Generally seems to me the more ripe, or even over ripe fruit is, the more critters prefer it. But i did just find an old orchard with still green apples, nowhere near ripe, and a bunch of bear piles clearly composed of half digested green apples, that bear was climbing the trees to eat them, so you never know, when you think you got a critter figured out, theyll do something totally unexpected and throw you for a loop.
