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Model 722, you may have the same problem there as we do here in Montana and in what I experience when I lived in British Columbia is that dureing the winter/spring months I have seen moose, elk, deer and sheep forageing after salt along the highways used to de-ice icey road conditions. I' ve had to blow my horn at sheep to get them out of my way because they were licking the salt, I guess kinda like a salt block and the game is learned from condtioning that it will be there at certain times of the year.
No sure if this is what your encountering but I sure hope it is, keep us posted.;)

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121553 I' ve seen the deer licking at the side of the road before also, especially right after the sanders(salt) go through. I checked this spot out though it was definatlly corn, these deer were lovin it. It was probably the easiest meal they' ve had in a long time. I' m going to try and check it out this weekend I' ll let ya' all know what I find.

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LOL, I talk to my dog also, I talked to him this evening as he was trying to chase some calves away from the feed bunk, Needless to say that it did no good and the most of it is not fit to be repeated.

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Just wanted to let ya know I went back and checked it out this weekend, it looks like who ever was feeding them stoped. My daughter told me there was a guy taking pictures of deer in that spot. I just wonder if he threw the food there to get the deer to come out for him. Still not a very smart idea, hopefully it won' t happen anymore.
My dog still isn' t answering back I ques I' ll have to go talk to the wifes cats:D

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I' ve seen this done by people that think that deer can' t find food in the winter. Most will not even get out of thier cars/trucks to do it because of the snow. We even had one old lady that was pouring corn, oat mix right on the road because the plow didn' t push it off the berm. She was caught in the act and fined for this activity. Now get this... Her reason for doing it, her 7yr old grand daughter told her the reason the deer were there at the side of the road was, they where begging for food like the bears in the parks. We tried to get the radio stations to broadcast a public announcement about this pratice but they refused. Some people are clueless to the workings of nature. Well I guess it takes all kinds.

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Food plot, salt lick, water hole, feeding corn. What do they have in common? They all attract deer so they are all the same no matter what you call them. If you hunt over them you can call it baiting but if you use these to improve deer conditions and hunt away from them I see no problem with them. Yes I use all the above to help improve the deer, bird conditions here on my lease.
Rick

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RE: feeding deer= stupid
 

Here in Tallahassee, we had a similar thing happen just out of town close to a friend' s house where I sometimes hunt. It seems, some guy was putting out about 50# of corn weekly next to the road about fiftenn feet off the road but outside of the trees.

We noticed the corn and thought maybe some of the local kids wnated to see deer. As it turns out, the guy was putting out corn so as to get a herd next to the road at night feeding and then he would ride by and shoot them. The only good part of that is he was shooting them for meat and was not just leaving them there.

I know there are easier ways to poach but I guess some people will try anything.