will get into every one of the acorns if they sit to long. Learned that the hard way!

[alien77721]

Good tip, Cur. You thinking days or weeks?

[WCI]

Be careful with soured acorns. We lost plenty of cattle to them. Keep them dry and all should be fine.

[Cur_Dog]

I keep mine for about a week anf most of them were bad. That was White Oak acorns, other might not be as bad.

[buck_wild]

Lay tarps under the oaks when they'll dropping then just pick up tarp and pour them in a bucket. I know someone that does this so he can pour them out AFTER acorns run out. Deer flock to these last remianing ones !!!

[Tomme]

Great tips guys. Has anyone tried freezing a bag or two of these? Just thought it might kill the worms or at least keep them dormant, until you were ready to take them to the lease.

By the way, I've also heard that in some areas mesquite beans and mistletoe work about as well. Of course you wouldn't want to do this on a lease that doesn't already have mesquite. Don't think the mistletoe would spread though.

[bulletpusher]

I guess you could rent one of those "billy goat" super duper gas power walk behind lawn vacuums, and pick them up pretty quick.

[TXJon]

I have seen big bags of them somewhere, I just can't remember where. They looked like 50 lb mesh onion bags.... Somebody out there is selling them.