Planting Bird seed for deer?

[Rut-N-Strut]

So I had a crazy idea and I think I might try it this comming summer. Any body ever heard of or tried planting bird seed for a summer grain plot? I think it wouldn't be a bad idea but what do yall think? And the stuff will sprout its everywhere under the bird feeders.

 

[jmb4wd]

It will grow pretty good, or it does at my house. Around our fence I always have millet and milo coming up from bird crap .

Also I planted about 10 lbs of black oil sunflowers straight from the bird food isle and they did awesome.

Only thing is the price, they think a lot of that stuff!!

 

[Football Hunter]

could work,Ive tried sunflowers,deer just wipe em out,as soon as they come up.

 

[McNasty]

I've done it with several different mixes. It will grow just fine, but field rats and birds like it a lot more than deer do. The deer always just passed mine over to get to the better stuff. They wouldn't even look at it when I had soybeans next to it.

 

[Trapper John]

Never tried it for deer but if you can ever find some without cracked corn it'll grow a heck of a dove/quail/turkey field.

Price is the only negative. You could mix your own and get more for less cash.