Hunted them once in southern illinois and the deer loved them! I think it was early november when we hunted.

 

Yes , make sure you bring a couple of arrows for **** . Good hunting.

 

What time of year should I expect them to fall?

 

After frost later on when they start falling the Deer will hit them hard.
Just keep a eye out for sign.

 

if you have a day where its going to be windy or storm bad then die down hunt that spot afterwards.. the deer know that after storms the fruit falls and will be on it in a heartbeat. Even better if its rainy/windy the night before but will let up sometime when your on stand id hunt that spot if the trees still got a lot of fruit in it.

Deer love them, just dont try one yourself, they always gave me cottonmouth.

 

Yep deer tear them up. They like them best once it frost on them a time or two.

 

Deer love them. On my lease last year I kept finding "deer piles" with persimmion seeds all in them. Only problem was there were no persimmion trees on my lease but they sure cut across it to get to them. Supposedly after the first frost the fruit gets sweeter, at least thats what I have always heard growing up about when to pick them to eat.

 

Ours fall mid to late September. IF you have them in the woods where deer feel safe, sure you can catch them in the early am, but a lot of times the trees are growing where they feel nervous " too open " and they come at night.

 

They are very good to eat! make sure they are SOFT, if you eat one that is firm you will instantly know your mistake. Where I work there are a few trees, the deer seek them out when they are falling, usually October in our parts.

 

Deer are drawn to persimmons like me to a bowl of m&ms

Lazy

 

As above, persimmons turn sweet after a hard frost, and the deer will wipe them out when they find them. They are plumlike and can be turned into jam/jelly if you are into such kitchen pursuits. I have nine small trees I started from seed four years ago, and hope I can turn them into fruit producers and deer magnets.

 

I actually have a stand in a big persimmon tree and the deer love them. They start falling here around mid sept. I've shot a lot of nannys out of that stand but never a good buck due to it being out in an open field. They usually come running to it.

 

i have never found a better deer food ! we had one that actually grew out from under the edge of our metal camp house,, we would be inside at night with the ac going talking and cutting up and they were rubbing the side of the building, trying to get the ones that fell and rolled under a bit,, scared the crap out of us the first time it happened, we would have deer tracks on the door step..........

 

I promise if you plant it, they will come! I think every hunter will back me on this one. We see them falling in September, but one variety falls a bit later & grows in shade....buck killer!

 

I promise if you plant it, they will come! I think every southern hunter will back me on this one.

True!

To the OP, you have found a hot spot my friend!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

The deer will wear them out.

 

We have a few on one of our properties and all the trails to go out to the field in that area all converge right by the trees. They hit the persimmons before the enter the field just like clockwork, the deer love them.

 

..... Is a fat dog heavy????

They're a gold mine here in the south!

 

Thanks guys I was thinking about putting a stand in that draw just in case now I think I should

 

Justin. If you can get your stand close enough to the tree. Get a string or bow rope in the persimmon to your tree stand. Once it gets day light occasionally jerk the string to cause some to fall. Home made deer feeder that is cheap and works.

 

Thanks for the heads up

 

Deer love em

 

If you plan on keeping the lease-get some of those fruit tree fertilizer stakes and drive them around just a few trees where you want the deer to come-usually takes a year to make a difference-they will come.

 

Fertilize the trees you plan to hunt. Great to hunt around. When they drop and are gone move. Its over.

 

Love hunting persimmon trees in October and November. They are like crack cocaine for the deer and raccoons when they are dropping. One of the best food sources you will ever find for deer hunting. I would set a camera near these tree(s) in early September where the deer will get used to it and use the photos taken to figure out what trails are being used to enter into the area. You can also look for a trail on the downwind side of the tree(s) and set your stand off about 45 degrees where you can shoot over the trail and any buck(s) that might be scent checking the does eating from the tree.

 

And just and FYI, they love pear trees too.