Flowering Cactus Question

[Str8 arrow]

While at the lease this past Monday I noticed all of the cactus had a yellow flower on them. My question is will deer eat the flower and if so is there any nutrition in them for the deer? Thanks in advance

[MattSimpson]

When the flower turns to hard purple sprouts they will eat them.

[tex4k]

Yes the deer will eat them, you should stake out a pear patch and watch a couple of does eat. It will forever change the way you see deer. Trust me, they have a jaws (as in great white shark) side.

[Shurshot]

Deer and yotes yet the pears. Not the flowers. heres a yote with a belly full of pears.

[Str8 arrow]

Thanks, I have noticed the flowers in the past but never payed attention to them. I have a big boar coming into one of my feeders that needs to go, hopefully I can watch some deer eating pears while hunting him.

[TexasDon]

The pears are good to eat

[Skinny]

Good luck!!!

Skinny

[Cropduster]

Deer are eating the flowers up in North Texas at the present time. I do not know how much nutritional value they have, but it must have some or they would not eat them, as there are lots of feed out there right now.

[ladrones]

The bears eat the heck out of the prickly pears.

[Hornfan]

I make syrup out of the pears and put in margaritas on Labor Day-yummy!!!

[Patton]

Wasps like them as well