Fruit/nut trees for turkey?
Fruit/nut trees for turkey?
I’m in charge of property management at our land. We are looking a fruit and nut trees for deer and turkey.
Planning on some Japanese persimmon and pecans but looking for turkey specific (bonus if deer will eat)
Thinking about mulberries and chinkapin.
Any other suggestions? Like to have something that fruits spring and fall
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Planning on some Japanese persimmon and pecans but looking for turkey specific (bonus if deer will eat)
Thinking about mulberries and chinkapin.
Any other suggestions? Like to have something that fruits spring and fall
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Re: Fruit/nut trees for turkey?
Autumn olive. Have to keep them under control but they produce a berry that deer and turkey eat. Also nine bark if my memory is correct. Both can be used for hedge rows
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Whatever these are. I find them in nearly every gizzard I open up from Nebraska to Alabama. It may be because they’re tough to grind down but turkeys seems to like them.
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White Oak Pin Oak & Butternut which is slow growing. These are all native & deer, turkey, squirrels, & other wild life will feed on them.
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Red and White oaks, also Beech trees. Unfortunately
none of us will see the tree's into maturity !!!
none of us will see the tree's into maturity !!!
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Please do not plant Autumn olive. They are a non-native invasive species that can take over a site. Much better options out there.
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Contact your local Co -operative extension service. As far as Autumn Olive I believe MSU is dead set against it. You can also contact NWTF .They have an excellent book available on planting for wildlife. Don't overlook different grasses that attract grasshoppers also. Poult survival depends on grasshopper and other nutritious insects as well as nuts and berries.
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Thanks all
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Kinda look like cedar berries?SwampDrummin wrote:Whatever these are. I find them in nearly every gizzard I open up from Nebraska to Alabama. It may be because they’re tough to grind down but turkeys seems to like them.
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Bush Honey Suckle. The deer like them and the produce soft mast that the turkey love. We also have had good success with gobbler oaks. The are a smaller tree and produce a ton of acorns every year. Those look like grape seeds to me..
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What are Gobbler oaks, and where can I get them ?
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Not sure where we got these. 15 years ago. Native nurseries on the web list them as does tractor supply and home depot. They are a saw tooth oak
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Try local tree places. There’s a pecan tree place here in MS that carries themspider316 wrote:What are Gobbler oaks, and where can I get them ?
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SwampDrummin wrote: ↑May 23rd, 2020, 4:26 pm Whatever these are. I find them in nearly every gizzard I open up from Nebraska to Alabama. It may be because they’re tough to grind down but turkeys seems to like them.
They look like wild cherry pits.
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Re: Fruit/nut trees for turkey?
Depending on your location in the country, native food source trees, etc., the advice to contact your local County Extension Service office for advice and recommendations is a good start. Search in the County Government directory or Google them. Each Extension office is part of the your state Land Grant university and most services are free. You may even want to have a soil test done for your property through them.
As an aside, I'm a retired County Extension Director here in South Florida. Been there, done that!
As an aside, I'm a retired County Extension Director here in South Florida. Been there, done that!
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Here’s what we planted. There are plenty of white and red oaks. This is mostly for deer but I am also trying to make sure I have plenty for turkey as well. Blackberry and some blueberry bushes. Couple pear trees and plum. Added what’s in pic. They were out of chinkapen. Any other turkey specific hardy trees anyone can suggest? Not really concerned about dropping in spring. We plant clover in spring/fall and do sunflower and rye or some other grain for doves
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I planted 400 trees this year for the wildlife turkey/deer definitely look at the oaks that provides the most and the smallest if managing strictly for turkeys. Also have a variety that drop at different times.
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Can't believe nobody recommended planting cranberry trees, the dwarf variety matures faster.
nothing gives turkeys better flavor than cranberries
nothing gives turkeys better flavor than cranberries
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Plant a grove of gobbler sawtooth acorns on 25' x 25' spacing. Plant ladino clover in the middles. Plant a few mulberries on each end of your grove. Works good in Mississippi
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Thanks. That’s basically what we did. Planted 10 persimmons for deer. 3 plum 3 crabapple and 3 sawtook oaks and mulberries. On 375 acres. Already had plenty of white oaksuplandridge wrote:Plant a grove of gobbler sawtooth acorns on 25' x 25' spacing. Plant ladino clover in the middles. Plant a few mulberries on each end of your grove. Works good in Mississippi
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