It' s funny that the apple thing came up......


I hunt in an area that is heavily populated by deer aswell as humans. I been hunting there now for 4 years. There are NO apple trees in the area at all whatsoever, but still put apples out along with corn (no corn in area either) during the off season and during the season. I found that being in an area of humans, deer know just about EVERY smell a human could possibly let off (not just there scent, but the food, pets etc.) The deer actually eat out of the trash cans :P. Whenever I put out the apples and corn, the deer would be there feeding on it everynight (maybe they ate that type, or smelled that type of food before in the area due to humans and know what it is). I have tried this on private property in western MD, where there are is a very little population of humans. The deer did respond differently. They did get a little spooky by circling the area, nose up. Eventually they did realize it was food, but the big deal is they responded differently....This was just an experiment I was doing...If Iwas trophy hunting, I wouldn' t have chanced the apples