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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: fremont on October 19, 2008, 04:04:50 PM

Title: Deer early warning system
Post by: fremont on October 19, 2008, 04:04:50 PM: What is the name of that darn dry tan-colored weed that sounds like a crunchy windchime every time you get near it? Hate those things.
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: eburghunter on October 19, 2008, 04:16:32 PM: i think its arrow leaf bolsom root :dunno:
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: fremont on October 19, 2008, 05:03:51 PM: Quote from: eburghunter on October 19, 2008, 04:16:32 PM
i think its arrow leaf bolsom root :dunno:
I think you're onto something. (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi135.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq121%2Fmontyhouse%2FdeerearlywarningweedMediumWebview.jpg&hash=e3e9d73253af71b21e50357871806516f0da3689)

Just wish I could see it brown & dead.
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: bowsandhose on October 19, 2008, 05:56:07 PM: wow i rarely see flowers on it were i hunt the MD eat them faster then they can grow. very good plant for deer :tup:
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: Malottguy on October 19, 2008, 06:10:07 PM: Balsam Root: Land mines set by deer to give warning of approaching danger ; Also known as Hunter Frustratus : LOL :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: billythekidrock on October 19, 2008, 06:20:39 PM: I don't know what it is, but I have heard of it refered to as "wild sunflower".
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: DeerHarvester on October 19, 2008, 08:27:31 PM: We call them Telegraph Weeds, in our camp.
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: hunterbuilder on October 19, 2008, 10:42:27 PM: :chuckle: It goes by the name of Tamborine brush in our camp.
Title: Re: Deer early warning system
Post by: MichaelJ on October 19, 2008, 11:21:11 PM: The funniest thing is watching your buddy stalk a muley buck in his sock feet and get with 100 yards and start stepping on small cactus! lol Bout the funniest show you've ever seen watching him hop up and down without making a sound! haha

Michael