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Father Forkhorn · 11-29-2008, 10:12 AM

Do deer eat peanuts?

A friend of mine here in Kansas has been trying to grow them in the vicinity of my hunting stands. They ate the plants this summer, but I was wondering if we didn't harvest all of them, would deer paw the nuts out of the ground when winter hit? I'm wondering if they would make a decent late season food plot if we left some of them in the ground. They seem to be only two-three inches into the soil.

BOWMANN100 · 11-29-2008, 06:02 PM

absolutly

! love them

strutnbuck · 11-29-2008, 07:39 PM

They will definatly take a liking to them! Try smearing some peter pan peanut butter on the side of a tree, they absolutely love it too!

jeremyjms06 · 11-29-2008, 08:55 PM

deer love peanuts!!!! they make a great food plot!!

Father Forkhorn · 12-02-2008, 06:37 PM

Thanks for the input. I may be planting peanuts next season. This is very useful information

timbercruiser · 12-03-2008, 07:09 AM

Not only do they love them, they are very high in nutrition, protein runs about 32%.

crenshaw · 12-03-2008, 08:34 AM

Deer tear them up in Virginia. we have some large peanuts operations and those fields fill up with deer every night.