Uh....Blackberry Tree?

[Terry Green]

Is there such a thing?

Never seen one of these in the south...figured game would be all over this....

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[Mighty Big Country]

It's a Mulberry Tree.  They are very common in the Midwest.  In fact, you have to keep an eye on them growing in your landscape.  Squirrels, coons and birds will feed heavily on them.  Usually, the berries are gone by fall.

[Trenton G.]

We used to have one before the power line maintenance guys cut it down. There normally wasn't much left for the deer after we got through with it. They're really good! Might want to try and save some for yourself!

[varmint101]

Shoot dang!  I've been wondering what that tree was out in the woods. It had red ones on there before now it's dropping. Only one I've seen here.


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[KentuckyWolf]

Birds, squirrels and coons usually pick them clean around here before anything hits the ground for deer. Deer love them....but usually don't get much.

[Terry Green]

So I can eat the berries???

[KentuckyWolf]

FYI

Don't park anything under one.

[KentuckyWolf]

Yes. Mulberries are good.

There are also varieties that are grown commercially.

[Terry Green]

Good...... That means I'm not gonna die 

Yes I have seen mulberry jelly but never seen a mulberry tree.... cool.

[Pat B]

Makes good bows too. It's a cousin to osage orange.
I've seen deer eat the yellowed leaves as they fall to the ground in the autumn also.
If there in one mulberry tree there will be plenty of them. The birds make sure of that. 

[Mike Bolin]

Whitetails browse the leaves when they turn yellow in the fall. They seem to prefer to eat them off the branches more so than off the ground. I've watched stand in the fallen leaves and eat the ones that are still on the low hanging branches.

[Roy from Pa]

Yup on bows.

Have some mulberry wood in my bow shop.

[Possum Head]

Makes good bows too. It's a cousin to osage orange.
I've seen deer eat the yellowed leaves as they fall to the ground in the autumn also.
If there in one mulberry tree there will be plenty of them. The birds make sure of that. 

Beautiful wood Pat, I hacked mine down last year because it refused to yield fruit shoulda let it get to bow building size 

[OkKeith]

Mulberry is a VERY close cousin to Osage. Not quite as heavy. I made my Swap Bow from some dimensioned lumber out of a tree that was removed from in front of the Federal Office building I worked in many years ago. I had it hoarded in the shop and broke it out for the special occasion. Since Mulberry is less dense than Osage, my build formula was off and the bow came out lighter than the request so I did an Osage "power lam" on the belly. Looks kinda cool and shot well while I was getting it finish tillered. Hope it continues to shoot in. I mailed it while it was a little heavier in draw weight than I was shooting for.

OkKeith

[Sam McMichael]

I have a large one in my back yard. The birds and squirrels don't leave any for me, but they are edible. There are a few branches on that I wish could be made into bows. They are very straight. Mulberry is a useful tree.

[Yooper-traveler]

Very edible! 

More importantly, wine can be made from the berries.....

[blacktailbob]

When I was a kid ( 10-12 ) growing up outside Orlando there was a big one we used to go to and eat a bunch and have Mulberry fights to boot. Mom sure wasn't happy with our original purple paint ball fights.

[dnovo]

When I was a kid, I killed my first squirrel with a bow from a mulberry tree. We had a few of them on our property. I can't tell you how many squirrels I got with a 22 out of them. I guess if you don't live in a state where squirrel season opens in May it might not mean as much. I actually planted some along the edge of my backyard to grow so I could hunt  squirrels out of them. Just several more years and they will be big enough. I had to put wire cages around them cause the deer sure like to nip off all the leaves since I put fertilizer spikes around them

[BAK]

As you can see Terry, there are a bunch of us grew up with these tasty fellas.   They make great jam if you can get them before all the wildlife does.

[KentuckyWolf]

Hard to get many before the wildlife gets them all....same with pawpaws.