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Old 01-13-2020 | 01:11 AM
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Yes, deer do eat pumpkins. In fact, they are one of their best delicacies. If you are looking to deter them from getting to the pumpkin patch, you can build a fence, cover the patch with a net, use a dog, deer repellant, or motion-activated sprinkler.
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Old 01-22-2020 | 10:08 PM
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A old man I know who runs a farmers market stand asked me if I wanted his pumpkins he didn't sell for Halloween. Said he's got atleast a truck load, I don't know what the heck to do with em, I said ya just cause u could tell he didn't wanna fool with them. Not trying to operate a massive bait pile here, just curious if I dumped in a field if they would eat em? Also would I need to bust em

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Old 01-23-2020 | 05:28 AM
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during our deer gun season i put out 6 pumpkins 3 of which i smashed open & 3 i left whole as of 1/8/2020 they were all still there which was well over a month prier.
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Old 01-23-2020 | 11:48 AM
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Yes deer eat them. Best to smash up in chunks.
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Old 01-28-2020 | 03:20 PM
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We raised Pumpkins for decades.But had to quit cause the Deer have decimated em.First they chewed the flowers back.Then what flowers did get pollinated the Deer ate the Pumpkins right off the vine when they got to the size of a Cantaloupe and still green.Any that escaped that got gnawed and chewed and ruined well before they could be picked.We raised acres of em.Same with sweet corn and had to quit that also for the same reason.
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Old 01-29-2020 | 10:26 AM
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Any bets on if Daynoh and the India******* guy are both bots?

Come on guys, this aint rocket science. If i can spot this without mod or admin abilities it should be a piece of cake for a mod.
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Old 01-30-2020 | 04:17 AM
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Yeah, hungry deer eats almost all vegetables other than leek, onion, and garlic. Pumpkin, corns, tomatoes, etc. - everything goes in
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Old 02-01-2020 | 10:16 AM
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Yes, deer love to eat pumpkins. Deer like to eat the pumpkin guts more than the shell so it is advised to break open the pumpkin before feeding them to deers.
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Old 02-08-2020 | 05:33 PM
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Yes, they love to eat the innards so break it open for them.
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Old 02-09-2020 | 07:42 PM
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I’m my experience...Yes...After the frost.
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