Fruit trees/plants for deer

[TPMD Hunter]

I also second dwarf chinkapin but really hard to find. I’m growing two harvesting trees but have yet to get acorns. I have a few seedlings but leaning on growing them for a few years.

Just broadcasting clover, vetch, and chicory into Bermuda field works well for a food plot as well.

Add in some oats and elbon rye and that's a real hit. Even during the worst of the drought years around Stephenville it worked well for us overseeding the coastal. That mix will also greatly improve soils.

If you get just a little fall/winter rain they'll do well and it makes awesome hay in the spring.

[TPMD Hunter]

Is there a place to buy mustang grapes? If anything the local feed store would have them?

I would start with Turner Seed in Breckenridge. If it's available they'll know where to get it. Getting a start off of an existing grapevine and rooting it is pretty easy. Just cover a cane or stick it into soft soil and it will start a new plant. You can then easily transplant them but like young trees they will require protection for several years.

[J&M Hamilton10]

Are these the same as allegheny chinkapin? They grow in a spiny husk similar to a chestnut. If so I'd be interested in some nuts to plant if you have any available.

Very similar in growth pattern…15’ to 20’ shrub tree. Acorn grows in a different husk. I will have some next year, sorry! I wish my trees were producing now.

[J&M Hamilton10]

Add in some oats and elbon rye and that's a real hit. Even during the worst of the drought years around Stephenville it worked well for us overseeding the coastal. That mix will also greatly improve soils.

If you get just a little fall/winter rain they'll do well and it makes awesome hay in the spring.

My dad’s hay has benefited greatly from my overseeding.

[TPMD Hunter]

My dad’s hay has benefited greatly from my overseeding.

Have it tested. The difference in protein value will blow your mind and the legumes will greatly reduce your need for fertilizer on the coastal in the spring. Elbon Rye also produces something that the grubs worms hate.