Originally Posted by jwalker77
First year- didnt eat it all...... Second year- ate it all, it lasted all season..... Third year-had it ate by January..... Year four- all gone by the time season started. Corn readily available is the best way ive seen to increase deer sightings. I prefer standing corn or broadcast over a field. Put 250-300lb out through a cyclone spreader every 3 days and see what happens.



Similar to my results, except they did eventually find it that first year and had it all eaten by February. The next year they cleaned it up by the first of the season, and next year wiped it out very soon after it matured. I gave up planting it for several years and then repeated the cycle. If there is no corn grown in the area, deer have to be conditioned to eat it, but once they are they eat it quickly and it's not worth the trouble.

I had the best results planting June 1 and using a tropical variety. It didn't mature until later in the year and it lasted much longer than the RR I planted the second cycle. Standing corn benefits a lot of wildlife other than deer. The turkeys used it a lot once mature, but it was also a great bugging area for the poults as it was growing.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.