What type of oak tree is this and do the deer like the acorns that it produces?? It is producing acorns I just don't know how well the deer like them - the leaves are a little different than your typical white oak acorn tree.
my first quick guess is/was chinquapin but looks like smooth lobes(if any) and not serrated...I am gonna look it up Either way deer will eat the acorns. got it - shingle oak
What area are you located? A few leaves resemble a willow oak but most seem to broad, I'm not sure...
Shingle Oak?? The acorns are very similar to what I would find on a red oak. So they will still hammer them?? Located in West Central Indiana.
yup - they'll eat em....shingle oak is considered a red oak which aren't usually as tasty to the deer as white oaks but still a good mast crop for them.
Thanks for your help guys - this Shingle Oak is right between my two food plots and I didn't know it was an acorn producing tree until today.
The thing most don't know is that while the white oak family (white oak, chinkapin, etc) is preferred more due to palatability, the red oaks produce a longer lasting (whites tend to rot quickly) and more nutritious mast crop. Good call on the shingle wolve, one I was unfamiliar with
lol - I got a good background and some great reference books that I learned how to use in college...I actually never have seen one myself, just figured where he was from and looked for the lobe-less oaks he could have there.
