What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
12-08-2006 | 07:01 PM
#11
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RE: What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
Deer are always on survial mode eating whatever they can, It is always going to be the highest protein source that they can find. Be it cedar over spuce, aspen over red maple...That is why at times they can be so hard to pattern....right when you think that you have them pegged, A new food source pops up....ie acorns, mushrooms, or a recently cut alfalfa that has started to regrow fresh new growth.. winter brouse like dogwood, honeysucle are your best places to look for now...I would also look for southern exsposers too...You will see the first signs of melting there allowing the deer to get at your ground sources again..
12-10-2006 | 05:03 PM
#12
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From: illinois buck land
RE: What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
CORN CORN CORN THE FIELDS ON SUNDAY WERE TORE OPEN,,, STILL COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW IT LOOKED LIKE A MASS OF SCRAPES IN EVERY CORNFIELD I CROSSED MOVING SNOW AND ICE FOR CORN IS ALOT BETTER THEN TWIGS DEER WILL FIND THE BEST FOOD SOURCE DURING ANY CONDITION
12-10-2006 | 05:10 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
I know they eat turnips.........[8D]
This plot was over a foot tall last weekend and this week they are demolishing it. They are just now getting to the actual turnips but since the snow flew they mowed through the tops.
This plot was over a foot tall last weekend and this week they are demolishing it. They are just now getting to the actual turnips but since the snow flew they mowed through the tops.
12-10-2006 | 06:40 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: St. Louis, MO
RE: What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
I wish I had a couple acres of standing corn or soybeans to watch over right about now. It would be loaded with every deer in the area.
I know they eat honeysuckle and blackberry vines in these conditions. Also the shrubbery and creeping ivy around my house. They love my English Ivy leaves.
I know they eat honeysuckle and blackberry vines in these conditions. Also the shrubbery and creeping ivy around my house. They love my English Ivy leaves.
12-11-2006 | 03:50 AM
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RE: What do they eat when the ground is frozen?
Honeysuckle is a good food plot, but it likes to take over so plant it sparingly. And speaking of plots I thought all deer were fed these days.
Many so-called open range real huntersuse them late season,funded in part by UStax dollars. It's a funny world.
A stand of pines is also a good late season spot when the temps drop. Can be 15 degrees warmer inside.
I drop a few trees on my small place. They eat the tops, hide in them and it creates a natural funnel. I use them for heat the next year. It also opens up the ground for under growth and they like that as well.
Many so-called open range real huntersuse them late season,funded in part by UStax dollars. It's a funny world.A stand of pines is also a good late season spot when the temps drop. Can be 15 degrees warmer inside.
I drop a few trees on my small place. They eat the tops, hide in them and it creates a natural funnel. I use them for heat the next year. It also opens up the ground for under growth and they like that as well.
