Squirrels select, store and locate nuts in very specific ways. They enjoy a variety of hard nuts including: Walnuts, Beechnuts, Acorns and Hickory. But squirrels are selective on what nuts to consume and what nuts to save away. For instance, Squirrels seem to know that the Acorns from a White Oak are sweeter and mature much sooner than the Acorns from the Red Oak tree.
They will eat the Acorns from the White Oak straight away since they instinctively realize that a buried White Oak Acorn will more than likely start to sprout before they dig it up and it will no longer be edible. However; they appear to know that the Red Acorns, that taste bitter when fresh, have a superior amount of a specific chemical that preserves it and causes it to become much more acceptable for storing for long intervals and with time, the bitterness disappears.
Squirrels usually bury their nuts one-by-one all over the area they claim as their territory. This process is called "Scatter Hoarding". This process helps reduce the chances of another animal locating their entire food supply and eating it. By placing them in different locations they are almost guaranteed to have some food remaining even if another animal located some of it.
After scatter hoarding a large amount of nuts, how do the squirrels locate them? According to a number of scientific studies, squirrels use a combination of both memory and smell to locate their stash. They will use spatial and visual clues to help them zero in on a location they have hidden some food then they employ their keen sense of smell to pinpoint the exact locations to dig once they are in a targeted area. You may see a squirrel rubbing a nut on its face before burying it, this process applies a sent that squirrels can use later to find the nut under several inches of dirt.
With a better familiarity with how squirrel acts in regards to food and food management, you may be able to employ a few tactics to find squirrels faster, in greater supply and more often ultimately increasing the success of your squirrel hunting outings.
They will eat the Acorns from the White Oak straight away since they instinctively realize that a buried White Oak Acorn will more than likely start to sprout before they dig it up and it will no longer be edible. However; they appear to know that the Red Acorns, that taste bitter when fresh, have a superior amount of a specific chemical that preserves it and causes it to become much more acceptable for storing for long intervals and with time, the bitterness disappears.
Squirrels usually bury their nuts one-by-one all over the area they claim as their territory. This process is called "Scatter Hoarding". This process helps reduce the chances of another animal locating their entire food supply and eating it. By placing them in different locations they are almost guaranteed to have some food remaining even if another animal located some of it.
After scatter hoarding a large amount of nuts, how do the squirrels locate them? According to a number of scientific studies, squirrels use a combination of both memory and smell to locate their stash. They will use spatial and visual clues to help them zero in on a location they have hidden some food then they employ their keen sense of smell to pinpoint the exact locations to dig once they are in a targeted area. You may see a squirrel rubbing a nut on its face before burying it, this process applies a sent that squirrels can use later to find the nut under several inches of dirt.
With a better familiarity with how squirrel acts in regards to food and food management, you may be able to employ a few tactics to find squirrels faster, in greater supply and more often ultimately increasing the success of your squirrel hunting outings.
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