Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
Of course I don't mean the kernels of corn while growing, or scattered on the ground after harvesting... I mean the plants themselves when growing, especially when small.
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Do deer eat corn?
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Of course I don't mean the kernels of corn while growing, or scattered on the ground after harvesting... I mean the plants themselves when growing, especially when small.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
Deer eat about anything, will they wipe out a field of it, no. At least not like a bean or pea field. But they will pretty much eat anything that has fresh growth and is green. No need to fence it
Of course I don't mean the kernels of corn while growing, or scattered on the ground after harvesting... I mean the plants themselves when growing, especially when small.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
Yes. There are even types of corn means for grazing.
store.greencover.com
Grazing Corn (Solargraze BMR)
Corn has long been utilized as a forage source for livestock, proving to be extremely palatable with high nutritional value. We have seen in our plots how aggressively cattle will pursue consuming BMR corn over other warm season grasses. BMR cultivars only improve the forage quality and it's...
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Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
No real reason, was just wondering how much loss there is when small.
Sort of like sunflowers. When I grow them at home I have to cage them for the first month or two. The squirrels will dig up the seeds, and even once they're growing the animals dig them up and break them off. So when I see a field of sunflowers I wonder how much early loss there was.
Sort of like sunflowers. When I grow them at home I have to cage them for the first month or two. The squirrels will dig up the seeds, and even once they're growing the animals dig them up and break them off. So when I see a field of sunflowers I wonder how much early loss there was.
Deer will eat my sunflowers at all stages. They will also eat the seed heads. Seven acres is not enough sunflowers at my place to overwhelm them.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
I soaked and broadcast 20lbs of seeds this spring. Broadcast on to whatever, dirt, grass, road side ditch... everywhere. More as a fun experiment than expecting any real results. Must have had lots of fat happy birds and mice. Didn't see a single one grow. I figured with the carpet bomb seeding at least a couple would have found purchase and sprouted. If they did, they got eaten early I guess.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Of course I don't mean the kernels of corn while growing, or scattered on the ground after harvesting... I mean the plants themselves when growing, especially when small.
Do deer eat corn? ....... Do ducks have lips? Grin
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I planted a half acre of brown top millet a few years ago in the runoff area for our front pond over at the big woods. Thought it would be a nice duck draw.
It was doing great, after it sprouted heads the deer came along and bit all the heads off within a couple days.
And yes we see a little browse on young corn plants along the woods but nothing out of hand.
It was doing great, after it sprouted heads the deer came along and bit all the heads off within a couple days.
And yes we see a little browse on young corn plants along the woods but nothing out of hand.
