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10/29/2026

White oak or red oak: why your property needs both.

🌳 White oaks: most have rounded leaf lobes with no bristle tips. Their acorns mature in one season and are low in tannins, so they taste sweeter. Deer go for them first, and they're usually gone early in the season.

🌳 Red oaks: most have pointed leaf lobes tipped with tiny bristles. Their acorns take two seasons to mature and are higher in tannins, so they're more bitter. Deer leave them for later, and they hold up on the ground into late fall and winter.

The biggest reason to plant both is frost insurance. White oak acorns form in a single season, so a late spring frost after the flowers are fertilized can leave you with a very small crop that year. Red oak acorns take two seasons, so the ones already on the tree from last year still come through. Having both also stretches your season: the white oaks feed deer early, and the red oaks keep feeding them after the white oak acorns are gone.

The oaks we grow at Wildtree:

White oaks: White Oak, Bur Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Overcup Oak, Dr. Deer Live Oak, Monterrey Oak

Red oaks: Shumard Oak, Nuttall Oak, Sawtooth Oak, Gobbler Sawtooth Oak, Wildtree Mexican Oak

Find the ones that fit your zone at wildtree.co.

How many of each do you have on your place?

Shop our oaks: https://www.wildtree.co/shop/

10/28/2026

Is it too late to plant trees for deer this year? For most of the country, no. It's go time.

Here's the ideal planting window for your USDA hardiness zone:

Zone 3: April–May
Zones 4–5: October, or April–May
Zone 6: October–November, or March–May
Zone 7: November–April
Zones 8–10: November–March

If your window has already closed this fall, don't force it. It's best to wait for spring where you are.

Not sure what zone you're in? Drop your zip code in the comments and we'll tell you.

Want to see how to get a tree in the ground the right way? Dr. Deer and Jonathan walk through it step by step in "How To Plant A Tree Correctly" on our Wildtree TV YouTube channel.

10/15/2026

Last call, deer hunters and land stewards. Our fall sale ends TODAY, Thursday, October 15, 2026.

The Dr. Deer Pear and the Dr. Deer Live Oak are both 25% off ($57.00 down to $42.75 each) until the sale ends tonight.

Here's why we like this pair on a deer property:
🍐 Dr. Deer Pear: fruits young, usually 2 to 3 years after planting, and drops late, October into December, right in hunting season. Hardy in Zones 5 to 9.
🌳 Dr. Deer Live Oak: early acorns in 3 to 4 years.

Which one is going in your ground this fall?

Get 25% off before it ends tonight:
Dr. Deer Pear: https://www.wildtree.co/product/dr-deer-pear/
Dr. Deer Live Oak: https://www.wildtree.co/product/dr-deer-live-oak/

05/23/2026

Great news!!

From Team Member, Wayne Sitton:

05/19/2026

Curb appeal is not the most important thing when looking for wildlife plants.

05/15/2026

04/30/2026

Having a productive deer orchard on your property instantly makes it the place to be for deer in your area.

04/22/2026

This is your annual reminder to walk your fields for sheds (and fawns) before shredding. The black mark shows how far it penetrated the tire!

04/16/2026

The Wildtree Mexican Oak is a drought-tolerant, heavy acorn producer built for zones 8–10.
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04/16/2026

Deer orchards enhance wildlife habitat in many ways. As fawn season approaches, it is a huge advantage to have late spring mast production for your deer herd. Mulberry is our favorite spring plant for this reason.

https://www.wildtree.co/product/mulberry-tree/