Deer avoiding your corn too?
10-05-2009, 12:11 PM
#15
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 98
as long as the acorns are still dropping i'd highly advise you to hunt them. deer were hittin my corn hard then as soon as the acorns started dropping ive only gotten a few does comin in to bait late at night. i switched up tactics and hunted a big acorn flat and put one doe on the ground already and have passed up a few young bucks. but they're still hammerin the acorns so look for em and hunt em
10-05-2009, 02:49 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Southwestern, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,059
Bears and a Corn pile
do you have bears where you are? last year i was getting super frustrated with the deer not eating my corn. it was several things but the main thing that ran them off was on my trail camera. we had bears start moving in the area i was hunting and while the deer will still be there they generally try to stay away from the bears as much as possible. bears are lazy too, they'll lay down at a corn pile and rake it into their mouth. try spreading your corn out over a large area and don't make mounds of corn that just attracts them for some reason.
10-05-2009, 03:58 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 124
the deer will hit the acorns hard until they are gone then they will make a b-line for the corn it has higher fat content to get them through winter
acorns are higher in protien wchich they need for body development
acorns are higher in protien wchich they need for body development
10-05-2009, 04:12 PM
#18
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3
corn vs acorn
Deer are hitting the acorns hard. I have 265 acres to myself, and it's hard to find the deer. I've lloked for signs, but I've had no luck because everything is really so thick. I'm hoping that once the acorns are gone; they will hit the corn. Any input would be mucho appreciated.
10-05-2009, 07:30 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
Just like some have said, once the acorns start dropping, especially the white oaks, the deer will feed very little on corn. They are eating corn down here right now, but the white oaks are full of acorns, and once they start dropping, I won't waste my time on corn. Later in the season when the acorns are gone, they will hit the corn again. The biggest problem for me this season is I believe there are going to be too many white oak acorns. This will make hunting a little harder. If they aren't hitting your corn now, hunt the acorns.
