Hunting Corn Fields
07-09-2011, 08:59 AM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern Wisconsin
Posts: 84
Hunting Corn Fields
Hunting Corn Fields
I hunt 40 acres of a 2,000+ acre swamp. My hunting land is on the edge of this swamp, and it borders a corn field. During the hunting season this corn field is hit very hard by the deer in the area. My question is this, right now the corn is still short and green. Will the deer still graze in the corn field this time of year, or do they typcially wait until fall when the cobbs start to form? Thanks!
I hunt 40 acres of a 2,000+ acre swamp. My hunting land is on the edge of this swamp, and it borders a corn field. During the hunting season this corn field is hit very hard by the deer in the area. My question is this, right now the corn is still short and green. Will the deer still graze in the corn field this time of year, or do they typcially wait until fall when the cobbs start to form? Thanks!
07-10-2011, 10:51 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
Around here, they graze the corn plants themselves when they are young and tender. The rows along the edge of the woods and where the trails enter the fields often have the leaves all knawed off to the stalk. When the corn gets high enough to provide cover, the deer will actually move into the corn fields and bed down, less bugs, good cover, lots of food. When the ears start forming they'll knaw the ends off them. And when the corn gets ripe of course they'll eat that. During gun season, if the corn is still up, it's typical to drive the corn fields.
07-10-2011, 12:04 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
they wont wait fer nothing, they will eat what ever part of it is sticking out of the ground. they dont know to wait, but i think they do understand it will grow into a different kind of food...but i never talked to a deer b4
07-10-2011, 12:48 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,062
Around here, they graze the corn plants themselves when they are young and tender. The rows along the edge of the woods and where the trails enter the fields often have the leaves all knawed off to the stalk. When the corn gets high enough to provide cover, the deer will actually move into the corn fields and bed down, less bugs, good cover, lots of food. When the ears start forming they'll knaw the ends off them. And when the corn gets ripe of course they'll eat that. During gun season, if the corn is still up, it's typical to drive the corn fields.
