I do not do the planting, my partner does. Jan 25, 2008 #2. gadeerwoman Senior Member. This video discusses the plants that deer eat, how many pounds of food they need per day, as well as invasive species they won’t eat. Volumes have been written about food plots that sport clovers, brassica, rape, turnips, and a host of other nutritious deer plants. They used the woods that I was in to scent check the barley field. #8 billandsuz, Apr 2, 2013. ventura78 Aspirant (277) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts. While deer will hit oats during a large window, they especially love them early in the growing phase. There is more to this than simply slicing the stomach to find the answer to, “what do deer eat”. In South Dakota the pheasants love barley and deer love alfalfa. Red Deer eat mainly concentrate food and do not switch from concentrate food to grass between seasons.” Similarly, a survey of the diet of Red deer in the floodplain forests of the Morava River in the Czech Republic between October 2001 and November 2002 by Jarmila Prokesova provides support for these animals being more browsers than grazers, although it did also show some seasonality. They clearly preferred the barley to the standing corn. Many deer, especially whitetail deer, eat acorns that fall from trees, as well as hickory nuts, beechnuts and pecans. These types of food supply the deer with energy to limit thermal stress and promote rapid antler and body growth, as healthy deer herds need to cash in on digestible energy. Blackberries. I've heard that deer and turkeys will eat it, but that it does not usually do well here in Ga. Worth a try if the seed was free. Can't say I've ever seen fawns or many does feeding on barley heads though. It seems to be much fuller and yield more tonnage than wheat. I do not recommend using anything that does not have a proven track record in your area. I would guess that a great tasting wheat would out perform a poor tasting barley and the other way around. You want something that tastes good to the deer. This distinction is important because it dictates preference of wheat seedheads by deer and other wildlife. Food Plots, Supplemental Feeding & Gardening. The barley has a short season and is pretty much gone by deer season in most areas. However, with it being a new, young food source in late October it did draw a lot of deer and the hunting was still great around it. Different climates, soils, pH and nutritants will provide different results. they're not all bad after all. Dogwood trees. A Deer are unpredictable and opportunistic feeders. but i still put spent grains out back and will happily watch them chow down. So, how about 100 lbs of peas and barley and spike it with 2 lbs of radish and a couple lbs of winfred brassica? We have planted barley with great success. Do Deer Eat Pumpkin…? Having hunted Mule, Whitetail, and Blacktail Deer, I can tell you all three of these species will eat darn near everything. Hay. Jan 25, 2008 #3. If you click on the name it tells you his real name and state registered from. Although they are herbivores, they are not picky in regards to what kind of plant they will eat. Avoid feeding pure corn, barley or wheat as they are too high in starch and may cause digestive problems leading to death. Some fungueses and mushrooms like dumdum said. Alfalfa ^Those are major crops down here and the local farmers hate the deer b/c they'll eat the new growth of the above crops. Winter Hunting Tip | What Do Deer Eat During the Late Season? If you use the shoulder or the neck the meat is tougher, so do all you can to tenderize the meat beforehand and you might also want to cook it a little longer. People are wild about the idea of deer eating birds. If used as feed, its grain should be ground or cracked to improve efficiency in a given ration. Deer do eat mast of the two kinds. Quick pearl barley does not need pre-soaked and usually cooks within about 12-15 minutes. Apples. Thanks guys. Yes, I am in Ohio but from WI. If deer cannot access high quality natural forages around your feeder, they will not thrive. Well, if you talk to the relative who runs the land where many of my food plots are on, he will talk like barley is gold. Ask them when the recommended planting date is for each product. With corn we have huge loses to the deer. When the grain is almost mature they will fed on the soft seeds. The deer hit it hard around the last week in October and keep it cropped down after that. The fields are cash crop fields. That’s why it is added last. Sounds like a fun trial. Set up oats at 100lb/acre. When available, deer also enjoy eating fruit, such as apples and persimmons. They are called “awnless” varieties. He drills the seed at the normal farming rate. Here is why I want people to consider other options. Blueberries. Then the deer switch from protein to grains and within a week or so the fields are cropped back. Maybe it has something to do with the price of seed or its availability. It is pretty difficult to find the type of animal that looks more majestic and graceful than the White-Tailed deer. Wheat is a great draw for us during the rut. Will mix some AWS peas in both, What recommended seeding rate do you have? Doesn’t do them much good nutrition wise though. They can feed on a wide range of plants, including thorny ones, and seem to have a preference for plants with purple leaves. Barley with maize, oat and wheat is one of the most common feed grain of the world. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Other wheat varieties do not have awns, like the wheat in the photo at the top of this article. We plant in the fall. That is why it is hard to put too much stock in any one else's results. It can be planted earlier than wheat. This is a trait that helps limit the time they are exposed to predators. I am in WI. Folks I am associated with seem to go to the local feed mill and ask for either rye or wheat (I prefer rye). It’s all interesting food for thought for any deer manager. Honey suckle. Hard to turn down a free seed unless it's thistle, johnson grass or sicklepod. "Do Deer eat wheat?" How to Plant. I like it. The fields were organic and the grain was often sold before it was even planted so we would plant what the buyer wanted. 14-Aug-08. Yes, in Canada they use it. The Rumen where deer store their food as they eat serves as a mechanism to allow deer to quickly eat large quantities of food without much chewing. JavaScript is disabled. See more ideas about deer meat recipes, deer meat, recipes. The i09 post has generated nearly 339,000 traffic flames at the time of writing (which is a lot). Your welcome. Fruits such as blackberries, grapes, plums, and mulberries are used as a carbs-rich energy source during antler growth. Copyright © 2012 Bowsite.com. (corn, oats, and barley) is readily available, but has protein of only about 8 percent and is high in corn … Some of our sites grow alsike clover well and others grow ladino clover well and it varies on the same site so we always plant both. Deer are herbivores. As with pellets, these foods can be placed in handful amounts on well packed snow… preferably under conifer trees to prevent being covered with snow. What do deer eat? Strawberries. So many people buy a bag of oats that have a deer on the bag and think they really got something, as it grows fast and the deer eat it. When they get back to a safe bedding area they proceed to re-ch… I think I will pick up a bag. Yes, Deer eat carrot as I mention above they eat almost anything grown in your yard. This means that they only feed on food produced from plants and do not eat meat or other animals. When spotting this animal skipping through the woods, the chances are high that they are in search of food such as nuts, acorns, twigs and grass. Arkansas Game and Fish warns that in addition to poor nutritional content, "commercially sold 'deer corn' does not meet the requirements of corn sold for livestock." I was given some free barley seed, and i am thinking about putting them in my food plot behind my house. This did not seem to effect the summer yield but it really impacted the volume of food for the deer. That is what makes it so great. This happens for many reasons but the result is the same; inadequate amounts of quality food for deer.There is a difference between baiting and supplemental feeding. It is about conservation. While I have never actually seen one do it, I firmly believe the answer is yes. Forage oats will yield between 1.5 and 2.0 tons of forage dry matter per acre when planted between august 1 and august 15. Coincidentally, I photographed some deer eating lawn grass today, which was well-watered and therefore succulent, but I think wheat and barley are safe enough. Will deer eat barley grass. What is very important is that the fields have a pH close to 7 and there is great fertilizer. C.O.B. Q Which garden plants do deer prefer to eat? There is both winter rye, winter wheat, winter triticale, winter oats and winter barley (yes there is winter barley). That is more important than how much there is or what there is. We have used a number of the winter grains and I think that the barley did the best. As always, begin with a soil test. Figs. We planted them to sell the grain in the summer. These types of food aren't readily available for deer to consume, however, so they don't make up a large part of a deer's diet. Supplemental feeding can be especially important for diminished habitats. We were able to plant the barley shortly after Labor Day and it was full and high by October. If we could not get into the fields because they were wet it may have been late October before wheat got in. What I can do is feed them corn, oats and barley sweetened with molasses, take pleasure in watching them eat, then swaddle them with unspoken hope as they take their leave. Bullwinkle, he is from Ohio. At times we get concerned that it is getting so high that it may lay down and mold. On the wettest and heaviest soils, triticale is a powerhouse. In Ohio the deer do not seem to hit the barley until after they have finished their winter coats. As the seasons change, so does a deer’s diet. Yields will lower as it's planted later in the season. Rarely is anything written about how much a deer eats. Fill deer feeders with the following mixture: Fat: 50 pounds – rice bran Carbohydrates: 100 pounds – corn Protein: 50 pounds – high quality protein pellet. Aug 31, 2020 - Explore Lilwifey2586's board "Deer Meat Recipes", followed by 345 people on Pinterest. Anyone on WI ever plant barley for a fall killing plot? Bill Brown Senior Member. No duplication without prior consent. :) From: oldhootowl. I've heard that deer and turkeys will eat it, but that it does not usually do well here in Ga. Worth a try if the seed was free. deer are a pest in these parts of upstate NY. Some years they recommended not planting winter wheat until near the end of September. All work if they will grow in your soil and weather. Barley. Just make sure that the fields have the right pH and fertilizer. From a hunting point of view they all worked just fine. Twanger- where are you located? Deer are ruminantsand have a four-chambered stomach. So, soil types will affect what grains grow best in Wisconsin. Barley is primarily (70 percent) used as feed for animals 1). On Wednesday, i09 wrote up a story based on a couple of reports of deer caught engaging in omnivorous activity. The first two months following germination are key times to focus on oats. Once the barley starts to stem in the spring the deer move on to something else. Supplemental feeding isn’t about fattening up the deer you hunt. Food plots, acorns and mast crops do a wonderful job of priming deer for the taxing rut, but you want to be sure to have some supplements available during and after the rut to limit weight loss. There is nothing magical in barley vs wheat vs oats. Will deer eat barley grass. Is Rob planting his barley in the fall or spring? Pears. Barley, was a discussion at times today as i brew beer and robust barley deer do love and well, it's a very popular grain when i brew. Does a bear s*^t in the woods? Next, go ahead and spray for weeds while you’re waiting on the test results from the lab. Yes, deer love to eat pumpkin it’s hard for them to crack the pumpkin. When the grain is almost mature they will fed on the soft seeds. I would go to your local farm seed supply store and buy what grows best in your area and go with that. Ornamental grasses. Whether you have winter food plots or you don’t, there is one tactic that can quickly help you identify your deer herd’s late season forage…opening their stomach! We harvest it once it is dry and they do … What Do Deer Eat? There is also the spring versions of each. Deer take time while they chew Carrot because these are big in size as compare to forbs and mast. Instead I prefer to plant forage legumes, such as soybeans, cowpeas, lablab, alyceclover, and jointvetch during the summer months and rely on cool-season forages in the fall through winter. Make sure that they know that you want something that will provide plenty of volume in the fall for deer. Although deer readily eat grain sorghum, I do not plant it in a pure stand when managing specifically for deer. Overall - I'd say I've seen better deer attracing plantings than barley in most every season. At times we get concerned that it is getting so high that it may lay down and mold. From: tonyo6302. In Mid Summer - when the heads form - in "milk/dough" stages - the deer will eat on the heads pretty heavily, especially bucks in my experience. It is overwhelmingly considered as carbohydrates and protein sources in livestock feed. Jan 25, 2008 #3. 1 regardless of what you’re planting. In Ohio the deer do not seem to hit the barley until after they have finished their winter coats. While they may feast on a plant in one garden, they may ignore the same plant in another. All they had to do was walk from the corn into the barley and they were safe but they wanted to use the wind. Twanger- picked up a bag. Awnless wheat seedheads are much preferred over awned varieties. B. Jan 25, 2008 #2. We harvest it once it is dry and they do not get much. I think it's in his DNA, as my grandpa probably built the farm on barley. like most people, the site of deer devouring 10 pounds of fresh seed in my bird feeder is enough to burst a vessel. Supplemental feeding is to it might be 10 degrees. If one has light soil, thats the one place where oats will do the best. Talk to the seed supplier. Yes, in Canada they use it. They spread the grains around the ground to make the deer work a little harder for it. That’s priority No. You are not registered - please click here to register now. Actually, deer are browsers rather than grazers - they eat broadleaf plants preferentially, and don't have the digestion for most grasses. I have not planted barley for deer and don't know anyone who has. Hard to turn down a free seed unless it's thistle, johnson grass or sicklepod. 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