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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 146155" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>Good topic as I have deer in my back yard right now eating corn out of a bucket.&nbsp; I add alfalfa hay, oats, and sunflowers to the mix, but that's just a band aid and not a solution.&nbsp; I kind of go by the following idea:&nbsp; Give a deer a bucket of corn and they will eat for a day.&nbsp; Plant a bucket of habitat and they will eat forever.&nbsp; The best thing is to create good winter habitat.&nbsp; Tough to do, but hands down, the best thing to keeping a healthy deer herd as well as healthy game populations of all kinds.&nbsp; I know for a fact that the deer in my back yard aren't eating nothing but corn.&nbsp; They come in, grab a mouthful or two and then they wander off.&nbsp; They might come back a couple times a night, but the corn is just extra.&nbsp; I try to plant some kind of habitat each spring.&nbsp; Next year its going to be willows, pines, and dogwoods.&nbsp; Thermal cover with some browse plants.&nbsp; Wish I'd have done more of that about 5 years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 146155, member: 314"] Good topic as I have deer in my back yard right now eating corn out of a bucket. I add alfalfa hay, oats, and sunflowers to the mix, but that's just a band aid and not a solution. I kind of go by the following idea: Give a deer a bucket of corn and they will eat for a day. Plant a bucket of habitat and they will eat forever. The best thing is to create good winter habitat. Tough to do, but hands down, the best thing to keeping a healthy deer herd as well as healthy game populations of all kinds. I know for a fact that the deer in my back yard aren't eating nothing but corn. They come in, grab a mouthful or two and then they wander off. They might come back a couple times a night, but the corn is just extra. I try to plant some kind of habitat each spring. Next year its going to be willows, pines, and dogwoods. Thermal cover with some browse plants. Wish I'd have done more of that about 5 years ago. [/QUOTE]

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