Deer are pigs
- Thread starter powdergun
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Apples and barley. I have two sizes of apples out there. They seem to be going for the larger size ones ( Golf ball size crab apples ). They leave the cores like humans then a couple of days later the cores are gone too. They are going nuts for the barely they even dig the ground around the pile to get every last seed. My partner and I have sat on stand a few times to watch and have seen deer each time. Today we even found fresh beds within 15 feet of the bait.
This is the first year I have tried this method and I already call it a great success even though I haven't even bought my tags yet. Couple more weeks and I'm at em with the smoke pole. Next year I'll stat a month sooner when I get back into archery.
This is the first year I have tried this method and I already call it a great success even though I haven't even bought my tags yet. Couple more weeks and I'm at em with the smoke pole. Next year I'll stat a month sooner when I get back into archery.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Are you just putting apples out there or have you planted a tree?
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
LOL Thats a great pic.
I've watched deer eat apples many many times, sometimes its pretty funny the way they bite one, lift it up in the air and try to take a second bite with their head up high and the apple balanced in their mouth. Though I have to wonder about them being pigs, because most of the time I have been watching, the deer leave before eating every single apple. They usually come back later on to eat more. I wonder if you have a bear around ???
Another funny thing when you put out apples, is to look up in all the trees in the area, and you will be amazed how many apples are jammed into the nooks and crannies of the trees by squirrels.
I've watched deer eat apples many many times, sometimes its pretty funny the way they bite one, lift it up in the air and try to take a second bite with their head up high and the apple balanced in their mouth. Though I have to wonder about them being pigs, because most of the time I have been watching, the deer leave before eating every single apple. They usually come back later on to eat more. I wonder if you have a bear around ???
Another funny thing when you put out apples, is to look up in all the trees in the area, and you will be amazed how many apples are jammed into the nooks and crannies of the trees by squirrels.
Just threw the apples out on the ground in the spruce woods by trails and travel lanes. They always seem to find them. However their reaction to barley was unreal. Another good bait I've heard is dry field peas.
I know they like them because I was at a friends cabin that is in a hunting prohibited zone. He stepped outside picked up a pail of peas and started shaking the pail. In less than two minutes two does stepped right up and ate out of the pail while he was holding it. These were wild deer and not farm animals.
I know they like them because I was at a friends cabin that is in a hunting prohibited zone. He stepped outside picked up a pail of peas and started shaking the pail. In less than two minutes two does stepped right up and ate out of the pail while he was holding it. These were wild deer and not farm animals.
I thought the idea was that you put the feed out before the hunting season and stop just before the season opens. The deer will continue to come into the area even if there is no fresh feed out. Just ensure when you are placing the feed that you don't have your hunting gear with you.
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
Quebec is one.(For deer that is)
It's also legal to bait for bears in Ontario. Migratory bird baiting is NOT allowed. However it is still legal to hunt ducks & geese on harvested fields that have a lot of spilled grain on them
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