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Title: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: Mandownitis on May 26, 2011, 05:22:46 PM: Apples? I see some people use a bunch of apples to attract the animals. My question is where do you get them? You buy them for .99 a pound or do you get them cheaper? It just looks like some people have some pretty big piles. Maybe you have a dealer?
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: Button Nubbs on May 26, 2011, 05:26:22 PM: I'm picturing driving down some shady alleyway "hey man you got the good stuff?". "What will it be the granny smith or the golden delicous?" " Give me a 50 worth of the goldens man, c'mon man hurry up!" :chuckle:
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: Armadillo on May 26, 2011, 05:31:01 PM: Quote from: Button Nubbs on May 26, 2011, 05:26:22 PM
I'm picturing driving down some shady alleyway "hey man you got the good stuff?". "What will it be the granny smith or the golden delicous?" " Give me a 50 worth of the goldens man, c'mon man hurry up!" :chuckle:

:yeah:
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: turkeyfeather on May 26, 2011, 05:32:59 PM: We find people that have apple trees in their yard and apples on the ground. They obviously don't use them so we ask if they mind if we take them. We get buckets full for free.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: iRem on May 26, 2011, 05:48:12 PM: Quote from: Armadillo on May 26, 2011, 05:31:01 PM
Quote from: Button Nubbs on May 26, 2011, 05:26:22 PM
I'm picturing driving down some shady alleyway "hey man you got the good stuff?". "What will it be the granny smith or the golden delicous?" " Give me a 50 worth of the goldens man, c'mon man hurry up!" :chuckle:

:yeah:
LMAO
Well, you'll get the apples off the ground in the summer. Until then you'll have to buy them ON SALE.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: h20hunter on May 26, 2011, 06:19:22 PM: What works for me is I've got a market near my work. I would say they cater to a different income level and ethnicity than my local grocer. Well, cash talks and I buy a few cases at a time. I'm right at about 55 cents a pound for the usual varietys.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: rtspring on May 26, 2011, 06:28:21 PM: I grew up around lots of orchards. The farmers thin the apples out every year, and they just throw the apples on the ground that have been thinned off the tree.. Just stop and talk to a farmer they more than likely will hook you up....
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: Curly on May 26, 2011, 06:38:26 PM: I picked up some Granny Smiths today for $0.29 per pound. Even at that price though, it would get kind of expensive to feed deer the apples.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 26, 2011, 06:42:49 PM: A lot of times you can buy truck loads of culls from the orchards for dirt cheap. Pears and other stuff as well :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on May 26, 2011, 06:59:34 PM: Some of the stores will pick through all their bins and pull out the culls. Then sell them discounted. I believe I was able to get them for about 40 cents a pound, but they had squishy spots and bruises and what not. I've also seen roadside dealers selling good apples for 50 cents a pound.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: huntnnw on May 26, 2011, 07:09:42 PM: I knock on doors or poast ads on craigslist... no shortage around here..I employ the help of my daughter and nieces for ice cream afterwards..100 lbs in no time :chuckle:
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: iRem on May 26, 2011, 09:44:20 PM: Quote from: Curly on May 26, 2011, 06:38:26 PM
I picked up some Granny Smiths today for $0.29 per pound. Even at that price though, it would get kind of expensive to feed deer the apples.
Please enlighten me about your where abouts on those apples @.29 pp.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: Curly on May 27, 2011, 08:14:02 AM: Summit Trading Post at Canyon and SR512 (north side of 512). That is the best place to get produce. They always have sales and if you buy 10 pounds or more the price is greatly reduced. Plus their regular price for apples is at least half what you would buy them for anywhere else. I stop in there once a week to get apples to eat all week. (I bought 17 pounds yesterday and paid around $5.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: h20hunter on May 27, 2011, 08:16:43 AM: Damn, that is some cheap apples. If it was a bit closer I would make the drive and load up.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: iRem on May 27, 2011, 10:14:55 AM: That is Great!!! Looks like l'll be make a Short trip ( 10 mins away ) to pick up some apples for the weekend trip. Thanks for the tip. :rockin:
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: huntnnw on May 27, 2011, 02:16:05 PM: paying for apples? :yike: and 17lbs would barely last an evening!
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: iRem on May 27, 2011, 03:52:20 PM: Paying for wet cob, paying for salt lick, paying for minareal block, paying for well just about every thing now a days, Yes and even apples. This is the only way to get the apples these days. Maybe if the Sun came out and my poor little ol apple tree (only one apple tree) would get some of what is that called photosynthesis stuff going on, yeah that vitimine D. No, the Mrs want them to her self for apple pie.
Title: Re: Question Where do you get the?
Post by: huntnnw on May 27, 2011, 07:16:02 PM: I can feed almost free... get alfalfa dirt cheap from local farmers and start picking apples for free in July..there are tons of them to be had and FREE... salt cost $5 for 50 lbs and last the whole summer...apples on the other hand dint last its a recurring cost