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Post by osprey on Nov 5, 2006 12:09:55 GMT -5
Anybody else running a corn pile had the deer just quit using it? My Dad and I each have piles, in separate sections of woods, that the deer were hammering until about two weeks ago. Now they're barely touching it, not even at night. Getting a few pics, but not many, mainly bucks checking scrapes around the piles. Nothing else is different this year, same fields in corn and milo, fields even cut a bit earlier than normal. Same source for corn we're using. Only thing I can figure is they've left us for acorns, the swamp white oaks are putting off really heavy, but I've never seen them just abandon corn piles like this, even on other good acorn years.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Nov 5, 2006 18:32:39 GMT -5
They abandoned a corn field by me for acorns. I guess they just taste better. Two years ago the acorns were weak and the corn field was where all the action was. This year just the opposite. They'll be back to the corn soon. Or maybe the few bucks by the corn keep chasing any other deer away. Scaring off any buck and chasing every doe. Even a doe won't think a free meal is worth that.
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Post by bulldawg on Nov 5, 2006 19:32:34 GMT -5
sounds weird, but foxes will piss in your corn pile, and the deer won't go to it. Haul it away and start fresh.
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Nov 6, 2006 8:49:36 GMT -5
The fox thing makes sense. From what I understand, deer and fox do not get along very well.
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Post by BIG FOX on Nov 6, 2006 8:52:33 GMT -5
My buddy said he used a Buck Bomb yesterday and had a fox run into the bomb and lay downa nd roll around in the scent. said it was the weirdest thing he has seen in the woods in a while..
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Post by mdbowhuntr on Nov 6, 2006 10:30:12 GMT -5
Yesterday evening I watched a doe chase a fox!! I was watching a doe about 40 yards away (watching because she was across the fenceline on someone else's property. She stepped behind me at 20 yards and I had the pin on her.) and a fox ran out and stopped right between my stand and the doe. She put her head down and started chasing it. It was the craziest thing!!
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Post by buckshot on Nov 6, 2006 17:23:37 GMT -5
I have deer and foxes eating out of my corn pile together from my trail cam. Only gray foxes though, never and reds.
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Post by osprey on Nov 6, 2006 20:09:50 GMT -5
Well, good news and bad news. Good news, it ain't the foxes. One of the corn piles is an old trough feeder, 2' feet off the ground, so it isn't foxes there. Bad news, I think I've figured it out. One of the neighbors has two dogs, an old black lab and a young yellow lab, that are running. Dad saw them in our woods a month ago and called the SOB, said he'd keep them put away. I saw one a half mile down the road two weeks ago, but didn't know it was his. Tonight both were in my yard when I came out to go bow hunting, ran off through the field and into my oak woods. SOB isn't answering his phone tonight - he's going to get an earful when he does.
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Post by buckshot on Nov 6, 2006 20:48:46 GMT -5
Let him have it. Maryland does have a leash law. I have had beagles ruin many hunts by chasing deer.
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Post by brettgerhart on Nov 8, 2006 8:59:20 GMT -5
I had bought some corn from wal-mart. Regular corn off the cob in a 40 lb bag. Deer ate it early in september but left it alone come mid october. I went to southern states and bought some of their molasses corn. WOW! I had the deer behind my house eat 150 lbs in 4 days. I can't keep a pile for more than three days now. THey tear that stuff up! It puts off a powerful smell and they find it in less than 24 hours!! I am putting 50 lbs out tonight and will hunt it Friday. Fox and deer do not like each other!
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Post by trkdrvr018 on Dec 3, 2006 23:46:30 GMT -5
hey fellas, some great philosopher once said: IF YOU FEED THEM, THEY WILL COME!!be patient and good luck.
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Post by busco on Dec 4, 2006 19:52:16 GMT -5
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Dec 4, 2006 21:16:01 GMT -5
Hunt a cut cornfield this year and havn't seen any action there all season. Years past when they cut the corn the deer are in it everyday but not this year. Until tonight, The cold front pushed deer in to every corner of the field. Nothing within range, but the cold has them looking for food. Maybe those corn piles will start looking more appealing now?
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bowbender
Junior Hunter
IF YOU WAIT THEY WILL COME
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Post by bowbender on Dec 4, 2006 21:34:45 GMT -5
i agree. just wait. soon they will be really looking for food. they will be grouped up so they can find more food and soon enough they will be eating the corn faster than you can put it out. they stop before proably because of acorns. when acorns start falling they will stop eating everything else. it is the fastest way for them to put on weight for the winter.
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Post by brettgerhart on Dec 5, 2006 10:08:49 GMT -5
Have white oaks all over my yard. Had four deer in my yard last night at 10pm. Forgot something in my truck and went outside and they tripled! Had twelve deer run into the woods, including two nice bucks and a really large doe. They are tearing up my yard for acorns right now. As soon as they eat all of them they will eat all the corn I put out! Right now is actually a good time to see big bucks on your corn pile. They are trying to fatten up after the rut. If you want to get some late action put out some molasses corn from southern states. They will find it within 24 hours and will be there a week after it's gone!!!
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