Tim Andrus Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 This probably should be in the food plot room , but I figured I would get more replies here. A friend of mine planted 4 acres of pumpkins to sell, but the whiley whitetails had other ideas . they destroyed his field within 2 weeks. Was wondering if anyone else ever experienced something like that with pumpkins . Might be the next food plot product LOL thanks Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Pumpkins are a delicacy for Whitetails Tim ... they just can't seem to get enough of them ... They'll smash them open with the hoofs and have a feast ... I use to drop pumpkins and apples, and the preferred option seems to be the pumpkins .. Can't feed the deer anymore here in VT ... can't even bait the bears .. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Ohhh,.....Plant the giant pumpkins, they break open easier!! My buddy used to raise them for kids with cancer. Awesome food plot material! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Testimony in a hearing for the 150' rule for archery in NJ had a gentlemen tell of a friends five acre patch of pumpkins being devastated by deer. The current 450' rule kept him from thinning the herd...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Pumpkins are a delicacy for Whitetails Tim ... they just can't seem to get enough of them ... They'll smash them open with the hoofs and have a feast ... Oh yeah! I know people who drive around after halloween to pick up peoples leftover pumpkins and ..."ahem".... take them to a landfill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence gardipy jr Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Im an outfitter and im going to try pumkins on one stand. peas on another. but saskatchwan canada is alot different climate. i had tried corn in the past they didn't even touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Tim, I vaguely remember the subject of "Pumpkins" coming up in the past here in different threads. If I remember correctly back then people were trying without success to get deer to feed on thier leftover Halloween pumpkins. Maybe that when they are fresh theres a difference but I'm fairly positive nobody had success with the used Halloween pumpkins. Someone who knows how to find those old threads could probably help you better;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Tim, I vaguely remember the subject of "Pumpkins" coming up in the past here in different threads. If I remember correctly back then people were trying without success to get deer to feed on thier leftover Halloween pumpkins. Maybe that when they are fresh theres a difference but I'm fairly positive nobody had success with the used Halloween pumpkins. Someone who knows how to find those old threads could probably help you better;) Gary, the problem with Halloween pumpkins is that people usually burn candles in them or they are mostly rotted before they try and feed them to deer .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 We've got a big-time vegetable farmer out the road a piece from here. He grows gads of acres of pumpkins. After the harvest there's still more pumpkins left in the field than most people have ever seen in one place in their life. Seems the deer go by and take a bite out of them. Any pumpkin with a deer bite is a loss and sits in the field to rot. I can't, however, say tha I've seen the pumpkin fields crawling with deer at any time. Don't know if I'd choose pumpkins as a foodplat crop over soybean or rape/brassica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Ohhh yea. Whitetails DESTROY them. We plant about 1/4 acre every year, and even with a 6 foot fence around them we are lucky to have 5 or 6 left. It's funny seeing 3 or 4 deer inside the fence wondering, how the heck did they get in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unioncountyslayer Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Tell him next time to spray his plot about once/twice a month with a product called Liquid Fence. It works wonders. I use it on all of my customers flower beds and gardens. Best product I've ever used as a deterent. Much better than "Deer Off". Here is a link. http://www.liquidfence.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 And sometimes this happens...........................LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 hahahaha, i saw that sometime last year. I almost forgot how funny it was!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 That's wild because I've never had deer bother my pumpkins and I grow them every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 I have a pumpkin pile in front of my camera and the deer are hammering it. I was driving and found where 6-8 fell off from a trailer. Probably looked funny picking up the pieces but the deer love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 the antlope have eaten all my pumpkins outside, and even got one inside my greenhouse. and most of my peaches, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 the antlope have eaten all my pumpkins outside, and even got one inside my greenhouse. and most of my peaches, too. My BAD .. It's probably the two Antelope I missed .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark_85 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 hmmm may have to try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 kooooooollllllllllllll!!Cuz i got lots of them left over!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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