Where did you buy the alfalfa or are you growing it? Also do you buy your apples at the store or what?
I buy the alfalfa at the feed store in Capitan, NM.....it is plentiful inthat area. Lots of alfalfa fields in the Artesia-Roswell area. I have also bought alfalfa here in Central Texas at times. Deer and elk love it. I have seen 5 elk destroy 2 bales of alfalfa in 30 minutes! Deer are more mannerly.
I buy 10 pound bags of apples at Sam's Club....throw 3 or 4 apples in with corn. (I don't hunt baited ground in the fall....it's a no-no in NM, but for picture taking I throw lots of bait out.)