Do deer like osage leaves? (pics)

[Marks]

I was driving thru the pasture Wednesday and noticed a tree that had bee stripped of leaves up to about as high as a deer or cow can reach and no higher. I found this odd so I drove over and it was osage. I took a pic and drove down a little farther and found another like it completely stripped up to that point. No other species of trees were like that. Do deer eat these? Or is it a cow thing? Our deer season opens next weekend and I'm wondering if this is a food source worth looking at.

First tree

Second tree

[osage outlaw]

Yes, the deer love them.  I cut limbs and put in front of my trail camera.  They can't resist them.

[BOWMAN53]

i recently read an article that said osage used to be very common and all over the place. Larger animals used to eat the fruit and poop the seeds far way from the parent tree and since it was already in fertelizer it grew sucessfully. ill post the link if i can find it again, very good/interesting read.

[DavidV]

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1995/11/enduring-osage-orange

check this out bowman.

[osage outlaw]

Deer eat the fruit also.  Usually later in the year when it gets mushy.

[BOWMAN53]

that was a good article, i didnt know most of that.

[BOWMAN53]

Found it.

http://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/