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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 1195872" data-attributes="member: 8855">acorns are approx 35% protein and for this reason the deer head to the trees because they are opportunistic feeders. The will always go to the highest protein source at that point in time. My clover fields are lush but the deer will go to the nuts in the fall when the nuts are falling. Deer are browsers so they will have a variety of foods in their belly. I plant different annuals and perrenials to mature at different times in order to maintain choice forage for my deer. When one of my deer is dressed out it looks like a butchered angus because of all the fat.  I test different seed blends before they hit the commercial market for a major supplier of deer forage. It is personally quite rewarding to see what works and what doesn't. Several seed blends do well but never make the cut</blockquote>