Module 6 of 14 Core
Food: What Deer Eat in the Piedmont
Understand the seasonal food sources that organize deer movement across a Piedmont fall, so the hunter can be where deer want to be.
Best after: Reading the Woods: Sign & Woodsmanship
Lessons
5 lessons in this module · 90 across the path
- Hard Mast (Acorns) White vs. red oak preference and how acorn drop reshuffles the woods each fall.
- Soft Mast (Persimmon, Crabapple) Early-season fruit that pulls deer before acorns drop.
- Browse, Forbs & Native Forage Greenbrier, honeysuckle, and natural forage between mast windows.
- Crops & Agricultural Edges Soybeans, corn, and small grains on Piedmont farms and how deer use edges.
- Food Plots Planting and managing small clover/brassica/grain plots to hold and pattern deer.