Melons for deer?

[Telemark]

Anyone try this? Internet says deer like melons, but I can't find anything about intentionally growing then for deer. It would be an early season play, but would it work?

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

I've grown pumpkins for deer, but the effort wasn't worth the tonnage. I grow watermelons that are not fenced in, and I haven't had any issues with deer eating them.

 

[Catscratch]

I like mellons.... in fact I LOVE MELLONS!!! The wife might say I like them an unhealthy amount, or at least an annoying amount.


For deer I plant pumpkins.

 

[Telemark]

I have pumpkins and winter squash in my cart. Going to try a few varieties, but all of them are late-season crops, and reports are that they can be hit or miss.

 

[TreeDaddy]

I like mellons.... in fact I LOVE MELLONS!!! The wife might say I like them an unhealthy amount, or at least an annoying amount.


For deer I plant pumpkins.

Raccoons love them in east texas

bill

 

[Telemark]

Yeah, I read that raccoons and coyotes will take their share, but I will try to control them a bit, and I'm not worried about them opening up a few. I figure it will help get the sweet melon smell in the air and get the deer to come looking for a sugary treat.

 

[Catscratch]

I've watched yotes eat pumpkins. This yr I had rabbits eating them inside the milo plot where the deer weren't going.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

I like mellons.... in fact I LOVE MELLONS!!! The wife might say I like them an unhealthy amount, or at least an annoying amount.

What about the fruit kind?

 

[Catscratch]

What about the fruit kind?

Eh, not that interesting.

 

[rogersb]

A buddy of mine bought 100 pumpkins and in a few weeks the deer had them gone. Most years a put a few pumpkin seeds around my trees but I've never seen one get bigger than a softball before the deer chow it down. Im in basically a zero ag area.

 

[SD51555]

I used to have a source for pallet boxes of pumpkins and squash after Halloween. I’d bring up heaping truck loads and my tiny population would eat a truck load in two weeks.


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