I'm hoping that Catman Outdoors hit 100k subscribers by the end of the season! This is the channel for the people and the info you put out here is priceless knowledge!
I hunt public land river bottoms in NW MS. A plant that is absolutely crucial for deer - especially in late season - is the humble yet almighty "Dewberry," genus Rubus. This plant/vine is closely related to the blackberry and ripens in Spring a couple weeks before the blackberry. It can't support its weight, so it runs along the ground or climbs. Very often in many of the areas I hunt it's the ONLY green plant after November. Deer tear it up. You can watch the patches of dewberry get ever-smaller from early Dec through the end of deer season. These patches are the closest thing to a "food plot" you're gonna find on the public lands. Set up near the stuff a few hunts, be patient, and you WILL see deer coming in for a bite. Excellent video Catman. I find it fascinating how many of these staples for deer are "invasive." Make one wonder what they ate before Europeans brought all that stuff over!
Catman is money (knowledge). Learned much from this young man. 71 soon still feeding the skeeters and getting torn up by nettles. Scouting is my weak suit and this very helpful
The deer love stinging nettle in the river bottoms on North Dakota Deer candy of the North in Aug-September They eat the tops off it grows better than any food plot you can plant in early season Find were they are eating it and hang a trail camera and a deer stand it’s browsed on heavily in September here
I really liked this video. I'm no expert, but I would agree that if a deer is hungry enough they will eat anything green. I do agree that keeping this video limited to 8 plants makes sense because of that. That being said a second tier or plan B plants video would be cool or really a plant video in general would be cool because you really seem to know them. I wish I could identify plants well.
Catman, do you happen to have any specific vegetation besides acorns that I can look for here in Michigans lower peninsula? I have noticed they eat the wild onion and garlic tops but am struggling to find foods they favor other than what I have mentioned.
Look for anything green with the tops eaten off. If you notice the same type of plant always has the tops cut off, it’s probably one that they really like.
Thanks for the cool info Catman, can't wait to see what you put on the ground this year. I'm headed to Tennessee the week of Nov 6th for my first out of state hunt, hoping everything I've learned from the likes of THP, Infalt, you, my own experiences, etc etc will lead to success.
Winter creeper is a great attractant late season. Go into an area with some and strip the vines where they’ll hang down and you have an instant late season food plot!
Here in North Carolina,,honeysuckle is a big indicator ,,the Virginia state line is as close as hedge apple gets to here , also grown over areas of kudzu is a great place to see deer before the first frost.
Good video and good source of deer browse info. Deer are certainly browsers no matter what supplemental food is planted or poured into a trough. Deer are ruminants and make vegetation taste just like meat. I remember in the deer research pens at Auburn University, the particular research was to see which flavor of clover the deer liked best. I think the deer spent more time between each sample plot eating the "weeds". As mentioned, they will eat most any plant.....especially if fertilized. However, oxalis and yellow jasmine are two species of which I have never seen browsing evidence.
Excellent Catman. I love the info. Some of the plants aren’t found here in Maine but a few are. I just found a patch of Canadian nettles that’s getting mowed down by the deer browse.
I’m in Giles Co, and I have several of some variety of wild peach tree that has small golfball size peaches on them. The deer will eat everything they can eat off of these. It’s not unusual to see 2 and 3 at a time standing on their hind legs stretching as high as they can to get these peaches. Once they have cleared everything they can reach, they will spend hours laying under these trees waiting for the remainder of the peaches to fall. If we have a rain/wind storm, they immediately head to these trees to cash in on the fallen peaches. I have these in numerous spots along the edges of the woods. No clue what kind of peach tree they are, though.
Hello Python 357. It's a pleasure to know you're in Giles County. So am I, Pulaski and Lynnville areas to be exact.y deer hunting, dove hunting, squirrel and rabbit hunting have been in the same area. Hope you have a fantastic hunting season and winter.
You said they were wild peach trees. I’m just wondering if you are absolutely certain that they are peaches and not pears because there have been lots of wild pears growing in North America for hundreds of years. Wild pairs is what I have growing around me in the Ohio river valley
Even with all the agriculture fields in MN/WI, these deer up here love stinging nettles. You'd think it would sting their mouths. Lol
They eat the jeweleed right next to the nettles that puts the fire out. It's a natural antidote for nettles.
Canadian nettles getting hit hard in Maine right now
@@racerdaveracerdave I saw a tiktok about that exact thing. Lol
Shane 🤫I don’t want these hunters to know this in my area
It’s better than a food plot
I always get into that nettle in the summer time along the river fishing. I smear river mud on it when I get stung by it.
Sir that was a fantastic video! Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Some of those plants are in Texas and I had no idea. 👍
I'm hoping that Catman Outdoors hit 100k subscribers by the end of the season! This is the channel for the people and the info you put out here is priceless knowledge!
Im in Missouri ....Not sure if we have strawberry bush ,,,,if we do ive never seen it ,,,,,,,,,Thats a new one ive never heard of ,,,,,,,
Mississippi State University has "A Guide to Common Native Deer Forages" that also has a good list of preferred deer forage for the southeast.
I hunt public land river bottoms in NW MS. A plant that is absolutely crucial for deer - especially in late season - is the humble yet almighty "Dewberry," genus Rubus. This plant/vine is closely related to the blackberry and ripens in Spring a couple weeks before the blackberry. It can't support its weight, so it runs along the ground or climbs. Very often in many of the areas I hunt it's the ONLY green plant after November. Deer tear it up. You can watch the patches of dewberry get ever-smaller from early Dec through the end of deer season. These patches are the closest thing to a "food plot" you're gonna find on the public lands. Set up near the stuff a few hunts, be patient, and you WILL see deer coming in for a bite. Excellent video Catman. I find it fascinating how many of these staples for deer are "invasive." Make one wonder what they ate before Europeans brought all that stuff over!
Unbelievably good content here
Thank God for notifications…. Been waiting for a new Catman video. Great as usual and I just learned a lot.
Thanks Catman. Great info.
Insightful....thanks.
good, practical information
Thanks for sharing your video's 👍
Such great info. Thanks soo much.
Great information!
Good info! Thanks!!
Catman is money (knowledge). Learned much from this young man. 71 soon still feeding the skeeters and getting torn up by nettles. Scouting is my weak suit and this very helpful
Them velvet bucks at the end 🔥🔥
Good luck to you to man.
Man you keep producing content like this your fan base will grow quick
What about bush honeysuckle
i never pass up vids like this...thanks, Catman
Great tips for the new season 🤘💯🇺🇸
By far the best video I’ve ever seen!
Very good video!
THANKS FOR SHARING COOL STUFF ✌OUT LATER
Thanks Catman, I was scouting river bottom last weekend. Heavy browse on the stinging nettle even with bean fields a few hundred yards away.
Great video cat! Here in wi the deer hit the blackberry and raspberry bushes hard. And you will see an obvious browse line white cedars
The deer love stinging nettle in the river bottoms on North Dakota
Deer candy of the North in Aug-September
They eat the tops off it grows better than any food plot you can plant in early season
Find were they are eating it and hang a trail camera and a deer stand it’s browsed on heavily in September here
Thanks brother!!
Looks like someone has been on public land in my area with a weed eater, going to be a good year, it’s from all the deer.
If you add acorns and chestnuts, you could help a lot of hunters solve their October lull.
Im in Missouri ....Not sure if we have strawberry bush ,,,,if we do ive never seen it ,,,,,,,,,Thats a new one ive never heard of ,,,,,,,
Iv never seen in near St. Louis either.
Thanks for the information
I really liked this video. I'm no expert, but I would agree that if a deer is hungry enough they will eat anything green. I do agree that keeping this video limited to 8 plants makes sense because of that. That being said a second tier or plan B plants video would be cool or really a plant video in general would be cool because you really seem to know them. I wish I could identify plants well.
Get after it Catman!
Good luck this season! 🏹🦌
Catman, do you happen to have any specific vegetation besides acorns that I can look for here in Michigans lower peninsula? I have noticed they eat the wild onion and garlic tops but am struggling to find foods they favor other than what I have mentioned.
Look for anything green with the tops eaten off. If you notice the same type of plant always has the tops cut off, it’s probably one that they really like.
Great information! Enjoyed it and good luck this season
Thanks for this video. Great knowledge to have. I learned a lot today. I watched the video twice. And will refer to it the future. Thanks Catman.
Thanks for the cool info Catman, can't wait to see what you put on the ground this year. I'm headed to Tennessee the week of Nov 6th for my first out of state hunt, hoping everything I've learned from the likes of THP, Infalt, you, my own experiences, etc etc will lead to success.
Love watching all your videos thank you for sharing them.
Huge Thank You. Although I’ve seen deer browse on vegetation, I’m often just looking for oaks (bad habit). Oaks here do not produce acorns every year.
thanks for the education man.. very cool..
Man, this is so helpful, thanks for making this video Catman!
Thank you! I created a youtube playlist "Deer Scouting Strategies", and this video will live there.
Catman - is this hunting knowledge or did you learn about these plants school?
This information is spot on. I have experience with all of these plants except for osage orange, and completely agree with the information.
What about dogwood/ red osier? Ive got a lot of that in my area.
Winter creeper is a great attractant late season. Go into an area with some and strip the vines where they’ll hang down and you have an instant late season food plot!
Here in North Carolina,,honeysuckle is a big indicator ,,the Virginia state line is as close as hedge apple gets to here , also grown over areas of kudzu is a great place to see deer before the first frost.
Good video and good source of deer browse info. Deer are certainly browsers no matter what supplemental food is planted or poured into a trough. Deer are ruminants and make vegetation taste just like meat. I remember in the deer research pens at Auburn University, the particular research was to see which flavor of clover the deer liked best. I think the deer spent more time between each sample plot eating the "weeds". As mentioned, they will eat most any plant.....especially if fertilized. However, oxalis and yellow jasmine are two species of which I have never seen browsing evidence.
Looks like you have some nice bucks to hunt this year.
looks like you have great herds. beautiful deer
Thanks Catman! Good stuff. The deer here in SC hammer that green briar down to sticks.
Thanks for another great video, Catman.
Wow, that was a great video. Thanks Catman! Looking forward to your videos again this year. Good hunting!
Always hyped for more catman videos!
Excellent Catman. I love the info. Some of the plants aren’t found here in Maine but a few are. I just found a patch of Canadian nettles that’s getting mowed down by the deer browse.
Good stuff as always Johnathon!
Thank you, sir. I just downloaded this video to take in the field with me. It is easily the best I have seen on the topic.
Thanks
This is a great video!
Lots of information and how to’s
Love it and please keep them coming!
Here in the coastal SC in the pines, we get thickets of sweetgum saplings. Do they eat it at all or is it a trash plant?
they will nibble at the new buds at the tips of the branches but that's about it
I’m in Giles Co, and I have several of some variety of wild peach tree that has small golfball size peaches on them. The deer will eat everything they can eat off of these. It’s not unusual to see 2 and 3 at a time standing on their hind legs stretching as high as they can to get these peaches. Once they have cleared everything they can reach, they will spend hours laying under these trees waiting for the remainder of the peaches to fall. If we have a rain/wind storm, they immediately head to these trees to cash in on the fallen peaches. I have these in numerous spots along the edges of the woods. No clue what kind of peach tree they are, though.
Hello Python 357. It's a pleasure to know you're in Giles County. So am I, Pulaski and Lynnville areas to be exact.y deer hunting, dove hunting, squirrel and rabbit hunting have been in the same area. Hope you have a fantastic hunting season and winter.
You said they were wild peach trees. I’m just wondering if you are absolutely certain that they are peaches and not pears because there have been lots of wild pears growing in North America for hundreds of years. Wild pairs is what I have growing around me in the Ohio river valley
Unless pears have a large pit inside of them, these are definitely some type of peach
Ive never seen strawberry bush before in Mississippi.