Rob/PA Bowyer

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It is my understanding that feeding deer in the winter is not a good idea, at least in the north where the deer yard up. NH Fish & Game Dept. definately discourges the idea. Apparently the deers metabelism slows down considerably in the winter...and &quot;real&quot; food will mess up the natural process. In addition, it takes them out of their deer yards, which means that they burn more energy. Also, it is a lifetime commitment for you since &quot;once you start, you cannot stop&quot; in that the deer will get used to/dependent upon your feeding them...and the young ones will learn from their mothers to go to your area to get &quot;free food&quot;. I will email you an article from F&G.

BTW: nice pics on prior post...typical big-bodied NH.


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Good post,

He's right, it's discouraged.

If you deem it necessary, corn isn't your answer and just any hay won't do. You'll want clover or alphapha. Deer are more likely to bed in grassy hay rather than eat it and like mentioned above, if you start, don't stop.

<font color=blue>Good Luck and Good Shooting</font id=blue>

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