dukslyr77 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have a buddy that has seen deer traveling in a sunflower field. He asked me if deer will eat them? I dont have a clue can someone else help answer this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yep, they sure do. I grow them every year as a food source for the birds, but the deer eat them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yep. I have to shoo them out of my birdfeeders every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 haha yes i know for a fact they do,,, and they also will eat the plant as it grows,, i have to put chicken wire all around my plant so that they would be able to grow without the deer eating them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 We were planning on planting some on the farm for dove hunting next year...We might need a stand by them come deer season I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007hunter Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Groundhogs do to... Darn things ate the ones I planted this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Not sure but I enjoy them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 i planted a hundred or so sunflowers this past spring in my back yard and the deer ate all but a dozen before they could fully grow... couldn't keep them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 deer will eat about anything that grows. juniper berries are about last on their list, but i've seen them eat junipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 *sigh* This was my first year attempting to grow sunflowers and to my complete surprise they came up! Every one of them! I even had red ones! They got about 4 feet tall and the deer came along and bit them off to the ground, along with my scarlet sage, petunias, violas, along with a few others! I was FURIOUS! By then it was already too late to replant.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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