Does anybody like to us ear corn vs shelled corn? I have heard some guys like it better than shelled because coons don't mess with it as bad.
I live by 2 corn fields, and we always wait till they cut the corn then go over with empty feed sacks and pick up dropped ears of corn. We usually collect about 7 or 8 feed sacks. It's free and easy, so it beats shelled corn in my opinon. It seems like if the coons want corn, they'll get it wether it's shelled or eared.
Coons still eat ear corn, but so do the deer. I got quite a few buck pictures last week over ear corn.
It makes me sick when you get hundred of pic of coons on $10 corn. I can get ear corn for cheap so I think I will give it a shot thanks guys for the input.
Johnch
Member
With ears
The darn tree rats haul the ears into the trees and eat it
I also have picked up ear corn in the feild
But I run it through the combine to shell it
I take enough for the deer feeder and sell the rest
Couple years back , we picked up over 100 5 gallon buckets in a afternoon
But that feild , a lot of the corn was down from the wind
John
The darn tree rats haul the ears into the trees and eat it
I also have picked up ear corn in the feild
But I run it through the combine to shell it
I take enough for the deer feeder and sell the rest
Couple years back , we picked up over 100 5 gallon buckets in a afternoon
But that feild , a lot of the corn was down from the wind
John
I've used both, but tend to stick with shelled. I do have access to some free ear corn for a while, so I'll be using that for a bit...
Johnch
Member
The local GW knows all to well the damage the coon will do to a corn feild during the Milk stage
So he will give any farmer a crop damage permit to trap coon
All we had to do was call the GW and ask , he never even came out to look
So I had Opperation Coon Carnage this spring
And will repeat it next year
John
I put out two hundred lbs of ear corn today let's hope for the best. Seen awesome sign today while out. There was three rubs and a scrap by one of my tree stands. The two acre food plot was just trashed with deer tracks. Its all beans and they are mowing them off. I think opening weekend will be awesome.