What Do Deer Eat?
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Genuine question. Funny thing is; In all my life, I've never actually had cause to consider it!
Thing is, I'm finding them tripping my perimeter alarm system, late at night. I think I've noted, in passing, some of you guys mentioning laying down corn, to bait them? Only, I've started putting down wild bird seed, to bait birds.
I'm wondering if the deer have caught onto there being a source of grains, on the track. Nothing else, on my land, that there isn't miles and miles of around me. Grass, basically.
Thanks.
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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a lot more than people think....we were sneaking into a bear bait a few years back, and suddenly a doe picked up her head to look, she had a hot dog bun in her mouth
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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This time of the year grain and corn. Corn can kill them if introduced this time of year Wife's tale
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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I believe what you call corn is the yellow stuff that comes on a cob? None of that in the bird feed. There Is a guy prowling about with a .303 though. He's a bit of a health risk to them. He sets my alarm off too!
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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Alot of miss information out there due to states being scared to death of someone shooting a deer over bait.
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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They'll come in for corn the fastest but it can be detrimental That picture I posted is at northeast carry up on moosehead lake.They have feed these deer corn since I was a child with no I'll effects to the deer at all with alot of the big bucks with names that came back year after year after year.
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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I believe what you call corn is the yellow stuff that comes on a cob? None of that in the bird feed. There Is a guy prowling about with a .303 though. He's a bit of a health risk to them. He sets my alarm off too! They like milo and sunflower meat
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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Mares eat oats and does eat oats........ Bruce, that pic is awesome and I believe ya!
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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Deer will eat grains, browse, legumes, fruits and grasses, Get them stressed enough and they will eat bark, evergreens in order to survive.
I was amazed early on in watching a doe and fawns in back of our home, and they had a real lust for what we call wild lettuce here, a milky sap, plant with spines when it gets older. They do have taste though as I was growing heritage pumpkins and they ate them, only bit my neighbors commercial giants, and threw those up.
All herbivores will eat just about anything, but their favorites are legumes like alfalfa and clover, fruits like apples, grain in corn kernels and they enjoy small corn plants Put out a free meal though, which is safe by your house and they will eat bread, as that is grain and will eat bird seed as that is grain too.
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Re: What Do Deer Eat?
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Mares eat oats and does eat oats........ And little goats eats ivy! (And Don't they?!?)
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