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Mushrooms for deer #8139794
05/16/24 02:40 AM
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Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8139801
05/16/24 04:37 AM
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Hmmmm


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Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8139873
05/16/24 08:33 AM
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I've watched deer at least a couple times eat mushrooms off of dead oak, hen of the woods(?) maybe. Not the bright orange one, but the more brown type.
Squirrels too, but they like a different kind. I don't know 'shrooms 'cause I don't eat 'shoots, but the squirrels like the ones with a cap. They hold it by the stem and twirl it while eating the cap.

Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8139907
05/16/24 09:35 AM
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I have a series of trail cam pics of a deer eating all the mushrooms off an old stump in a matter of minutes.

Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8140092
05/16/24 06:33 PM
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Deer will eat all sorts of things, doesn’t make them all good food plot choices. That reads more like a commercial than anything. The guy is selling mushroom spores.

Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8140096
05/16/24 06:39 PM
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Matsutake mushrooms will bring in elk from a distance. Their fragrance is like a mix of cinnamon and garlic.


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Re: Mushrooms for deer [Re: AJE] #8140732
05/18/24 02:17 AM
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