Originally Posted by
rustynobles
do you have bears where you are? last year i was getting super frustrated with the deer not eating my corn. it was several things but the main thing that ran them off was on my trail camera. we had bears start moving in the area i was hunting and while the deer will still be there they generally try to stay away from the bears as much as possible. bears are lazy too, they'll lay down at a corn pile and rake it into their mouth. try spreading your corn out over a large area and don't make mounds of corn that just attracts them for some reason.
Boy don't I know exactly what you are talking about. Back in August I went through the exact same problem. I too had a bear coming to my "corn pile", especially after I spiked it up with alittle corn flavored "Buck Jam". The only way to get rid of the bear(s) is simply quit feeding them. After I quit putting corn down the bear moved on. You are right about the bears scaring the deer off too, but like I said, once I pulled the corn the bear went on his way and the deer came back. Good luck.
