deer tear down the stalks and then eat it when it is on the ground. squirrels will climb up the stalk and eat it right there it will look like a banana pilled back.don' t get fooled by the cobbs on the stocks.the coon hunter i am i have seen coons destroy corn fields a people think it is deer, it is the coons we turn the hounds loose and have a race in the corn.deer do eat the corn but the little critterslike the corn to .