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The Pennsylvania Game Commission's board may outlaw the use of urine based attractants for deer hunting, may increase how many doe tags you can buy. PGC to consider outlawing deer urine ...
The forest floor is now littered with apples and acorns. Outdoors Columnist Oak Duke shares what that means for deer hunting this fall. Deer hunting in a bumper crop year: How to capitalize on ...
Removing deer attractants like bird feeders and fruit trees. Avoid feeding the deer. Additionally, while they may be cute, you should definitely not be feeding your local deer apples, carrots, or ...
Deer mice – are considered the most important predator of low-density gypsy moth populations and their abundance may be critical in determining whether populations go into an outbreak mode. Their abundance is strongly affected by the amount of mast (e.g., acorns) in the previous year. Tachinid flies – parasitize gypsy moth populations ...
Acorns have a large influence on small rodents in their habitats, as large acorn yields help rodent populations to grow. [9] Large mammals such as pigs, bears, and deer also consume large amounts of acorns; they may constitute up to 25% of the diet of deer in the autumn. [10]
Acorns are heavily used by livestock, mule deer, feral pigs, rodents, mountain quail, Steller's jays, and woodpeckers. Acorns constitute an average of 50% of the fall and winter diets of western gray squirrels and black-tailed deer during good mast years. Fawn survival rates increase or decrease with the size of the acorn crop.
However, heavy nut crops are borne only every few years. In this evolutionary strategy, known as masting, the large seed crop every few years overwhelms the ability of seed predators to eat the acorns, thus ensuring the survival of some seeds. Other wildlife, such as deer and porcupine, eat the leaves, twigs and bark.
Acorns are rich in vitamins, nutrients and minerals that help to support heart, bone and muscle health, as well as energy, metabolism and brain function, according to Best.