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10-16-2004, 10:56 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Florence Wisconsin Florence WI
Posts: 197
RE: Baiting question/techniques
I have my kids rake up acorns from my parents yard and then spread them under oak trees near my stands. They usually get 2-3 garbage cans full and I only spread them when they stop dropping on their own.
10-16-2004, 05:48 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location:
Posts: 413
RE: Baiting question/techniques
I read a story about baiting for big bucks a few years back and they said to spread the bait over a very large area instead of making a pile. When we use corn we spread it all over and make the deer work for it. Has that technique brought in big bucks? Decent ones but nothing yet that would score well. What I have seen is more scraping and rubbing in the areas and less fighting between the does for the food and those decent bucks coming in for a sniff!!!
10-17-2004, 08:59 AM
#5
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location:
Posts: 2,981
RE: Baiting question/techniques
i got 2 packs of greenapple jello and 1 strawberry and made a big batch of it and mixed it with the corn. put it out friday. it really smells good and sweet fruity, really strong. i'm gonna go check it out today as we can't hunt on sunday. i let you know what i find. it was an idea from some stuff i bought last year in a jug. it was like gummi bear sludge that smelled like apples and pears. they came in and ate it up the first night it was there. tough though as its just getting cold here and the family doesn't show up in full force until its just a little colder. mtn. deer. they spread the heck out in the spring and summer and hole up on a mtn by the house in the winter, at least this family does.
10-17-2004, 09:51 AM
#6
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Posts: 2,981
RE: Baiting question/techniques
the whole trail of it is gone, but the pile remains intact. been nudged around a bit and eaten off a little. i took the above advice and kicked it around to spread it out. could be the turkeys, the %$#$%^! turkeys. there's about 55 of them running around around here, i counted, and they are really starting to bother me. they eat everything in sight. no fall season here, but i know this land and they are eating. i feed the deer even after season to try and help 'em out, but have to buy twice everything, at least. i've seen the turkeys eat about 25 lbs of corn in a day in late january.
