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Deer eating birds??
#1286416
03/05/15 03:36 AM
03/05/15 03:36 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 100
Georgia
kidd
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 100
Georgia
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: Possum Hunter]
#1286508
03/05/15 04:33 AM
03/05/15 04:33 AM
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,726
Harvest, AL
AU coonhunter
10 point
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10 point
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,726
Harvest, AL
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Wtc that's insane never ever would have be lived that without seeing it.... I know deer are curious creatures but never thought they would think a baby bird would be tastey Quick protein. Most mammals eat their placenta after giving birth as well.
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: kidd]
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03/05/15 05:49 AM
03/05/15 05:49 AM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,258
Cullman County
yotetrapper
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,258
Cullman County
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There is a video of a deer eating bobwhite quail eggs out of a nest somewhere. Some grad students were doing a nest depredation study or something and got the video on a game cam.
Jon Bartlett
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: kidd]
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03/05/15 06:07 AM
03/05/15 06:07 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 100
Georgia
kidd
OP
3 point
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3 point
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 100
Georgia
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: kidd]
#1287224
03/05/15 02:10 PM
03/05/15 02:10 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,858
Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,858
Elmore County
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not protein they after ,,, calcium !!!!
Last edited by Frankie; 03/05/15 02:12 PM.
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: Fishingman]
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03/07/15 06:46 AM
03/07/15 06:46 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,858
Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Elmore County
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Several years I had deer at my house, I,d got a new shotgun and was going to shoot it and a blue jay flew over and I shot it, it fell inside the fence and one of the does saw it fall and ate it, I thought it would probally die because I didn,t think it could digest the feathers, it id fine You know song birds are protected. The Jay probably just died from a heart attack  if i was fined for ever one i killed when i was a kid i'd owe millions of dollars and be in jail a long time . lol
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Re: Deer eating birds??
[Re: Frankie]
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03/12/15 09:13 AM
03/12/15 09:13 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,218
Auburn University
Steve Ditchkoff
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,218
Auburn University
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This has been known for quite a while, but it's not well-advertised. Most animals in the wild live on the edge of undernutrition. They are constantly striving to try and stay ahead of that downward slide. If a deer happens upon a high-protein meal that isn't going to cost them anything in terms of effort, they are going to take advantage of it.
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Auburn University
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