Rice bran and sweet potatoes are strong draws without turkey cross over. Have also recently heard some reports of the Big & J liquid attractant working very well. Trail cam pics seem to support it too.
If you are going to have dry weather for a bit, protein pellets or alfalfa pellets should work well. Soybeans would work well too but the turkeys would hit them when/if they find 'em.I have not located rice bran yet, but did put out sweet potatoes. I added some apple corn and sliced one up hoping to give them a better idea of what they are for a sampler, but no bites that I can tell yet. Although I hate it, they demolished the corn from and so far,, the turkeys have not been in that plot since I put it out.
This had been my observation as well. Baiting makes deer nocturnal, especially bucks. Plus where I hunt it is primarily eaten by squirrels, coons, and bears based upon trail camera photos.Just a wrap up on my experience with experimenting with several baits. I just came back from Alabama where baiting is a big deal and the locals believe in it for attracting bucks, not just does, during daylight, which contradicts my experience. Locally, I tried sweet potatoes, rice bran, alfalfa pellets, protein pellets, and a few other mixes and commercially available attractants suggested online. None of them were ever touched by deer (based on cell cam and personal observation during hunts), but the raccoons loved them. The only thing the deer liked was corn or apples, and they seemed to prefer eared corn over shelled, and preferred apple flavored over regular shelled. The raccoons also love all the corn, so it didn't help me much and the deer become more nocturnal once I tried putting out bait, so it hurt the hunting. Personally, I wish they would just ban it across the planet and be done with it, not worth the effort or $ here at least.
Yep. I put them out after Halloween and they like the seeds.Frozen pumpkins.
I've heard of pumpkins but never specifically frozen. You break them or leave them whole?Frozen pumpkins.
I've heard of pumpkins but never specifically frozen. You break them or leave them whole?
Turnips. You can buy a 50 lb bag of turnip seeds from amazon and plant them in concentrated areas. The deer love the greens that they sprout up
I've heard of pumpkins but never specifically frozen. You break them or leave them whole?
Either way. If you don’t break the shell they will stomp the pumpkin with their hooves to get the insides. They won’t really touch them unless frozen.
We have a deep watershed on our hunting property, I put the pumpkins on the edge after frozen & watch the year's fawns try to bite them. Roll down and one side & up the other, back & forth until the nanny doe gets tired of it & stomps them. She always eats her fill & lets them have the rest. Usually entertainment for hour or so. They love squash too!Either way. If you don’t break the shell they will stomp the pumpkin with their hooves to get the insides. They won’t really touch them unless frozen.