9/17/18

[24on48hunting]

I'm out for now, may head back in the evening. Stalk walking after my butt went numb, following game trails.
Anyone know what kind of rub this is? I have seen pigs in the area.
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Mud on the tree trunk=hogs. Highest part of mud on the tree may be from their head, so drop down a tad and that’s about how tall the pig is that did it.
Bark rubbed off=deer.

 

[Bear44]

Could be that deer found a corn feeder and won’t eat anything else which makes them feel full but doesent provide nutrition.

If this is true, how come places like Kansas are famous for their "monster corn fed deer"?

 

[Comanche]

If this is true, how come places like Kansas are famous for their "monster corn fed deer"?

Dunno.
Probably cause they supplement other things.

 

[Comanche]

I saw the same small doe last evening around 5:30 again.
Was the only deer that came through.
There was abnormal amounts of bird and squirrel activity which in my experience equals less deer activity.
Had a ferile cat come through and the squirrels went to defcon-5.

 

[Bear44]

Dunno.
Probably cause they supplement other things.

Nope. It's common knowledge they are this way because of all the massive corn fields they feed in. No supplements needed. They had this reputation long before supplement feeding was even a thing.

 

[BIKER13]

http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/deer-land-management/deer-food-plots/corn-blessing-or-curse

 

[GeauxLSU]

Nope. It's common knowledge they are this way because of all the massive corn fields they feed in. No supplements needed. They had this reputation long before supplement feeding was even a thing.

Common knowledge? How many corn fields do they have in Alberta? Bear, you are going to great lengths to justify feeding that garbage to wild deer.
Deer body size is due to genetics (which you aren't going to change by feeding them corn, or anything else) and diet, dependent upon natural browse (which may include ag crops to an extent) and soil mineral content. Neither of which dumped corn replaces.

Yeah, it's legal. A lot of things are.

 

[GeauxLSU]

http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/deer-land-management/deer-food-plots/corn-blessing-or-curse

Concise. No steward of wildlife would read that, or know that, and feed that garbage to deer. But... "Mah deers… and mah huntin'!"

 

[DinkyDau]

Mud on the tree trunk=hogs. Highest part of mud on the tree may be from their head, so drop down a tad and that’s about how tall the pig is that did it.
Bark rubbed off=deer.

^^^^This I have seen ridges that trees were full of mud rubs on the side of the tree..

 

[Psilloh1]

Common knowledge? How many corn fields do they have in Alberta? Bear, you are going to great lengths to justify feeding that garbage to wild deer.
Deer body size is due to genetics (which you aren't going to change by feeding them corn, or anything else) and diet, dependent upon natural browse (which may include ag crops to an extent) and soil mineral content. Neither of which dumped corn replaces.

Yeah, it's legal. A lot of things are.

There is a boat load of alfalfa fields in Saskatchewan and Alberta that are destroyed by Whitetails. That is the best protein that they graze on. That’s where those deer put the weight on...