Relocating Acorns to Attract Game....West TX

[TxAg]

Has anyone had good luck with taking acorns from around the house and using as bait in west Texas (where there aren't oaks)?

[MQ32Shooter]

I've done that a bunch and honestly never saw any difference. I took them to Archer City where there was not an acorn producing tree for 5 miles. Not sure the deer knew what they were. They would lay on the ground forever. Heck, the pigs didn't even eat them. Maybe someone else has a good luck story for ya.

[blntrey3]

I tried in at my place out west, there are oaks just few and far between........it took a while but they finally disappeared I will be trying it again this year but in a much greater scale

[txnduckhntr]

I fermented some in a bucket last year and the hogs ate it all in one evening

[Mike D]

Nope, if it doesn't grow there naturally they typically won't eat it.

[Smart]

You can come by our place and rake to your hearts content at our West Texas place. We are loaded with oaks and I hate them..

[LDB]

I did this last year (10 gallons of acorns) and put a camera on them. No deer showed up because a herd of 20 hogs came through and ate them all in about 6 hours.

[drwilliams]

Something I found that works out well is go your local feed store and get you a 50 pound sack of sweet feed. You can either pile it up or bury it about 4 inches under some broken up ground the deer will be at it for all of hunting season.

[El Viejo]

I've done that a bunch and honestly never saw any difference. I took them to Archer City where there was not an acorn producing tree for 5 miles. Not sure the deer knew what they were. They would lay on the ground forever. Heck, the pigs didn't even eat them. Maybe someone else has a good luck story for ya.

This is what I've found to be true in South Texas.

[LukeC]

I threw acorn rage in west texas and the deer ate it before they ate the corn. I would crush up some of them to get the scent out and bring them in and then they will eat the whole acorns.

[macoop]

I collect them every year. The deer on my place just kill em. Red oaks, live oaks, they hammer all of them. I always take my wet vac out into the front yard and suck all of them up and take them to the ranch in 5 gallon buckets. The people on my block always look at me like I'm nuts.

I get about 4 buckets per week when they really start dropping and I just can't get enough of them. I was shocked how hard they hammered them.

[TxAg]

Something I found that works out well is go your local feed store and get you a 50 pound sack of sweet feed. You can either pile it up or bury it about 4 inches under some broken up ground the deer will be at it for all of hunting season.

Yep, that works well and is probably what I'll end up doing. We don't have pigs so just the deer hit it. Two sacks will get me through the year.....probably $20 well spent if I don't have to lug acorns around.

I was just looking for a use for all of em around here

[Tuffbroadhead]

Used to dump a few 5 gallon buckets every time I went out to chum new areas and put up cameras....

I had VERY GOOD luck...

[tbgascorer]

We've done it a lot with acorns, persimmons, and pears.