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Old 03-06-2002 | 04:39 AM
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I put a few apples out with my normal feed the other day.Normally they go crazy over apples .They destroy my apple trees in fall.But they wont touch the apples this time of year.They ignore them and they laid there for days before a coon ate them.Whats with that.Do they only eat apples when there in season? PICKY,PICKY
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Old 03-06-2002 | 06:04 AM
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CD that is weird, normally they scarf them right up, CD do me a favor and put a banana out there and see what they do. I have heard they love the smell of them.

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Old 03-06-2002 | 07:28 AM
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Cardeer, maybe you have to bake them an apple pie instead.

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Old 03-06-2002 | 08:34 AM
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thats weird . around here they are still digging around in the snow by our apple trees looking for a free meal.
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Old 03-06-2002 | 09:50 AM
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I have deer here in VA that I threw some apples in a field the other day and they were gone in a few hours. I am assuming that the deer got them.
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Old 03-06-2002 | 12:40 PM
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Maybe they've gotten apples from every Curley, larry and Shemp around
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Old 03-06-2002 | 09:46 PM
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Yeah - thats a bit weird - do they ever eat apples from your feeders late in the season - or just this year? I'm sure you've had the warm winter we've had as well this year - we also had a bumper crop of apples going into fall - there are still trees with apples under them in my area - the deer seem to be very picky on which trees they'll eat under this winter.

Have you ever put carrots out? We did once and they couldn't get enough of them.


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Old 03-06-2002 | 10:04 PM
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Farmhunter

You GAVE CARROTS TO DEER????? ARE YOU CRAZY? If you want to give carrots to anything, give them to me. I LOVE carrots haha.

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Old 03-07-2002 | 02:02 AM
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FarmHunter,Last year they ignored them also untill it got snowy.I quess it just aint there choice.I mixed roasted soybeans with my feed this winter and they love it.Its causing fights all the time at the feeder.
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Old 03-07-2002 | 03:08 PM
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IF you can get SUGAR BEETS in your area, in the fall. Deer LOVE those
BEETS!!!
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