Baiting blacktails

[TeacherMan]

Living in Curlew the method of choice for late season WT consisted of bait piles or hay stacks. When you get does you get bucks! I didn't even always hunt the pile but the ridge trails dropping into the pile. I found the bigger bucks would hold out of site of the pile. As long as they could smell the does they figured they were close enough.

Anyone bait blacktails? Alfalfa? Apples? Corn? Cob? Salt? All the above

I figured in the thick stuff it maybe very useful!

Thanks

[buckfvr]

Stay away from anything the bears will claim.....

[h20hunter]

Anything the deer will eat the bears will eat. Anything the deer won't eat....like your camera....the bears will try and eat.

Trust me.

[bobcat]

They will come to your bait and eat all that you can put out, but they only come in at night!   

[h20hunter]

[h20hunter]

30 yards away....

[DoubleJ]

Nope.  I've tried c.o.b., alfalfa, straight corn, straight oats, salt blocks, and apples.  I gave up when I got a game camera pic of a blacktail standing on a pile of apples to eat the bottom branches of an alder tree.

[Special T]

  Get Boyd iversons Blacktail Trophy tactics 2. You will realize that you are not hunting WT anymore.  WSU had a study done at a research place near tumwater (oly) and BT were able to eat stuff even Goats will not eat! Goats won't eat sword ferns, goats will.  Enjoy the hunt for the hardest deer to hunt!

[PolarBear]

Apples, acorns and moss.  I have seen them push apples aside to get at moss.  When my oak trees have banner acorn crops the deer will feas at all times of the day even during huntng season.  It gives them the runs for the first few days but they keep coming back for more.

[AKBowman]

Has anyone ever tried planting a food plot?

I am researching different types of clover which I know grow well in Western WA and BT's like them a lot. I was also looking to plant some sort of beet...maybe sugar beet to keep the does coming in later in the year. Not sure about the beet thing quite yet but I am def planting a number of different types of clover.

[DoubleJ]

I've tried on a small scale and found it not to make a difference.  there's just too much on this side of the state for them to eat for them to stick to one food plot.

When I did it, they would eat the forage in the food plot, when they were there.  But they happily moved on in the same interval as they always did before and have since.  Around here they tend to stay in an area about 2 weeks and there are about 4 areas they frequent.  We see the herd for about 2 weeks every other month.  Food plotting or baiting made no impact on this.

Just my experience

[DoubleJ]

And, if I absolutely HAD to put out a food that I've seen a blacktail prefer to something else, it would hands down be bird seed.  Putting it in an open tray type feeder about 3' off the ground only helps

[TeacherMan]

And, if I absolutely HAD to put out a food that I've seen a blacktail prefer to something else, it would hands down be bird seed.  Putting it in an open tray type feeder about 3' off the ground only helps

That's funny

[lokidog]

Ours here really love apples.  We also feed Del's Allstock for a bit of actual nutrition.  They love pumpkins as well but they are not real practical to feed.

Of course, the deer here don't have much choices and will gladly eat most anything put out for them.

Or, you could just plant a garden... and forget about the fence, or leave the gate open.   

[sled]

  Putting out anything that may have the potential to bring in bears is considered baiting for bears!  Trust me.  I personally know someone who is going through court right now.
  He put out deer cane, wet cob,salt, and apples.  Had deer comming in.  He was questioned by game warden on the stand, and was arrested for attempting to bait bears.  Lost all his gear and did not get it back.  They want to take his license for two years and a five hundred dollar fine.  He goes back to court in two weeks.
  After seeing this i will never put anything out period, because it all has the potential to lure a bear.