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Alfalfa pellets
« on: May 14, 2015, 12:13:06 PM »
Anybody use alfalfa pellets to bait with?  Similer price to corn @ North40 right now.

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2015, 12:33:22 PM »
I did last year and had better luck with the Nuggets.  Don't ask me why, the elk ate up the Nuggets and left the pellets alone for the most part.

If they get wet, they disolve fast too.
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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2015, 08:37:16 PM »
Tried em for deer and elk cameras. Neither ate them, they just turned to mush and molded
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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 09:34:48 PM »
Least ate bait I've ever used. :twocents: I was shocked.

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 09:41:26 PM »
Wait until fall and winter for that. Put out trace salt with selenium or other minerals this time of year
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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2015, 09:44:07 PM »
 :yeah: maybe a little wet cob, the deer at the cabin in Winthrop loved the Alfalfa pellets last late summer, fall and winter.

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2015, 10:14:03 PM »
:yeah: maybe a little wet cob, the deer at the cabin in Winthrop loved the Alfalfa pellets last late summer, fall and winter.
The deer up there would have ate a pile of *censored* late summer last year. :chuckle: :sry:
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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2015, 09:12:04 AM »
This time of year salt is the best option, fall time though, the pellets are good but they do get wet and break down. 

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2015, 10:04:24 PM »
Got plenty of salt on the ground. I just thought they'd eat the nuggets up like candy.

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2015, 10:26:21 PM »
Eating non natural food is a learned behavior.  If inclined by chance or hunger they may figure out that it is edible.

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Re: Alfalfa pellets
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2015, 11:18:40 PM »
I've had the best luck with the deer eating the "Allstock" pellets from Dels's more than other pellets.  I'm not sure if I have used pure alfalfa though.  I always add some apples to my pellets when starting each year, I think this gives them the idea that these might be good to eat.  I haven't baited elk.  I pretty much feed the deer these to help in the winter, I bait with apples.

I made a covered feeder for my pellets to keep the rain off, plus, I have the luxury of only needing to put out a limited ammount at a time.

 


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