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Offline Phipps14

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Attracting blacktail to your property
« on: December 25, 2021, 07:15:15 PM »
I am looking at tips on getting blacktail to come to my 5 acre property, it has dense woods and a few clear spots. Is growing plants that they eat a good idea or some more like putting out corn? any tips help thank you!

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2021, 07:26:31 PM »
Apples

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2021, 07:38:16 PM »
Just plant some things you don't want them to eat - like rose bushes, raspberries, strawberries and young fruit trees. Every blacktail in a ten mile radius will show up as soon as they start leafing out.
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2021, 07:51:47 PM »
Me and wife go for drive at least twice a week to look for deer
And we have learned to look for a “late” producing appl trees..these are a magnet
When all the other variaties are long gone….money

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2021, 09:01:50 PM »
Just plant some things you don't want them to eat - like rose bushes, raspberries, strawberries and young fruit trees. Every blacktail in a ten mile radius will show up as soon as they start leafing out.

What he said  :chuckle:  Put out a couple of mineral rocks and spread some Blacktail crack around those twice a week (sweet cob and green apples). They’ll be knocking at your porch door, rubbing their arms and shaking when you forget it for a week or so. They’re fans of blackberry bushes also.
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2021, 09:17:29 PM »
Not only do they love eating young fruit trees--even before they start bearing fruit- they also love a good constant water supply.  We've put up 8 foot fencing around our fruit trees but they still come to water
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2021, 10:49:17 PM »
Apples and no barking dogs.

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2021, 11:40:23 PM »
Just leave bags of apples on your porch.

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2021, 05:13:00 AM »
Just a suggestion,
I bet you can find a 100 YouTube vids on baiting deer and different feeder setups.
But everybody has a few tricks to it.
Good info so far.👍

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2021, 05:51:15 AM »
Fruit trees , laurels and roses

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2021, 08:04:55 AM »
Arborvitae shrubs
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2021, 10:03:58 AM »
Plant green beans next spring.
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2021, 11:40:46 PM »
Apples

Lots of apples and they seem to have a huge affinity for arborvitae. 

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Re: Attracting blacktail to your property
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2021, 06:08:25 PM »
awesome thanks so much for all the replies will start trying all and put up some trail cams

 


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