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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Goshawk on October 26, 2024, 02:29:59 PM

Title: What do elk like for treats
Post by: Goshawk on October 26, 2024, 02:29:59 PM: Over the years I've tried several items like wet COB to see if Elk will eat from a feeder. I've always struck out except for apples. Does anyone know what an elk would come back to eat in a feeder in Western Washington?
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Post by: Ridgeratt on October 26, 2024, 03:16:14 PM: Knew a person who lived in Idaho and he said that alfalfa and black strap.
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Post by: CP on October 26, 2024, 03:18:14 PM: Corn
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Post by: teanawayslayer on October 26, 2024, 05:38:02 PM: Apples apples apples. It’s like crack :chuckle:
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Post by: Goshawk on October 27, 2024, 10:05:25 AM: I don't have that many apple trees to put up a years worth.
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Post by: Goshawk on October 27, 2024, 10:06:47 AM: Quote from: CP on October 26, 2024, 03:18:14 PM
Corn
Corn? Haven't tried that. Whole, cracked, or they don't care? Sorry couldn't help myself there.
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Post by: highside74 on October 27, 2024, 10:45:07 AM: Apples by far #1

Whole corn if you can get them to eat it. Some love it, some won't bother.

I've also tried alfalfa cubes and they let them sit and rot.
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Post by: CP on October 27, 2024, 11:08:43 AM: Quote from: Goshawk on October 27, 2024, 10:06:47 AM
Quote from: CP on October 26, 2024, 03:18:14 PM
Corn
Corn? Haven't tried that. Whole, cracked, or they don't care? Sorry couldn't help myself there.

Whole kernel. Cracked will probably work as well, I've never tried it.
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Post by: zwickeyman on October 27, 2024, 11:14:45 AM: On my place I had in North Bend they preferred pears over apples but loved them both
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Post by: highside74 on October 27, 2024, 11:25:56 AM: Quote from: CP on October 27, 2024, 11:08:43 AM
Quote from: Goshawk on October 27, 2024, 10:06:47 AM
Quote from: CP on October 26, 2024, 03:18:14 PM
Corn
Corn? Haven't tried that. Whole, cracked, or they don't care? Sorry couldn't help myself there.

Whole kernel. Cracked will probably work as well, I've never tried it.

I've tried both. I have never had a blacktail deer or elk eat cracked corn.
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Post by: 270Flat on October 27, 2024, 01:27:06 PM: Dried garbanzo beans
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Post by: highside74 on October 27, 2024, 01:39:56 PM: Quote from: 270Flat on October 27, 2024, 01:27:06 PM
Dried garbanzo beans

Tried those last year at my place and my buddies place. The elk around here let them turn to mush and never touched them. These west side elk are picky.
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Post by: CastleRocker on October 27, 2024, 02:40:56 PM: Apples and more apples. We make apple cider every year, and I take all the pulp down the hill, usually about three tractor buckets full. It's all gone in a few days. A few years back, I dumped a load of carrots down at the bottom of my property, the herd came by a couple days later and ate them all.
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Post by: Webfoot on October 28, 2024, 09:35:08 AM: When I grew a garden they liked it!!!
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Post by: CP on October 28, 2024, 02:45:18 PM: They like young apple trees a little too much.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 28, 2024, 02:51:30 PM: pretty sure they like candy corn and the little Snickers and KitKat bars we'll be handing out on Thursday evening. Worth a try. :dunno:
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Post by: mattm79 on December 18, 2024, 11:56:20 AM: I have had great luck with just your basic salt lick!
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Post by: GASoline71 on December 18, 2024, 01:59:33 PM: I've used apple flavored whole kernel corn in the past and the deer love it. Never tried it on elk. Get it at Tractor Supply.

Gary
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Post by: Parasite on December 18, 2024, 04:06:03 PM: Sugar beets, but you probably cant find them here in WA.
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Post by: Ghost Hunter on December 18, 2024, 04:38:15 PM: Apples for deer and elk. I didn't have trouble finding bins of apples available, after I ran out of yard apples.