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Awesome pics thank you. Please keep us updated on bedding usage as the plants continue to grow.

I bought 40 rhizomes in hopes of creating a micro pocket bedding area. I’m curious for those guys who have-are growing it, what planting pattern has worked best? I’ve been following the Miscanthus thread, but it just seemed to be guys propagating them in general or planting them for screens.

Here's a little fight sequence between a young fork horn and "Big 8" whom I believe to be 3.5 Not sure what happened but that younger buck was all I saw afterwards and I have yet to see Big 8 on camera since this!

Where legal and if financially able, I still feel supplemental feeding can be an excellent way to stimulate your deer herd. Obviously you must do so responsibly and understand that transmitting diseases, etc. can be issues which is why it's crucial as a land manager must decide whether or not...

Wow that's wild, but I feel like that's more of a Northern thing? Our deer still browse on greens even through January here.. But I've been feeding them for some time now and plan on continuing to do so

I'm in GA and it's legal to feed here. I've been feeding consistently since August and the deer have been browsing the clover plots and hinge cut trees as well. Just wanted to give them as much quality forage as possible. I've never heard of that Natty, you have any links I'd like to read into...

Makes sense to avoid wolf predation up there, fortunately we have light-moderate coyote populations here depending on the area. Besides that no real predators.. BUT our soils cannot provide near the quality nutrients compared to the Midwest so guys down here really have begun relying on...

It was at this moment, Robby the Raccoon realized, he messed up.

curious who here supplemental feeds their deer through the rough winters when quality browse is scarce into fawning season & velvet stage. What have you been feeding and what are the results looking like? I've tried corn/purina antlermax 20 and the deer hardly touch the purina pellets... I...

It's tough to tell... either that younger buck is a 1YO 8pt or he's 4. We'll see next year!

Younger buck for reference, he's probably a 2YO

Central GA buck, holding out for older deer 4.5+ but he's very tempting Ideas?

As usual thank you for the insightful information Yoder, I'll ditch the Asian persimmon idea altogether. Keep us posted on your Nikita grafts and maybe there could be an Asian hybrid in the future for deer managers. For the meantime I'll stick to the American persimmons

Is this an American/Asian variety issue or due to the American varieties being astringent? Thank you I will look into the varieties you listed in the meantime