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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:23:24 PM

Title: baiting blacktails??
Post by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:23:24 PM: anyone have any luck baiting these guys. I have tried corn, swamp donkey, and camere deer and had little success. what is the secret :dunno:
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:28:05 PM: Can't wait to see what people have to say about this one, I've tried corn and alfalfa. The only thing that has worked for me in the past is apples, they love them but so do the elk and they seem to get to them first. One time I put down some apples and got into my stand, I swear not 5 minutes later a cow and calf came in directly to the pile and ate the whole pile.
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: woodman on March 22, 2011, 05:30:36 PM: I have tons of pics of them on my trail cam eating wet cob with a salt block in front of it.
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:31:51 PM: ya i have tried apples before and had a four point elk eat the whole pile in 11 minutes and it was a big pile, but it is hard to get a hold of apples without spending a decent amount for them. how does the alfalfa work on elk?
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:33:31 PM: doesn't wet cob cost around 10 to 15 a bag. i thought about trying some but have not got around to it yet. that will be on my buy list. thanks
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:35:02 PM: The alfalfa didn't work very well at all, I was suprised. I tried it on the west side in an area that doesn't get snow very often so maby that was the reason, just too much native vegetation for them?
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:36:07 PM: what is wet cob?
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: duckmen1 on March 22, 2011, 05:37:42 PM: a mixture of corn oat and barly i think
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: woodman on March 22, 2011, 05:38:22 PM: Quote from: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:36:07 PM
what is wet cob?

Buy it at a feed store, it is a combination of corn, oats and barley grain. If you order it wet, it will have molasses in it.
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:39:56 PM: thanks guys, your making me hungry.
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: woodman on March 22, 2011, 05:41:23 PM: Quote from: woodman on March 22, 2011, 05:38:22 PM
Quote from: trophyhunt on March 22, 2011, 05:36:07 PM
what is wet cob?

But it at a feed store, it is a combination of corn, oats and barley grain. If you order it wet, it will have molasses in it.
This buck came in on wet cob a few times
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: YoterHunter on March 22, 2011, 07:18:25 PM: i have 4 shed boxs out.only one is being used regularly using cob with malasise. neck year i will be getting apples from my buddy freze then till shed time.
Title: Re: baiting blacktails??
Post by: AMBUSH OUTFITTERS BC on March 22, 2011, 07:35:17 PM: nice buck, I think my horses will be down a bag or two of wet cob :rolleyes:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 22, 2011, 07:40:17 PM: You shouldn't have a problem getting apples even now. I have seen people selling them right now so you shouldn't have a problem getting them earlier in the year. I guess it's a matter of knowing where to look.