best bait
 

for suburban deer??? besides corn. we have used buck grub, buck ola, deer vour, and minerals. what is there that we are missing that might hold then even better??


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RE: best bait
 

MOLASSES AND APPLES

RE: best bait
 

I use a horse food that a local shop carries to get them comeing in. Its got molases in it & supposedly the deer can smell it so its easier for them to find. Once they are coming in I use corn, they gobble it up & it seems to hold them in an area fine. I also use a deer block the same shop sells,I believe its a purina product, its mostly corn & grains held together with molases & they like it alot as well. Theyre apple flavored this year, I dont know if that helps but it cant hurt. I like the blocks a bit better than just corn as the squirrels & turkeys dont gobble it up so fast. I can leave a block out & it'll last at least 3 days & often longer. Using corn I need to throw some out almost daily if I want it to be there when I hunt.

I dont hunt over the bait any more, rather I set up where they come in to feed. When I set up over the bait they seemed to come in very nervous. This way they are focused on the bait area as they aproach & if they do bust me they dont abandon the site.