What Do You Feed/Bait Deer With?
#11
Thanks for the info guys. I don't mind the other animals eating the corn. I was just looking for something different the deer might like way better. I was going to try Acorn Rage at Gander Mountain, but if I recall, it's spendy... like a 40lb bag more than three 100lb bags of corn!
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#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 186
I put corn out in piles and feeders and the deer wont leave it alone, I also use Acorn Rage and they absolutely love it, however I don't have real acorns on my land. And I also use pears cuz i have access to pair trees... Hey NEBRbruiser where do you get soybeans at? I have a horrible time with coons...
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 186
Thanks for the info guys. I don't mind the other animals eating the corn. I was just looking for something different the deer might like way better. I was going to try Acorn Rage at Gander Mountain, but if I recall, it's spendy... like a 40lb bag more than three 100lb bags of corn!
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#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: delaware
Posts: 128
i put out sweet feed at the beginning of the year. the farmers around here sell corn cheap, but it is about a dollar and a quarter cheaper than corn at southern states. the deer love it. the only problem is if you dont have a feeder and it gets wet, you have to mix it up with a stick every couple of days or it molds. so it is best to only put out about 50 pounds at a time.
#19
depends whats growin around you bud...
corn works fer us, well, cause they grow a bunch around us...
ask a farmer what the deer are eatin alot of, they are his crops, he will know, then put that out...
after farmer jon cuts his crops, your stuff will still be there.....
remember it takes the deer a couple weeks to change food sources. they wont change for a handful of what ever..need somethin thats abundant in your area, and then just hope they like yours more....
salt lick fer sure!!
as far as apples and pears...well if they grow in your area, they will work, but when we went out one weekend, i used the "crush some apples and leave em" routine, (no apple tree's around here) 5 deer took a wiff of em, and kept on eatin the corn wantin nothin to do with the apples...so here they do no good.
corn works fer us, well, cause they grow a bunch around us...
ask a farmer what the deer are eatin alot of, they are his crops, he will know, then put that out...
after farmer jon cuts his crops, your stuff will still be there.....
remember it takes the deer a couple weeks to change food sources. they wont change for a handful of what ever..need somethin thats abundant in your area, and then just hope they like yours more....
salt lick fer sure!!
as far as apples and pears...well if they grow in your area, they will work, but when we went out one weekend, i used the "crush some apples and leave em" routine, (no apple tree's around here) 5 deer took a wiff of em, and kept on eatin the corn wantin nothin to do with the apples...so here they do no good.
Last edited by halfbakedi420; 08-28-2010 at 07:17 AM.
#20
Thank you guys. It's good to get some other ideas. I'm not a baiter of deer(for hunting.(illegal here), but I do like to get them to congregate so I can see what's around. I also like to scout/spy on them from afar and having an attraction to something to give me the odds so I don't have to wait as long, helps. I don't need to see a Booner or anything like that... just want to see some quick action.
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