Feeding acorns (seriously)
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Feeding acorns (seriously)
Does anyone here feed acorns or heard of it, I mean gathering lots and lots of acrons and "keeping them" through the season, feeding them just like others feed corn and stuff.
Now, I don't hunt over feeders, but I'm not against it where I live, it seems most everyone lese does it but me. I literaly have thousands of white oak acorns on my yard. I can rake them in piles with a garden rake and could probably fill 2 50 gallon barrels full of them if I wanted.
The gears in my head got to turning and I wonder about feeding them into the later months, but what about keeping them fresh? Hmmm.
Am I crazy or what, lol
Now, I don't hunt over feeders, but I'm not against it where I live, it seems most everyone lese does it but me. I literaly have thousands of white oak acorns on my yard. I can rake them in piles with a garden rake and could probably fill 2 50 gallon barrels full of them if I wanted.
The gears in my head got to turning and I wonder about feeding them into the later months, but what about keeping them fresh? Hmmm.
Am I crazy or what, lol
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RE: Feeding acorns (seriously)
Please check out this post, it should answer most of your questions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1717380
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1717380
#5
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Slower Lower Delaware 1st State
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RE: Feeding acorns (seriously)
About every 4-5 yrs we have a bumper crop mast at my house.
It gets hazardous around here just walking around yard.
I get as many acorns into 4-5 construction grade bags as possible(without ripping).About 4 yrs ago I took 400lbs+ - out to farm I hunt and spread em out in key areas. It took about 2 weeks for deer to get on em hard.
It took about 3 weeks for 400lbs to go Pooof - Vanish.
Well - this yr is one of those bumper crop yrs.
I'm having an acorn rakin party startin this Sunday.
BTW - The more human scent you get on acorns be it handling, container,bag, or whatever the longer it may take deer to get on em.
It gets hazardous around here just walking around yard.
I get as many acorns into 4-5 construction grade bags as possible(without ripping).About 4 yrs ago I took 400lbs+ - out to farm I hunt and spread em out in key areas. It took about 2 weeks for deer to get on em hard.
It took about 3 weeks for 400lbs to go Pooof - Vanish.
Well - this yr is one of those bumper crop yrs.
I'm having an acorn rakin party startin this Sunday.
BTW - The more human scent you get on acorns be it handling, container,bag, or whatever the longer it may take deer to get on em.
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