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5 year old buck +
Orchard will be on the border of zones 4 and 5.
One part will be in bow range of a tower blind. Bow season starts October 1st. I would like apples that drop, starting in mid-September and through October and hopefully early November.
One part of the orchard will be strung in a long double row of trees in rifle range. Rifle season is usually mid to late November, and muzzleloader is usually early December. Ideally these trees would start dropping in late October and drop through December and possibly later.
My bow orchard list is:
Cortland
Jonamac
Wealthy
Chestnut crab
Macoun
And a local unnamed variety
Possibly Liberty?
These are also chosen as apples for me to harvest and eat. Most important is the deer have a bunch of apples on the ground starting Oct. 1
The rifle/muzzleloader (Nov-Dec.) orchard list so far is:
Drop Tine crab
30-06 crab
Galarina
Enterprise
Sheepnose
Golden russet
Kerr
Dozier
Franklin cider
Ideally these would drop slowly and not draw the deer much before November 1.
Any and all advice is welcome. I don't have any experience, these lists are just from reading this forum and various apple variety profiles.
One part will be in bow range of a tower blind. Bow season starts October 1st. I would like apples that drop, starting in mid-September and through October and hopefully early November.
One part of the orchard will be strung in a long double row of trees in rifle range. Rifle season is usually mid to late November, and muzzleloader is usually early December. Ideally these trees would start dropping in late October and drop through December and possibly later.
My bow orchard list is:
Cortland
Jonamac
Wealthy
Chestnut crab
Macoun
And a local unnamed variety
Possibly Liberty?
These are also chosen as apples for me to harvest and eat. Most important is the deer have a bunch of apples on the ground starting Oct. 1
The rifle/muzzleloader (Nov-Dec.) orchard list so far is:
Drop Tine crab
30-06 crab
Galarina
Enterprise
Sheepnose
Golden russet
Kerr
Dozier
Franklin cider
Ideally these would drop slowly and not draw the deer much before November 1.
Any and all advice is welcome. I don't have any experience, these lists are just from reading this forum and various apple variety profiles.