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Deer will eat alfalfa! #2189906 03/17/11 09:30 PM
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I know there has been alot of discussion regarding deer eating alfalfa. In fact I got the idea from reading the discussion board on this site.

Last month we put the 1000 lb. round bales out and as you can see about two thirds are now gone. We are in Val Verde County, South of Sonora off of 189. We have only had a half of an inch of rain since December. So, needless to say everything is dry and they are hungry.

We put them in a 1800 pasture, no cattle. We didn't have time to set up cameras, but we figure it was primarily deer. I expected alot more waste, but was pleasanly surprised!





Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: Katy Tigers] #2189946 03/17/11 09:48 PM
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awesome, I feed square bails



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: landsurveyor] #2189952 03/17/11 09:51 PM
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might be javis also


Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: MaggieMTx] #2190072 03/17/11 10:55 PM
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I agree I feed 5 bails that are the 3,000 pounds square bails a month and they are gone withing a month we do have exotics but the whitetail are the first to it every time...


Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: Kimber1911] #2190106 03/17/11 11:17 PM
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Last year in Bandera there was a feed store on 173 just before you get to Hwy. 16 in town. They had some of the big alfalfa bales outside and had to end up putting a fence around them to keep out the deer.


Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: don k] #2190250 03/18/11 12:33 AM
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They will hammer it in a year like this. Better watch out with they way they are eating those bales into a mushroom shape....might fall onto a smaller deer and kill it. Happens on exotics from time to time on smaller species so it might happen on whitetails also.



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: stxranchman] #2190282 03/18/11 12:48 AM
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We put out alfalfa and the neighbors cows plowed down the fence to get to it. Kimble county game warden told us it was our responsibility to fence the cows out and not for the owner of the cows to fence them in. Their cows knocked down our fence and we had to repair it all for alfalfa hay.



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: 30378] #2190947 03/18/11 05:31 AM
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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: brazman] #2190958 03/18/11 06:03 AM
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We keep it out year round, works well for us.



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I have seen some great looking mule deer in the alfalfa fields around Roswell. They eat real!



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WE used to feed alfalfa and smashed apples, draws them out every time.




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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: Tactical_Smurf] #2193641 03/20/11 02:24 AM
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Lookin good. Ima try it



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that sure doesnt look like the same kind of alfalfa i have been feeding. might just be the picture, but it looks like coastal hay to me...



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: rsquared] #2195741 03/21/11 01:40 PM
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Deer love alfalfa,at least in Erath county.



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: Erathkid] #2196822 03/21/11 10:13 PM
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I have been feeding alfalfa for 3 years. The deer are going through a ton a month right now. I found some oat hay round bales with lots of kernals and the turkey appreciate it.


Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: don k] #2211346 03/29/11 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted By: don k
Last year in Bandera there was a feed store on 173 just before you get to Hwy. 16 in town. They had some of the big alfalfa bales outside and had to end up putting a fence around them to keep out the deer.


my grandpa takes semi truck loads of the big round bale to bandera at this high fence deer hunin outfit out there, not a blade of grass in site there, no vegitation at all! they seem to like it



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sprinkle some buck crack around it, then throw in some peanut butter and top it off with indian corn. works every time



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Re: Deer will eat alfalfa! [Re: shark 25-06] #2212676 03/29/11 08:36 PM
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How much is it? I think we're paying $12 for 50# bags of protein. I'd probably have to get square bails. I have no way to haul a round bail.

Not the crack thing again...



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