Deer corn ??

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

Quick question for the MDS brain trust.
I have 3 50# bags of deer corn that have been sitting in my shed for the past 2-3 years. There is no evidence of water leaks on or mouse holes in the bags. Is this still safe to feed the deer or should it go to the dump?

lx1x · Aug 14, 2017

Moisture or mold?

44man · Aug 14, 2017

feed it to them. they wont eat it if its full of weavels but they will if its not. and if it is full of weavels the birds and squirrels will eat it.

engineerbrian · Aug 14, 2017

Put it out for them and let the deer answer your question. If they dont like they wont eat it.

Inigoes · Aug 14, 2017

lx1x said:
Moisture or mold?

Deer love fermented corn, so do people

44man said:
feed it to them. they wont eat it if its full of weavels but they will if its not. and if it is full of weavels the birds and squirrels will eat it.

This, it will get eaten one way or another.

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

Thank you all for the quick answers!

Next question...... anybody want it?
I have a 1 month old baby and a 2 year old in the house so deer hunting is probably not going to happen this season.
If someone local wants it they can have it if not it will get dumped in the woods. I am in southern Calvert and I travel to the Leonardtown area several times a week. This will have to go in the next couple of days.

Inigoes · Aug 14, 2017

The kids or the corn?

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

If the baby doesn't start sleeping at night........

Inigoes · Aug 14, 2017

LOL

Feed the deer in your back yard, help them grow bigger for next year.

Remember, no throwing the baby out with the deer corn

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

I much as I would love to hunt in my yard it is not going to happen. I live on a 1/2 lot and the neighbors have said no to me bow hunting. They complain about the deer eating the flowers and bushes but don't want them dead.
I will keep the kids. The 2 year old is pretty cool.

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

The baby is fun during the day. She just thinks night time is when she is supposed to be awake

mesmithwesson · Aug 14, 2017

Throw it out there. The raccoons like corn too!

Doco Overboard · Aug 14, 2017

They'll eat it as long as it hasn't been wet.

parttimer · Aug 14, 2017

It has been dry since the day I bought it.
I think the raccoons like my trash plenty already I don't need to feed them any more. Well I guess I wouldn't mind feeding them some lead.

Minuteman · Aug 15, 2017

Old joke:

Where baiting deer with corn is illegal; make a pile and put up a sign that reads: "This corn is strictly for squirrels, any deer caught eating it will be shot!"

AlanInSilverSpring · Aug 15, 2017

Minuteman said:
Old joke:

Where baiting deer with corn is illegal; make a pile and put up a sign that reads: "This corn is strictly for squirrels, any deer caught eating it will be shot!"

One of my favorites

Doctor_M · Aug 15, 2017

Just make sure that you tell the deer...

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Minuteman · Aug 15, 2017

AlanInSilverSpring said:
One of my favorites

That's it, love that one!

foxtrapper · Aug 15, 2017

I had some moldy buggy stuff I dumped out last year and something sure ate it. Not sure if deer ate it or something else, but I think it looked pawed at, like a deer would do. I dumped it next to my deer cocaine stuff they already had been coming to. I have leftover corn from last season and stuffed it in my biggest chest freezer so that the bugs and mold won't get it. I hope the coyote smells don't get into it lol, but the deer will probably not care at all.

Doco Overboard · Aug 15, 2017

After they had the sugar rush from corn for awhile and the majority of feeding is over in cold temps theyll eat it. Wet moldy they'll eat it. Sika will nose into the water to get it off the bottom up to they're eyes even when its still warm out. They will also stay and gorge themselves till nearly every bit of its gone. They exhale and blow the water out of their nose like a mist and sound like cattle browsing on grass.

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