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Hey guys. Just started this year(late in the season) getting into deer hunting. My family has mainly done waterfowl on our rice/crawfish farm. I've been putting out small amounts of corn in an area where we've seen tons of tracks, some nice sized. We seldom see deer during the day when just being on the farm and like I said I got a late start so didn't sit in a stand much this year. I'm assuming these deer are mainly moving at night??

Am I doing right by putting out corn, and do deer ever start moving during the day during season(next season obviously)?? These tracks are in plowed rice field along a couple acres of overgrown/woody area.

Thanks.

Ya i put corn out to get camera pictures. But if you are hunting and that pile of corn is in front of you that is baiting, and that is illegal in some states. You would have to find the laws about it to know for sure.

Yes you will see deer early in the morning or right at about sunset usually. There are about three seasons, early,rut, and late season. For early season it is usually best to sit on a deer trail where the deer are moving. The rut is usually the easiest time to hunt usually. Now, if you arent familiary with the rut that is the breeding period for deer. This is when you are more likely to see more deer moving during the day, but it is still kinda rare to see a deer during miday. During the rut though the bigger bucks are out chasing after the does to breed. Finally then you have late season hunting. This is a good time to hunt over something like a bean field that wasnt harvested during the fall. You will see deer in fields cause this is when they are looking for food, that is if there is snow on the ground. The bucks burn weight chasing does in the rut so this is usually when they put that weight back on.

Your best bet as to finding out when the deer are out there though is to put a trail camera out by that corn pile. Cameras range anywhere from 50-250 dollars so that is up to you. I started out with some 50 dollar cameras and they got the job done, but i recently upgraded this year.

Hope my info helps you out.

Thanks man. Yes it's legal where I'm at. I put out a camera a couple days ago and got a feint outline photo of a deer that same night. I don't have a feeder so the day I put out corn they eat it all(couple handfuls). The photo was taken at about 11pm. It's located about 75 yds from my stand, which overlooks a clearing with thick grass.



Thnks for the response!

Don't put the corn in a pile. spread it out in the are in front of the camera. it will take them a while to pick it all up. Deer have evolved to feed quickly, then go lay down and digest their food. make them work for it!

yep i spread it out. There aren't many protein sources around my immediate area and all the bucks we've seen had smaller racks. What do you guys recommend as far as this and would you recommend feeding year round? Would you change feeding times/amounts during season?

Thanks again.

If you want your bucks to have bigger racks plant food plots. Food plots give
Them all the nutrients and protein that they need to get those big racks. Otherwise i know there are a lot of attracts like Antler King, Swamp Donkey, or Acorn rage. Antler King is suppose to make their racks grow bigger, but i have no proof of this yet. Hope that will help!

I'm going to have to move my cam and feeding location slightly because we are planting rice in the field next to the clearing I have my stand overlooking. Next spring(2012) however we may plant soybeans so I'm hoping this will keep the deer big.

Yes soybeans also will give the deer good nutrients.x

NOOOOO dont pile food.theres a reason its illegal in some areas.deer,if eating together will eat from the same piles.if one of them has cwd i could be spead[like sharing cups]. get a feeder.It will spread the food pretty well,and up to three times a day

What is cwd?

It's spread out pretty good. Gonna check the cam tomorrow or Saturday.

Ok guys...the area where I'm hunting is pretty small....like 3-4 acres and everything around it is open, plowed field. I'm really guessing that these deer bed on the neighbors property(of course it's all woods and overgrown haha). I know you're supposed to try and get close to the bedding areas to hunt. Am I in a bad situation?

Thanks

here is a drawing of what i'm hunting...the boxed area is about 3-5 acres. the light brown is clearing with grass about waist high. green is thick trees. white is plowed fields right now but will be planting rice there in march. yellow is a little trail through the thick trees but unless i had a tripod stand, it would be difficult to hunt.


Currently we are seeing lots of tracks along the east side in the plowed fields, with tracks leading around towards the neighbors woods(bottom left). some tracks also enter the woods from the east. right now i have my stand overlooking the southeast clearing with my corn and camera in the southeast corner of the clearing about 100 yards in front of my stand.


I hope this isn't too confusing haha.

That looks like a good spot to me. That looks like a really good are for the deer to move through. Are you getting any pictures?

I put out my cam about a week ago. Got one pic and it may be my imagination but I can faintly maybe see a deer(edge of the flash range). Ill post any pics if I get any. Seen tons of tracks so I hope this results in actual sightings this fall!

in the last few years all the deer i have shot were on small tracts or land, no bigger than 10 acres of total property. i put corn out but around here the deer go though a bag (50 lbs in a day or so once it gets cold. and yes alot of my pictures are at night but all it takes is for the deer to get hungry on time in the day light for you to fill a tag.

damn thats a lot of corn haha...im just a poor college student so a food plot and a couple pounds of corn will have to do

Cronic wasting disease or something like that.

Where are you at in Lousiana?

The deer seasons in Lousiana are like the deer seasons in Alabama.The rut doesn't happen until January and the last two weeks are the best time to hunt.But you can bait deer in Lousiana so the does will come in and the bucks won't be far behind if they aren't under much hunting pressure.

yep...noone within a couple miles hunts deer much at all. I'm from very south central LA...by the Vermilion Bay. didn't know that about the rut.

thanks.

I also didnt know that the rut was so late farther south. Hmmm thats interesting to know but yes if your seeing tracks there are for sure deer around so you will get some pics. Ya just gotta be patient.

Chronic Wasting Disease.