Unbelievable crop damage!
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I've planted late corn for the last 4 yrs and this year they have destroyed it. None may make it . Mines only 4-5 acres and they are eating the tops out of it. I put up a scarecrow yesterday and covered it in the stinkiest old lady perfume you can imagine and today when I pulled up there were two does and fawns out there wearing it out. It's not even knee high because of them eating it. First this has ever happened .
Looks like Yuchi
Chiflyguy
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Lost most of my green beans and peas this year.
I'll get my revenge come November.
I'll get my revenge come November.
I have 25 acres (pics posted on here not long ago) that look as bad or worse than that. Start spraying tomorrow and planting millet and Milo. It's duck holes at Cumberland city but the damage is just unbelievable
I will be honest, I have never seen deer eat green corn, only the cobs after they are dry and ready for harvest?
Soybeans, now that is a different story.
Soybeans, now that is a different story.
BSK
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Hungry deer will eat a lot of things they don't normally eat.
can't tell from the pic, but often fertilizer will not get applied as even, on the ends of the fields, resulting in stunted growth .
Mr.Bro
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No they are eating it.
@fulldraw
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No reason these deer should be that hungry. It's predominantly agriculture land with pockets of hardwoods. What's odd is the corn appears to be fed on in one small patch in the pic. This patch isn't down by the woods either.
Odd. Now, Im just throwing guesses at it
Maybe some tender shoots/new growth up in the top of the plant they are picking out
Maybe its round-up ready corn and the salt left over from the spray "tastes good"
Maybe its a deer that just likes corn leaves
I've never had this happen before . There is 35 acres of corn that is mature 1000 yds away and wasn't noticeable eaten.
Mr.Bro
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Tap the pic. It's actually video
JCDEERMAN
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I've never seen that before. So odd. Should be plenty of greens out there for them to eat. That's 3 or 4 members I've seen on here with that same problem.
CWD zombie deer don't act the same 
…… just kidding about that cause I've never seen deer do that so early in the year to corn
…… just kidding about that cause I've never seen deer do that so early in the year to cornBSK
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Odd. Now, Im just throwing guesses at it
Maybe some tender shoots/new growth up in the top of the plant they are picking out
Maybe its round-up ready corn and the salt left over from the spray "tastes good"
Maybe its a deer that just likes corn leaves
Crazy question, but is this RR corn? I ask because I was working in Mississippi and everyone knows down there that deer rarely eat cotton plants. However, the farmer planted RR cotton and the deer went crazy over it. Only thing I could figure was something different in the tase of the RR version.
Mr.Bro
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Pretty sure I don't have any idea what RR corn is or even the difference between regular field corn. Deer are eating it in spots on other farms I hunt. Just not to this degree.
