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Title: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Ssamac on October 10, 2010, 10:38:00 PM: What kind of nut is this? All over my backyard. Had 4 does bedding down under the balsam firs there last winter. I think now I know why. The ground is covered with these. They are green when they fall on the ground an turn brown in a few days.

sam

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Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: lpcjon2 on October 10, 2010, 10:50:00 PM: I cant see the pick at work but maybe black walnut.They have a green outer and then turn brown then black they are 3/4 the size of a ping pong ball
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: OkKeith on October 10, 2010, 10:54:00 PM: Most likely one of the three or four kinds of Hickories. Black Walnuts don't have "sutures" in the husk. When it dries out, the petals of the husk open to show a smooth shelled nut.

Tree will have a compound leaf with 5 to 7 leaflets.

Cool trees!

OkKeith
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Bud B. on October 10, 2010, 10:56:00 PM: Hickory nuts. If you've never eaten the heart of the nut, Hickory nuts are quite tasty. I do, however, think they may be too hard for deer. Squirrels have a hard time knawing them and they have rodent teeth.

Crack one open with a hammer and look at how thick the shell is.

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Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Ssamac on October 10, 2010, 11:02:00 PM: I have black walnut trees and these are not black walnuts. I also have hickory trees and these don't have the outer husk. They are on the tree just like this. I'll crack it open and see what's inside. The green part is not very hard, btw. Not like the shell on a hickory tree.

sam
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: OkKeith on October 10, 2010, 11:20:00 PM: Hard to tell from the angle of the shot. It's not a pecan is it?

Post us a pic after you whack it. I'm interested in seeing the guts of it.

OkKeith
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: jhg on October 10, 2010, 11:43:00 PM: I think they are beech nuts.
Got any grey, smoothish skinned trees out back?

Joshua
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Pat B on October 11, 2010, 12:07:00 AM: That is a hickory nut. The outter hull hasn't separated yet. It is not a beech nut or black walnut although it is in the same family as the black walnut(Juglans). Post a pic of the leaves and tree's bark for a more positive ID.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Hawkeye on October 11, 2010, 12:50:00 AM: Looks like a Pignut Hickory to me...
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: 30coupe on October 11, 2010, 12:52:00 AM: More pictures would help, but it looks like hickory to me too from what I can tell.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Brian Krebs on October 11, 2010, 01:30:00 AM: hickory nut gets my vote. You have to spend a lot of time to get the meat out of them- but a handful in a white cake mix works really well. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: adeeden on October 11, 2010, 09:30:00 AM: Looks like Pignut hickory to me as well.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Hill Hunter on October 11, 2010, 09:56:00 AM: I agree, Pignut Hickory, they seem to be one of the less desirable of the hickorys to the squirrel.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: KentuckyTJ on October 11, 2010, 10:01:00 AM: Yep we call them Pig Nut Trees, although I'm far from an expert.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Ssamac on October 11, 2010, 11:34:00 AM: I'll crack it open and take a pic of the tree
That will do it
I have many hickory (shagbark) on the property, so would not be surprised if this were a kind of variant.
Do you think the deer like them? I think in Jan when the food supplies are low they will eat them>

Thanks
Sam
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: limbolt on October 11, 2010, 11:37:00 AM: Pig Nut hickory
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: DV of WI on October 11, 2010, 11:39:00 AM: Pignut Hickory
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Bob B. on October 11, 2010, 11:52:00 AM: Ditto on the Hickory. Excellent to use if yo are thirsty. Do not remove nut form shell, just put hull in mouth. You will produce slaiva and this helps if you have cotton mouth or a cough.

Bob.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Jeff Strubberg on October 11, 2010, 11:54:00 AM: Pig nut. Deer definitely fo after them early when the acorns are still scarce.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Ssamac on October 11, 2010, 09:25:00 PM: Pig nut hickory it is.
Thanks guys

sam
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: Earl Jeff on October 11, 2010, 10:05:00 PM: It's a hickory nut.
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: bolong on October 11, 2010, 10:44:00 PM: No doubt, hickory nuts. Down here they are "hickernuts".
Title: Re: What Kind of Nut??
Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on October 11, 2010, 11:18:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Hawkeye:
Looks like a Pignut Hickory to me...
Yup! :thumbsup: