Originally Posted by
MISwampDog
Im gunna try to respond to everyone that commented. As far as the corn, I do use corn. No bears, but with the amount of chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, etc they seem to eat it all before the deer can find it. The pulp idea is a good idea. I never thought of that or shaving down the beets and carrots. The landscaping idea is a good one. I have multiple "I-75" deer runs through my property. I looked at the topography and have made travel routes. I also place my bait piles in areas where the deer can see for a distance. Ive done everything I can think of and most everything that has been suggested. The deer aren't reading the script..lol.
You have done about everything possible. Deer rarely read the script. It's why it's called hunting and not shooting! Deer are lazy creatures in all reality. They will almost always take the easiest travel path. It kind of sounds like you have too many easy travel paths! Getting them to take any one of them in particular will be difficult at best. You didn't mention the acreage of this particular place. Would it be feasible to plant maybe an acre or 2 of food plots? It's really too late now for this year but maybe next year get a jump on it. In other words, make your property a food source destination. Early planting of a clover field is fairly inexpensive and really helps in the recovery of deer after a hard winter. Might accidentally get your property to hold a few deer that way. But it will most probably get them traveling in a more established route.