I think the point that is trying to be made is,,deer eat some types of grass. Clover, alfalfa, rye, oats, wild flowers, forbes,etc... JUST TO NAME A FEW. I'm sure that on occassion that deer might eat just plain old lawn grass. But all in all deer deer don't eat plain old lawn grass, as a main food source.

People on here saying they saw deer in a field eating grass, probably saw a deer in a field eating clover, forbes, alfalfa or one of the many TYPES of grass.

Thisthread is just some people confusing "plain old lawn grass" for one of the many types eaten by deer.

Some are labeling all types of grasses as just grass while others are noting that there are certain types eaten and are seperating lawn grass from oats, clover, wildflowers.

When you shell out big bucks for a bag of seeds for a food plot you are not buying lawn grass. You are buy the types that are desired by deer.

I think the original intent of this thread was ask by a beginner hunter asking if deer eat gras that grows between corn fields and woods. Perhaps he was thinking of putting up a stand there or something. Then everyone was posting that, yes, deer eat grass.

The thread then got turned around.


It is true that deer are browsers not grazers. While they eat certain types of grass they aren't partial to lawn grass. They may eat it but they prefer many, many, many other types of plants over it.