What kind of nut

[monkeyman2269]

I've tried looking this nut up no luck

[monkeyman2269]

Idk

[turkeyfeathers]

I've tried looking this nut up no luck

My guess is LEFT

Edited October 3, 2015 by turkeyfeathers

[Jeremy K]

My guess is LEFT

Interesting ,i would have bet the farm that it was a RIGHT.

[greensider]

i think some kind of hickory smash it open so we can see the inside

[G-Man]

Looks like a hickory, shell bark or shagbark bark. Pignut are usually smaller..

[grampy]

Shagbark hickory. Deer love em!

[greensider]

yes and bitter nuts are smaller and more oval

[Doc]

I don't believe that is a nut at all. I think it is one of a jillion different kinds of galls mostly coming from oak trees. This particular style of gall comes from the sting of a certain variety of wasp. Inside that thing is a larvae. Cut it open and you should see a chamber with a small grub inside. I have found these on the ground after they have detached from the tree. The one I found was a pale pinkish-orange color with dark red spots. It probably was a more mature stage of the same thing you found. It was about the size of a grape.

 

That is my best guess.

[greensider]

i know what you are refering to but look at the top and bottom you can see the seams where it will split on the bottom 

[jaxofdeth1]

Its defibetely a hickory still a little green so wait a few days for them to ripen and deer will go crazy for them

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[genesee_mohican]

Looks like a pignut hickory.

[jjb4900]

did you pick it or was it lying under a tree with a bunch of others, or was it something that you just found lying in a random location?

[ncountry]

Hickory

[Carbonelement]

that is 100% not an oak gall.... its a hickory nut.

[monkeyman2269]

I found it on the ground what ever it is the deer smash them. But it's a pretty hard nut inside. U can hear the deer crunch on them cleary. I split the nut and ate it wasent bad

[Curmudgeon]

It isn't a shagbark. That's the only hickory here. I am not familiar with the others.

[Carbonelement]

no there are mockernuts, bitternuts, shellbarks and pignuts as well

[Curmudgeon]

This is an average size shagbark.

 

Edited October 5, 2015 by Curmudgeon

[Fletch]

It is a pignut (bitternut) hickory nut I have them all over one of my props as well as the shagbark above.

Edited October 5, 2015 by Fletch

[genesee_mohican]

Pignut hickory is pretty common around here. I noticed a bumper crop of nuts in the area I was hunting and picked up a few dozen to eat this winter.

 Here is a good link on the tree: http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/hickory_pignut/hickory_pignut.html

 

Also, deer really love hickory nuts so it's a good food source to hunt around this time of year.

 

[Fletch]

I have hunted in a spot full of these for 10-12 years and I can honestly say I have never seen a deer eating them. I heard that they will but I have not seen any real signs of it. Now the squirrels just pound them.