Gardening practices??
12-11-2006, 10:42 AM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
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RE: What are those Big green Balls??
ORIGINAL: JimPic
the wood also makes excellant bows
the wood also makes excellant bows
Orange Osage/HeadApples.
12-11-2006, 10:47 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
Yup, osage orange... a.k.a. Hedgeapples. There was a bumper crop in Ohio where I hunted this year. I had a stand right near several of these trees. Everytime one of those things fell and hit the ground it sounded like a sack of potatoes. Had my head twirlling like a bobblehead doll.
12-11-2006, 10:56 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Maryland (St. Mary\'s)
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RE: What are those Big green Balls??
Around here deer eat them even when there is plenty of other food available; corn, beans, acorns everywhere and they will still eat the hedge apples.
ORIGINAL: isatarak
We have a lot of them here. We call them hedgeapples, too. The only thing I've seen that likes to eat them are squirrels.I've never seen deer eat them. If deer are eating them, I would say the deer are having a hard time finding anything to eat.
We have a lot of them here. We call them hedgeapples, too. The only thing I've seen that likes to eat them are squirrels.I've never seen deer eat them. If deer are eating them, I would say the deer are having a hard time finding anything to eat.
12-11-2006, 10:57 AM
#14
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 35
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
Ive never seen deer eat them, just squirrels. I dont think it would be considered baiting them if the deer are eating them. It would be baiting if you are moving them from their original spot.
12-11-2006, 11:09 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Woodstock, ILLINOIS
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RE: What are those Big green Balls??
What ifI gathered them there before the season
"yard maintainence" Style.
And does anyone know how far away you have to be from "BAIT" in IL.
Is there an exact distance?
"yard maintainence" Style.
And does anyone know how far away you have to be from "BAIT" in IL.
Is there an exact distance?
12-11-2006, 11:58 AM
#16
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 863
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
ORIGINAL: whitetailsoldier
What ifI gathered them there before the season
"yard maintainence" Style.
And does anyone know how far away you have to be from "BAIT" in IL.
Is there an exact distance?
What ifI gathered them there before the season
"yard maintainence" Style.
And does anyone know how far away you have to be from "BAIT" in IL.
Is there an exact distance?
12-11-2006, 12:06 PM
#17
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 33
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
hey yeah we call them monkey balls or osage trees up here in western pa i put some under my stand the other day didnt see deer eating him but i do see them munched up. Ill check on them tonight to see if anyhting ate them,
12-11-2006, 01:35 PM
#18
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
Not baiting, same priciple, but by law not baiting. Why kick them in a pile, you want them spread out so they have to look around for them. They know where the tree is, they can smell them. No need in a presentation, they know what they are doing.
12-11-2006, 03:20 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Jacksonville, IL/ Huntington, WV
Posts: 1,573
RE: What are those Big green Balls??
It is illegal to feed a deer anything in Illinois. Even if you are not ahunter and just like to feed animals. You are still not allowed to feed them.