Post by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:21:25 PM
i tried corn with little success and camere deer and swamp donkey didn't work well either and was very expensive for hardly anything.
Post by: elkslayer069 on March 22, 2011, 07:26:12 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 22, 2011, 07:40:29 PM
Tried: Corn--they aren't touching it; Deer chow blocks (apple flavored)--they aren't touching that either; and there was a molasses thing they didn't want either.
The only things I've found them to like are apples and mineral blocks.
I've heard they like bananas and alfalfa. I'll probably give the alfalfa a try. I figure I can stack a mineral block and apples on top of it.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 22, 2011, 07:45:46 PM
Post by: singleshot12 on March 22, 2011, 07:48:53 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 22, 2011, 07:50:45 PM
Post by: NW-GSP on March 22, 2011, 07:55:25 PM
Post by: lokidog on March 22, 2011, 08:13:14 PM
For some natural bait, find an alder tree and whack some leafed out branches off, they love that! Our neighbor recently cut down a couple of cedars and they even browsed down the cedar fronds.
Oh yeah, and anything in a pot.... :bash:
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 23, 2011, 08:30:48 AM
Post by: h20hunter on March 23, 2011, 08:49:01 AM
Post by: alwinearcher on March 23, 2011, 09:10:15 AM
I'm surprised that baiting is legal for deer and elk, but it is. If I were going to do it, I would use a salt lick for either and keep it up. It doesn't seem like fair chase to me, though. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
I agree, I cant believe people would stoop to such a level as to use bait to attract an animal just to kill it, eat it, get it mounted and stare at it daily on their office wall! :chuckle:
Post by: h20hunter on March 23, 2011, 09:17:12 AM
Post by: alwinearcher on March 23, 2011, 09:20:54 AM
Even worse when folks make awesome locally filmed huting dvds, dupe me into buying them, and then watching them over and over and over and over and over! The nerve! People like this probably let their girlfriend shoot a pink bow!
HAHA.. Of all the wrong doings I have been accused of I agree letting Shannon shoot a pink bow could be the worst :-[. I am working on getting her a real bow, dont worry 8)
Not to Hi-Jack this thread. I tried baiting blacktail once in OR without much success so I am watching this thread closely to see what the trick is.
Post by: MuleySniper on March 23, 2011, 09:25:54 AM
Roses:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
No kidding!!! I have a love hate relationship with the bucks around my house. I spend all summer doing yard work, planting nice trees only to have some trashy ruttin SOB blacky come destroy it come November. Then not to mention all his girlfriends eating every plant in site. :bash: My wife won't let me bait near the house anymore :'(
MS
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on March 23, 2011, 09:32:39 AM
The birds get the cherries, the deer destroy the pears, but I get a few apples for my kids to eat......
P.S. they eat my Willow trees also.....
Post by: PolarBear on March 23, 2011, 09:44:34 AM
I cant get them to eat anything but tried it all no luck with any of it:yeah:
I think that in areas where there is limited browse they are more likely to eat cob and other stuff but in areas like where I live with thousands of acres of blackberries (their preferred food), hazelnuts, Oak trees, hay fields etc, they won't touch anything that is purposely put out except apples or nuts. I have tried absolutely everything to draw them onto my land, not to hunt them but to keep them from being poached by the local tweekers, and nothing works except natural fruits and nuts. Last summer I had a ton of leftover ground, cracked and rolled corn from finishing off a steer. I made a feeder to see if the deer would hit it and put a trail cam on it. They would push the corn and cob off of the tops of the selenium and trace mineral blocks and only eat the blocks but that ended as summer was winding down. I wound up feeding the bunnies, raccoons and birds instead of the deer. Alfalfa works great on whitetails and mulies but I have yet to see a blacktail eat the stuff. Whitetails, you can throw just about anything on the ground and they will eat it. Blackies, especially those with plenty of area to pick from, are pretty damn picky.
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 23, 2011, 11:38:21 AM
Post by: Special T on March 23, 2011, 12:41:15 PM
Post by: blacktail luv on March 24, 2011, 11:05:46 PM
Post by: beardown on March 27, 2011, 01:46:40 PM
Post by: singleshot12 on March 27, 2011, 02:03:11 PM
Post by: PolarBear on March 27, 2011, 03:43:27 PM
AND for those of you "ethical" hunters, If my wife wants to stay home and watch the kids while I am out hunting and shoot a deer in the backyard, I am ALL for it! If you got a problem with it... you :pee::rolleyes:
Post by: alecvg on March 27, 2011, 03:50:27 PM
Post by: PolarBear on March 27, 2011, 03:56:19 PM
Post by: lokidog on March 27, 2011, 03:57:05 PM
I want to try apples, but where do you buy them in bulk?
There are so many wasted apples in the fall, just drive around until you see a bunch on the ground and ask if you can take them. Otherwise, you can watch for sales and get them fairly cheaply at Fred Meyers ($.75/pound)
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 27, 2011, 04:06:15 PM
Post by: Baggman on April 09, 2011, 10:16:03 AM
Post by: nontypical176 on April 09, 2011, 10:34:55 AM
Couple years ago when we had the hard snows here on the west side, I spread out a bail of alfalfa trying to help the deer and elk through the tuff times, but they literally walked out and around it without ever taking a bite. I threw out apples and they gobbled them up. Had some pictures of a couple does on my trail cam that used the alfalfa for bedding a couple nights, but not one picture of them eating it. Stuff was spendy too the picky jerks.
Post by: lokidog on April 09, 2011, 10:52:56 AM
Post by: Baggman on April 10, 2011, 10:59:49 AM
Post by: h20hunter on April 11, 2011, 04:14:56 PM
Post by: singleshot12 on April 11, 2011, 04:47:51 PM
Well I got two cameras set Saturday. One is on a 25# block of sweet lick buck and doe. buried it all but the top like the directions said. The other one is on a gallon of cracked corn soaked in beer for a week. I know which one I would go for. I have the cameras set for 60 second video. I will check them in two weeks...
And not just any beer I might add "Keystone" is the Blacktail's beer of choice ;)
Post by: Baggman on April 12, 2011, 09:31:12 PM
Post by: h20hunter on April 13, 2011, 12:32:05 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 14, 2011, 04:36:19 PM
Post by: Baggman on April 16, 2011, 12:01:04 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 19, 2011, 10:29:58 AM
Post by: PolarBear on April 19, 2011, 12:30:50 PM
Post by: greenhead_killer on April 19, 2011, 07:22:13 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 19, 2011, 07:38:40 PM
get i and the feed store, mixture of corn oats and barley i have it in 3 homemade feeders with cameras on them, they are eating the crap out it,we already have 3 different bucks eating it. :IBCOOL:
How much antler growth are you seeing? Can you post some pictures?
Post by: iRem on April 19, 2011, 08:04:07 PM
get i and the feed store, mixture of corn oats and barley i have it in 3 homemade feeders with cameras on them, they are eating the crap out it,we already have 3 different bucks eating it. :IBCOOL:
How much antler growth are you seeing? Can you post some pictures?
I sure would like to see some pics, I have a new cam out and I have a 50lb mineral block and 50lbs of wet cob out. I am going out next week after 2 weeks soaking and can't wait to see some pics of my own. I'll post as I get them.
Post by: PolarBear on April 20, 2011, 12:30:17 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 20, 2011, 12:17:12 PM
Post by: lokidog on April 20, 2011, 08:51:18 PM
Well there should be some fat deer around.
Too bad the meat doesn't get all marbly like a nice fat beef.... :drool:
Post by: greenhead_killer on April 21, 2011, 03:58:37 PM
Greenhead-killer, you are freaking me out with that Freddy Mercury pic! Are you trying to tell us something? :chuckle:yeah sorry bout that, still computer illiterate when it comes to pics and that sort of thing. hopefully if i am successfull this year hunting ill be able to figure out how to display them :)
Post by: vandeman17 on April 21, 2011, 04:24:32 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on April 21, 2011, 05:08:53 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 21, 2011, 10:01:38 PM
Post by: lokidog on April 21, 2011, 10:10:52 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 21, 2011, 10:15:23 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 22, 2011, 05:23:10 AM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 22, 2011, 09:35:43 PM
Post by: fishcrazy on April 23, 2011, 08:10:06 AM
Kris
Post by: nontypical176 on April 24, 2011, 07:51:37 AM
Deer won't come within 20' of my home made feeder, might as well have tied a cougar to it.
Post by: fishcrazy on April 24, 2011, 08:44:53 AM
Kris
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 24, 2011, 09:16:51 AM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 24, 2011, 09:22:07 AM
Post by: cannon-master on April 24, 2011, 12:01:54 PM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 24, 2011, 03:46:46 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 26, 2011, 10:12:19 AM
Post by: DoubleJ on April 26, 2011, 08:08:53 PM
dry cob working great right now
This. Our deer here in Timberlakes are very domesticated though. Not sure how well it would work out in the middle of nowhere
Post by: DoubleJ on April 26, 2011, 08:13:36 PM
Post by: Dirty Mike on April 28, 2011, 03:20:28 PM
Post by: DoubleJ on April 29, 2011, 09:50:58 AM
Post by: lokidog on April 30, 2011, 01:22:37 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 02, 2011, 08:08:07 AM
Post by: duckmen1 on May 02, 2011, 09:33:15 AM
:chuckle:
Post by: cx2vandine on May 02, 2011, 02:22:27 PM
Oh great I stole four of my wife's Budweiser's to soak the corn with. :bash: Do I really have to do a study on what beer they prefer? :DOH: This could get expensive. :ACRY:That would be worth the study to find out which beer works the best. I could get my wife involved helping me study which beer would work the best. :brew:
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 02, 2011, 02:28:55 PM
Post by: Baggman on June 27, 2011, 10:02:25 PM