Upper Morganza Floodway stomach samples

9 deer were sampled

Species – # of stomachs present

Striped oak acorns – 8

Rubus (blackberry) – 8

Water oak / obtusa oak acorns – 7

Forbs – 4

Winter grasses – 3

Soybean seed – 2

Locust pods – 2

Japanese honeysuckle – 2

Pivet – 2

Cucurbit fruit – 2

Greenbriar (smilax) – 1

Clower – 1

Black willow – 1

Oak browse – 1

Tallow tree – 1

Cocculus (moonseed vine) – 1

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David Moreland is a retired wildlife biologist with LDWF, having served as the State Deer Biologist for 13 years and as Chief of the Wildlife Division for three years. He and his wife Prudy live in rural East Feliciana Parish.