Beans question
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Fork Horn
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Do deer stop feeding on soy bean after the leaves fall off?
Since the leaves have fallen off the deer seem to have abandon the bean field.
Since the leaves have fallen off the deer seem to have abandon the bean field.
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time to hunt now is acorns and food plots that are green. When it gets cold and acorns start going away, if you got standing beans better hunt em they are high in protein, and provide good source of nutients for energy to make it through winter.
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Deer feed more on beans in the mid to late summer when they are green. Once they start to turn the deer tend to spend less time in the beans. Having said this IMO there is nothing better to be sitting near when its dec-jan cold with snow on the ground than beans. I have had beans side by side with standing corn, turnips, clover, alfalfa and wheat and the deer pound the beans harder than anything else. It never ceases to amaze me how many deer can pour in to a standing bean field in jan.
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After the beans have been harvested - after the field has been tilled - will the deer even cross the field?
First year I've had to hunt a "working" field. For the last 9 years the field has been fallow. Seemed to have something green for the deer to eat all year.
Any thoughts?
First year I've had to hunt a "working" field. For the last 9 years the field has been fallow. Seemed to have something green for the deer to eat all year.
Any thoughts?