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Pulled the SD card, some pics attached
susie
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Not much snow remains today and it was time to take another bag of corn to the critters. Loaded up the side by side with a 50 lb. bag of corn and hit the woods. I pulled one card and put the other in to continue to track what is showing up in the thickets. Happy to report no coyotes, a bunch of squirrels and birds, one racoon, one rabbit and at least six deer on a regular basis.
Old one eye is still hanging around. I need daylight pics of him. It appears he may already be re-growing his antlers. He was the first to drop them, so stands to reason he will be the first to start new ones. It will be interesting to keep track of their development.
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susie,
Are you still putting out some corn?
Best.
Yes, with the area being mostly woodland and barren hay fields there isn't much forage. The acorn crop was abysmal this year. There has been an uptick in deer being hit crossing roads this year. I believe its because they are ranging further looking for food. I'm hyper vigilant at the moment as I drive. I know the areas where deer like to cross and slow down when I enter them.
Beef cattle farmers feed grain through the winter and I imagine there are loads of deer waiting to pick over the leavings. Brother and I have been working on encouraging deer to return to the area. When we were growing up we hardly ever saw a deer here on the farm. Now its nice to know on any given day I can look across the field and spot a few traveling through or picking their way across. We had a freak warm day last week and I spotted a couple of deer playing in the field. Was great to just stand and watch them enjoy the sunshine.
Forgot to mention, I don't have a feeder or a timer. I just spread the corn on the ground for any and everything that passes through to graze upon. The deer feed at night and the squirrels during the day. The other partakers of the bounty come and go at various times throughout the day and night.
Yes, with the area being mostly woodland and barren hay fields there isn't much forage.
That's what I thought, not much left to feed on except your benevolence. Thanks!
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If you're in MO, MDC isn't a fan of feeding deer.
All of our food plots here in north-central MO have been stripped after the snow/ice storm a couple weeks back. My pastures which weren't used last summer look like feed lots where deer have been pawing down to the grass. My house is on the edge of an area 5 miles x 1 mile that's a mix of wetlands, CRP, and crop fields with no habitation and only infrequent human incursion so deer sort of congregate and pillage any food source.
I'm in a county without the CWD restrictions. The only restriction I will have is a few weeks before deer season I must stop so as to not be baiting my hunting area.