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Corn and Deer Activity

Fluteman

Fluteman

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For over a month now, I have been running a camera behind the house. I put out some corn so anything passing through would stop and have a bite to eat, and as a result, I would get some good pics of them. Well, the first spot I had the camera, I had 75lbs of corn out for 3 weeks, and when I moved the camera, there was still 50lbs left on the ground. I put the camera 250y further up the field edge and did the same thing, 75lbs to get the deer to stop. Again, they would grab a bite, and they were gone. That pile had sit there for two weeks hardly touched.

Well, it's like someone flipped a switch the past couple days. Between Thursday morning and Saturday morning, that 75lbs of corn has vanished completely, hundreds of pictures of deer devouring it. I don't know what the deal is. I was telling a fellow bowhunter here at work today, and he said the same thing has happended at his feeder. Weeks and weeks of corn laying on the ground, and then all of a sudden, the deer are hammering it.

I really don't know what would cause them to all of a sudden tear the corn up. The only thing I can come up with is that all the crop fields around are being harvested this week, and I wonder if it might be related to that. Any ideas from you guys? Anything similar going on in your area? Maybe they are fueling up for the big "R".
 
makes me curious. I had some corn sit for a while and like you said nothing has touched it. I havent checked that spot for a week or so, now I'm wondering if I shouldnt have a look at it.
 
That's the wierd thing, there are still acorns everywhere. I have some serious hardwoods behind the house, with a ton of white and red oaks. Everywhere you look there are acorns to eat.
 
Not that either. I have had the same deer on camera every night for the past 4 weeks. They come in every night and visit the camera, grab a bite, and they are gone.
 
I have seen the same thing. It was light a light switch behind my house where the Live Cam is set-up. Same thing at our core farm, tons of acorns and not touching corn. Now they are back to it despite the abundance of acorns. I wonder if it's not a "too much of a good thing" scenario.
 
Temps migh have them staying by the food source not moving around as much??? Find a source and camp out by it??
 
I like lasagna...but after eating almost nothing but lasagna for a month, I'd want something else. Deer like acorns...but a lil variety goes a long way.
 
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