Feeding Apples To Deer
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Bethpage,TN
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Feeding Apples To Deer
Hey guys, any of y'all feed deer apples. The deer around here love them, and it is great because I love to watch wildlife. The deer around here are always eating them off the trees and we let them, the meat tastes so good with such a great diet, it tastes better than beef. the deer get bulky with apple fat which makes the meat tastes good.
#3
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
Well I don't know about the fat content of apples doing anything for the flavor as you would be hard pressed to find afruit lower in fat. Apples have an extremely low fat content. But I do agree apples somehow bring a nice flavor to the meat. I believe it is from the many vitamins and minerals that apples hold - especially the skin.
When I was youngermy family owned someapple andpear orchards in Southern Illinois that we hunted.Needless to say the deer were plentiful (and tasty).
When I was youngermy family owned someapple andpear orchards in Southern Illinois that we hunted.Needless to say the deer were plentiful (and tasty).
#5
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
Around here in Texas there are no apple trees around. Throwing out apples here will likely scare deer away as they have no idea what it is.
Around here in Texas there are no apple trees around. Throwing out apples here will likely scare deer away as they have no idea what it is.
#6
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 46
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
Around here in Texas there are no apple trees around. Throwing out apples here will likely scare deer away as they have no idea what it is.
Around here in Texas there are no apple trees around. Throwing out apples here will likely scare deer away as they have no idea what it is.
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The forests and farmland of Ohio
Posts: 625
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
Yep I've fed apples a few times. We have apple trees at home and you have to pick up the apples before you mow so instead of throwing them out in the field and going to no use I bag them up and take them out to the woods and put them out in front of my trail cam. the deer love apples. Now about the fat question. Apples don't have fat in them but they do provide large quantities of sugar to the deer which they would not normally have in their system so the buildup of sugar in their system could lead to an increase in caloric intake and therefore an increase in fat. Although if you have corn in your area I could see a larger increase in fat due to intake of corn over intake of apples because corn is higher in lipids (fat). and yes corn fed deer taste better than deer that live in a pine forest at least from the deer I've tasted I can vouch for this.
#8
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
Its just that I have tried all kinds of bait including apples and they never touch anything other than corn. I tried a scent wick one time and had a doe come in and went up to the wick and sniffed and then bolted snorting and making all kinds of racket.
Dont know if its true but one guy told me he baits with nacho cheese doritos and says deer love it.
Dont know if its true but one guy told me he baits with nacho cheese doritos and says deer love it.
#10
RE: Feeding Apples To Deer
ORIGINAL: LeftyBuckmaster
Well doritos are made of corn so it is a possibility but i don't really feel like feeding deer perfectly good chips i could eat myself
Well doritos are made of corn so it is a possibility but i don't really feel like feeding deer perfectly good chips i could eat myself