Look what this idiot deer did to my persimmon tree

[standeford]

I like persimmons. Persimmon pudding really. So to further my goal of eating persimmon pudding I planted some 5' suckers in one of my pastures last fall. They were doing well. Budbreak this spring and had some new shoots and all that good stuff.

Just a couple of days ago I was down there and they were all fine.

So this morning, walking out of the woods after the morning hunt, I find this:

Obviously not a healthy situation for a tree, it is 100% horizontal. I don't remember hitting it while mowing, no other trees had fallen on it, it isn't like the ground is soft enough for the roots to pull out. For seemingly no reason it had laid over.

Luckily there was a trail cam near it which I checked for evidence:

So that is the tree in question, and it looks to me like that buck is sizing it up. He looks like he is thinking "I wonder if I could knock this tree over?". Turns out he did more than just wonder, I think he actually went ahead and knocked it over, because that is the only plausible explanation. Showing off for that doe, no doubt.

Also a couple of the other trees had some branches bashed off of them and I'm pretty sure he did that too.

So it looks like if there is going to be persimmon pudding it'll be served with bacon wrapped backstraps.

 

[Clay]

If you didn't pick the persimmons by now, its to late anyway

 

[G_Stines]

Well since you can't have the pudding... Might as well make him a good dinner!! Revenge can be sweet, especially if its deer meat!!

 

[HICKMAN]

my dad and I love persimmon pudding and he had the same problem last year.

 

[JohnR]

That little buck has no idea what he started.

 

[booey50]

you could make deer meat pie!!! Just a little revenge... since he took your pudding from you...

 

[beararms1776]

He better watch it or you'll be eating some good pervenison.

 

[djl02]

The trees are loaded with persimmons this year. Just starting to drop down south.
Might try spraying them or hanging tin cans or put a fence ,like around a tomato plant.

 

[Jack Ryan]

The trees are loaded with persimmons this year. Just starting to drop down south.
Might try spraying them or hanging tin cans or put a fence ,like around a tomato plant.

I pick up rolls of junk fence when ever I see it. Just cut off a few feet and roll it around the tree a couple times. If you just jiggle it a time or two during the year to keep the bark from growing in to it and you can keep every thing off that damages trees with it.

 

[Jay]

It's really too bad the deer took out your tree, but on the other hand..... it's usually tough to convince a deer to bypass a free, easy meal.

 

[standeford]

The trees are loaded with persimmons this year. Just starting to drop down south.
Might try spraying them or hanging tin cans or put a fence ,like around a tomato plant.

I think I'm going to try a Magnus Buzzcut, through the heart.

He came out of the woods this evening but didn't wander close enough for me to try a shot with all the wind. I'm sure there are 50 more just like him that want to destroy my trees, but this is going to be a symbolic victory.

 

[Gunaria]

What kind of persimmons does your tree produce? The type you have to let get really soft before you eat them or the crunchy type?

 

[standeford]

Diospyros virginiana, so the former. I think they are all the Morris Burton strain but I'm not positive.

 

[Andre46996]

You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat !!!

Venison would be a good choice.

 

[stationhollow]

mother nature versus human nature.. we usually win.

 

[Titanium Man]

My tripod on the farm is right over a persimmon tree, and there usually is a busy trail around it. It's so buggy and hot when the persimmons are ready, I never am able to take advantage of them. Now, when the stands are ready and surprisingly, most of the crops are in, not a thing is on the tree. I'd be a millionaire though, if walnuts were a dollar a piece out there.

 

[wilbur352]

I know where I would be sitting my hunting blind at.