Where do hickory and beech nuts fall in food preference of deer? My acorns are thin this year but these other are heavy.

I've only seen deer eat them when there are no acorns in my neck of the woods. Two years ago I shot a buck the arrow clipped his paunch on the way through. When I dressed him he was loaded with beech nuts. There were very few acorns that year. I did hunt in Maryland about 10 years ago and saw deer munching beech and hickory nuts and there were plenty of acorns on the ground. TonyZ.

I took a doe in a beech grove last week.

If there are acorns they will eat them first.

I believe acorns have a higher fat content, deer eat them first.