corn in feeders
12-23-2007 | 11:16 AM
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corn in feeders
me and the old lady were talkin and started debating about an issue we had this season, we have a corn feeder we put out. and out of the few years that we had it this is the only year that no deer hit the feeder a few came in and hit the mineral lick but would walk right past the corn feeder and not even stop. other years they would crush the feeder any corn that was dispersed would be gone. this year there were piles of corn not even touched to the point to where i had to just turn the feeder off. well here is the deal, the only thing differnt this year then the other years is we bought the corn from around where i live at a feed store instead of buying it up by my cabin from a gas station. could the corn have a different taste to teh deer and thats why they didnt touch it? or is that just a coincidence?
01-09-2008 | 04:23 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Columbia SC USA
RE: corn in feeders
I used to hunt where we could bait and had a simular situation. The corn they did not hardly touch came from walmart. Put out different corn and they ate it. Something about that wally world corn they just did not like. Had several others in the area with the same experience. We could not tell the difference anyway we tried.
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01-09-2008 | 08:30 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Miami, Oklahoma
RE: corn in feeders
ORIGINAL: nvrhapy
me and the old lady were talkin and started debating about an issue we had this season, we have a corn feeder we put out. and out of the few years that we had it this is the only year that no deer hit the feeder a few came in and hit the mineral lick but would walk right past the corn feeder and not even stop. other years they would crush the feeder any corn that was dispersed would be gone. this year there were piles of corn not even touched to the point to where i had to just turn the feeder off. well here is the deal, the only thing differnt this year then the other years is we bought the corn from around where i live at a feed store instead of buying it up by my cabin from a gas station. could the corn have a different taste to teh deer and thats why they didnt touch it? or is that just a coincidence?
me and the old lady were talkin and started debating about an issue we had this season, we have a corn feeder we put out. and out of the few years that we had it this is the only year that no deer hit the feeder a few came in and hit the mineral lick but would walk right past the corn feeder and not even stop. other years they would crush the feeder any corn that was dispersed would be gone. this year there were piles of corn not even touched to the point to where i had to just turn the feeder off. well here is the deal, the only thing differnt this year then the other years is we bought the corn from around where i live at a feed store instead of buying it up by my cabin from a gas station. could the corn have a different taste to teh deer and thats why they didnt touch it? or is that just a coincidence?
01-10-2008 | 12:16 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Kansas
RE: corn in feeders
I HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE IT OUT BUT I NOTICED THAT WE HAD A VERY OPTIMAL YEAR FOR ACORNS AS APOSED TO THE YEAR BEFORE. MY WOODS ARE MOSTLY OAK TREES, NOW IN YOUR AREA I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE A LOT OF OAK TREES WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF, YOUR CORN MAY BE COMPETEING WITH SOME OTHER FOOD THAT DEER JUST LIKE MORE. ALSO CONSIDER THAT CORN HAS ABOUT THE LOWEST PROTEIN CONTENT OF ANY OF THE FOODS THAT THEY EAT, SO IF YOU MIX A 2-1 MIXTURE OF CORN TO SOYBEANS THEY WILL ALMOST BE DEPENDENT ON THE FEEDER, THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU STOP ALL THE SUDDEN YOU CAN SEVERLY STRESS OUT THE DEER IF NOT KILL THEM. NORMALY THEY DON'T LIKE EATING SOYBEANS THAT MUCH, IT IS THE SAME AS PARRENTS MAKING KID EAT BROCCOLI, THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO GET THEM USED TO THE TASTE BY MIXING IT WITH THE CORN.
01-24-2008 | 10:39 AM
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Spike
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From: south central ohio
RE: corn in feeders
there are several factors involved in feeder activity. the main factor has been established, you may be competeing with another food sorce. a trick i learned is apple flavored corn has sweeter taste as well as a scent you could follow. another factor could be pressure on feeder, if you hunt over the same feeder every year the deer will learn to become nocternal or just abbandon completely. you have to feed way before and well after the season you hunt or feed year round. the best advice i can give you without knowing all the factors is to feed 1 month before season starts and continue feeding well into winter. i always start with an apple flavored corn (which can be obtained thru most local feed stores) then slowly convert to regular corn or spend the extra $ and feed it thru out your feeding session.
