4 MUST HAVE Berry Bushes for Deer and Turkey

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Berry bushes are an often overlooked food source. Most attention is paid to persimmons and apple trees, food plots, and acorns, but strategically placed berry bushes can have a drastic impact on your hunting and habitat. In this video we go over four berry bushes you should plant or look for where you hunt!
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[@dougbaldauf5977]

Elderberry. I have seen deer standing on their back legs eating the leaves.

[@outdoorztime2923]

A couple years ago I planted some American Hazelnuts. From what I've read, wood ducks, turkey, deer, squirrel and other animals enjoy these. I purchased mine at Arbor Day Foundation.

[@scottwithington6087]

Can’t wait to get started Great info

[@lindbergd24]

Great educational video. Shrubs get overlooked in the whitetail woods too often. The PictureThis app would help me identify shrubs on my farm and invasives I should consider getting rid of.

[@InformedOutdoors]

Dave Lindberg identifying invasives was the resin I downloaded the app. Email me at [e-mail] and you’ll get the first code!

[@jimmymiller9299]

I love planting red osier dogwood for deer browse

[@MyVisualRomance]

1. American Beauty Berry 2. Wild Plum 3. Carolina Buckthorn 4. Blackberry

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

I have had good luck with american cranberry and the dogwoods

[@stevegermain1222]

I just had 25 acres logged off and I'm very interested in replanting some helpful shrubs that picture this would help me immensely. Thanks for the info.

[@InformedOutdoors]

Glad I could help! Send me an email at [e-mail] and I'll get you a promotion code for 1 month free premium membership!

[@ianstutzman8256]

Wow very helpful I work in the woods cutting invasives would love to try and plant some of those plants we have mainly honey suckle and audom olive in our woods but were removing them and I work for the [wood land doctors]

[@InformedOutdoors]

It's a slow process but it's definitely worth it.

[@pedrosikes]

Don’t forget Red Osier Dogwood!

[@danstrunk1123]

Picture this can help me ID the forage I commonly see deer feed on.

[@InformedOutdoors]

Check out the app iNaturalist. Same concept as Picture This except free. I need to update this video since I discovered iNaturalist.

[@GamingGorrilaArmor]

love the vid

[@carsonschulz6498]

Picture This could help me ID tree species for TSI/hinge cut project I’m about to start as well as generally hel ID what’s growing around the farm and what the deer are browsing on most. Surprised you didn’t mention R.O.D. (too much tree?) or something like strawberry bush or buttonbush. Putting chicken wire (or planting inside a hot fence or cage) really helps all these bushes get established enough to withstand deer pressure. Just curious (prob should ask in your other video) - do you go just generic D. virginia or a certain cultivar for your persimmon plots?

[@InformedOutdoors]

Thanks for commenting! Email me at [e-mail] for your code for a free month of premium membership for PictureThis! As to your questions, I didn't mention red osier dogwood simply because I was looking for more traditional "berry" bushes. It is certainly a great choice to promote on your property. The specific species of persimmon I go for is typically the generic persimmon because of the hardiness. I'm in zone 6 so I kind of fall in between the recommended hardiness zones that are recommended between the Asian and American variety. But the simple answer is it's also what tends to be available at my Missouri native plant nursery.

[@carsonschulz6498]

Informed Outdoors Definitely can’t go wrong with MDC seedling ordering - 25 for $10 or 12, or go 100 for $34. Putting in bunch of wild plum this year, some dogwoods, persimmon, pawpaw etc. I always end up over ordering shrubs, oaks, conifers etc with the reason of “I need 10 but for $2-3 more I can get 25.” Located on the KS border east of the Marais de Cygne area. Excited to try this app out. Thank you!

[@rangered2010]

Could use that app to figure out if I have turkey plants....picture this.

[@InformedOutdoors]

Try an app called iNaturalist. Just like PictureThis but free. Found it a couple months ago and seems to be just as accurate.

[@christophertaylor1575]

I like picture this but not as accurate on bark ID as I would like.

[@InformedOutdoors]

Try iNaturalist.

[@PatrickLHolley]

what do you think about gray dogwood for deer? I have lots I'm considering stake planting to cultivate more cover. thanks!

[@InformedOutdoors]

If it were low enough they would browse on the leaves and fresh woody growth, but the berries are eaten mostly by birds. They’d definitely be pretty to look at though.

[@lostandgone9929]

He sounds like that one guy that does the voice on Rick and Morty

[@InformedOutdoors]

I really hope you're not thinking I sound like Morty... lol

[@Jonhuntandfish]

@@InformedOutdoors oh geeeez

[@grdelawter4266]

Bobble heads do better on radio or baseball figurines

[@arthurmarshall8326]

Very lousy video. Only brambles here in any quantity. But I did not know that strawberry and snowberry provided much cover. And this is just cover for second rate app.

[@grdelawter4266]

Your head bounces around so much as you talk, you look like a bobble head. Your pointy hat accentuates your bobble head look. What did you say? I was distracted by the bobble head. Turn off the sound and watch. Your head never stops moving up, down, back and forth, forward and back, twisting left and twisting right. Now that I’ve typed this, I can’t even remember what you were talking about. Oh yea some bush tree thing....

[@InformedOutdoors]

Thanks. I’ll take your unstable and rambling criticism under consideration.