Triton Mike
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For ua mtn hunters I bet bears wreak havoc on fruit trees
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Fruit trees vs food plots
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Forest Grump
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No screen; never seen deer bother the trees at any stage, but they are passing fond of the fruit.
Don’t know about the ones in the mountains, but bears in central GA sure will destroy fruit trees, especially if they have a tree tube on them. They will shred a tree to get that plastic tube to play with. I know of no useful purpose for a bear.
Forest Grump
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Google fig wasps. Figs are pollinated by a wasp that goes in but never comes back out. The “crunch” is really from the seeds, or so they say...
But if you like figs maybe just enjoy not knowing, like you do with peanut butter...
But if you like figs maybe just enjoy not knowing, like you do with peanut butter...
Keith Karr
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Doggone Forest ! I was about to make me peanut butter and fig sandwich
The commercially cultivated fig tree is usually a female parthenocarpic variety of the ancient common fig (Ficus carica) and does not need pollination to produce fruit. On the other hand, those species of fig trees that rely on wasps for pollination will likely contain bits of wasps in the fruit.
I think most of mine are the ones that do not need the wasps, even if not what's wrong with a little protein?
I had actually heard about the fig wasps but was not aware the males did not exit the fruit. I thought the wasps just fertilized the "Flower" like other fruits etc.
I think most of mine are the ones that do not need the wasps, even if not what's wrong with a little protein?
I had actually heard about the fig wasps but was not aware the males did not exit the fruit. I thought the wasps just fertilized the "Flower" like other fruits etc.
Blisterapine
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OP most on this forum are against baiting so - neither of your suggestions are favorable.
Crakajak
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My thoughts are that the more variety and amount of food available 12 months a year the more healthy your wildlife will be.I grow clover/feed protein/feed corn/grow trees,white oaks ,red oaks,live oaks,sawtooth oaks,persimmons,apples,pear,fig,pecans.
Hoping to keep this thread more related to helpful info folks with first hand experience can share with other hunters rather than another referendum on what constitutes baiting. Plenty of threads out there already on the topic if you want to debate baiting vs food plots. All though I didn’t notice Jim Boyd had to delete his thread when it didn’t go his way, so maybe one less.
Deerhead
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Here is a simple answer to the question. Plant it "all" and they will come!
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