nocturnal deer?

[engineerbrian]

So what's the best way to deal with nocturnal deer?

The bow hunting spot in my backyard has dried up, however the trail cam shows that the deer are still coming in, but only at night. The deer feeder (my kids manually dumping a bucket of corn) goes off late in the afternoon. I wonder if simply putting the corn out early morning would change their routine?

FWIW they are coming in from midnight to 6am.

 

[tosainu1]

Is this a real question?

You send your kids to put a bucket of corn in the afternoon and don't know why deer are coming in the night? Really?

 

[Name Taken]

You send your kids to put a bucket of corn in the afternoon and don't know why deer are coming in the night? Really?

You win the LOL post of the day.

 

[Mdeng]

Spotlight.















Oh wait that isn't legal in this or most states.

 

[Ferg]

Sure, but they will probably think the food source dried up, and may take a while before they figure it out again. Of course, if they're the only ones, the food will still be there at 3am.

 

[crowmd]

night vision or send the kids in to drive the deer to you

 

[davsco]

we have a bird feeder in the backyard. my wife fills it each morning while taking the dog for a spin around our property. most days within ten minutes of her filling it, we have 3-10 deer fighting over it, and they come back thru several times a day. there is literally a path from the adjacent woods to the bird feeder, from deer, raccoons, etc.

 

[tosainu1]

And the hits keep coming!!

"night vision or send the kids in to drive the deer to you"

Night hunting is highly illegal and sending his untrained kids into his path is highly unsafe"

Please think before you post..!!

Once deer have become nocturnal, it is very difficult to overcome. What you can try is getting an electronic feeder such as a Moultrie Pro and gradually start feeding earlier and not in large amounts(3-5 seconds) so that the deer have to get there earlier or go without and put a mineral rock for attraction as well..That has worked for me....

 

[fabsroman]

"night vision or send the kids in to drive the deer to you"

Night hunting is highly illegal and sending his untrained kids into his path is highly unsafe"

Please think before you post..!!

Once deer have become nocturnal, it is very difficult to overcome. What you can try is getting an electronic feeder such as a Moultrie Pro and gradually start feeding earlier and not in large amounts(3-5 seconds) so that the deer have to get there earlier or go without and put a mineral rock for attraction as well..That has worked for me....

The mineral rock is a good idea, but that will usually be out there 24/7 for a while. He just needs to get them into the habit of coming around for the food in the morning. Wait until the ground is snow covered and the temps really dip down. Those deer will be hurting for food and will not be nocturnal when their stomachs are empty days on end.

Now, if there is another food source in the area, then he might be completely screwed.

End of the day, it all depends on the totality of the circumstances.

 

[deerhtr]

my suggestion which i used on a feeder but will still work with the hand dumping is to cut back amount dumped to 10 percent of current amount then every other day move time back 30 min. earlier till you start seeing them at legal shooting light

 

[Mooseman]

My tractor trailer has taken care of many nocturnal deer.

 

[plumberone]

There's a lot of deer parts on 68 out in western MD.

 

[Mooseman]

There's a lot of deer parts on 68 out in western MD.

Some of those are mine.

 

[plumberone]

Looks like you ran over several herds of deer

 

[engineerbrian]

You send your kids to put a bucket of corn in the afternoon and don't know why deer are coming in the night? Really?

Yep, its a real question. That's why I posted it. In the past 10 years of feeding the deer in the evenings I have never had an issue with them being nocturnal, in fact you could set your watch by them in the past.

The mineral rock is a good idea, but that will usually be out there 24/7 for a while. He just needs to get them into the habit of coming around for the food in the morning. Wait until the ground is snow covered and the temps really dip down. Those deer will be hurting for food and will not be nocturnal when their stomachs are empty days on end.
Now, if there is another food source in the area, then he might be completely screwed.

End of the day, it all depends on the totality of the circumstances.

That's actually my game plan at this point. Hopefully late season bow hunting will be good

 

[Mooseman]

Looks like you ran over several herds of deer

The most I've ever hit at once was four. The worst thing I ever hit was a bear. That was like hitting a wall.

 

[303_enfield]

Stop feeding them. Start again at the end of the month. The deer went nocturnal from the pressure you put on them.

 

[Inigoes]

Joggers are even having deer strikes

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24160491/jogger-hit-by-flying-deer

 

[Mdeng]

Joggers are even having deer strikes

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24160491/jogger-hit-by-flying-deer

Well it is the Christmas season.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Stop feeding them. Start again at the end of the month. The deer went nocturnal from the pressure you put on them.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Behold, you have your answer.