Beautyberries

[Bayouboy]

https://www.foragingtexas.com/2008/09/beautyberry.html

Did you know they were eatable?

[Smart]

You better eat as many as you can baaaaw!....

[rosco11]

I did not know that.. thanks for sharing. It does say proceed in small quantities if you try them to see if they upset your stomach or not

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[Bayouboy]

You better eat as many as you can baaaaw!....

They come out like purple corn

[Pineywoods]

Interesting. I didn't know that they were edible. I was always told that they would make you sick. The woods that I hunt in Houston County are loaded with them.

[cva34]

Deer love them...They grow and not touched by Deer then when they reach a certain point ..Then Boom Deer while them out...

[SaltwaterSlick]

When mast is scarce, squirrels will eat them too. In the case of squirrels, it turns their droppings purple too... Seen deer droppings that have the purple tint too, not a flat purple as squirrels, but you can definitely tell when they've been eating them...
Old folks at home always called 'em "French Mulberries" and said thay wuz poisonous... Course some of the same folk said you couldn't eat fried fish and have Ice cream for dessert because milk n fish together was poisonous too...

[Jason85]

Supposedly the leaves of the plant can help repel mosquitoes... From merrieweathers website he says they make really good jelly. They dont have much of a taste raw.

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[Smart]

Course some of the same folk said you couldn't eat fried fish and have Ice cream for dessert because milk n fish together was poisonous too...

It's been a long time but I heard similar growing up and it never stopped me... Thanks for the flash from the past.

[MetalMan2004]

Yep. Not a lot of taste but you can sure eat them.

The first deer I ever gutted had a bunch of them in its stomach.

[HighwayHunter]

Deer in Houston county love them where I hunt. Problem is, they’re everywhere. Makes it hard to narrow down a good spot.


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[sqiggy]

Deer love them...They grow and not touched by Deer then when they reach a certain point ..Then Boom Deer while them out...

I think this is a myth. I have them all over the place and you can tell nothing touches them. Even while in the stand, never seen a deer so much nibble on one.

[GarGuy]

I think this is a myth. I have them all over the place and you can tell nothing touches them. Even while in the stand, never seen a deer so much nibble on one.

Its not a myth. Deer hammer them in houston co..
They are also edible for humans but not great. They DO make amazing jelly!

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

Supposedly the leaves of the plant can help repel mosquitoes... From merrieweathers website he says they make really good jelly. They dont have much of a taste raw.

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When deer are on them we break a branch off and rub ourselves down with it. It does help with mosquitos and as a cover scent.

[Mayhem]

I have some in my backyard and the deer eat them.


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