re: Anything better than sawtooth oaks?

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I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for an oak producing tree other than sawtooth?

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Also would rather not wait 30 years for it to produce, something within the next 5 to 10 years.

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Sorry, but you can't have both. That's why sawtooth are popular--because they produce much sooner than every other native oak. The earliest you will probably see with any other oak is 15 to 20 years. Under optimal growing conditions (which are completely outside of your control), you might have some start producing between 10 and 15, and of you're lucky, you'll have some produce in less than 10. But 15 to 20 is the general rule.

So do you want an early producer (that has mixed reviews on how good it actually is for deer), or do you want a native tree that's going to take longer, but will almost surely feed your deer for many years?