Deer touching brassicas

[dreambig@84]

Whats everyone's take on deer hitting their brassica plots?

I've noticed that I'm not seeing much action on the brassica plots yet. Maybe it's bc it hasn't hit first frost yet?
Deer are mostly interested in corn and cereal grains abd clovers

 

[Rjack]

They are hammering mine.

 

[Bucksnbears]

Mine are GONE!

 

[Bassattackr]

Hammering mine since September. Turnips and radish.

 

[Daver]

They are hammering mine.

Same here, mainly the radishes...they are gulping the whole plant.

 

[Pops]

Spent a lot of time on the farm last week. Brassicas were being hammered.

 

[JBAGS]

Hammering mine in MO and IA. Not touching them much on new farm in KS. Might take a little time for them to get accustomed to them.

 

[Daver]

Hammering mine in MO and IA. Not touching them much on new farm in KS. Might take a little time for them to get accustomed to them.

FWIW, I watched a bunch of fawns last night and they stayed in the rye about 95% of the time, eschewing the brassicas right next to them. When the rye is fresh from recent growth AND it is relatively warm, like last night...they seem to prefer the rye.

Where were the mommy deer, you ask??? I suspect they were back in the cover "doing things", things that lead to more fawns next spring, ahem.

Meanwhile, this morning my son had as many as NINE bucks all over a doe. There was a merry-go-round of activity underneath him for about an hour, including the very harried doe running a circle around the tree he was in.

He sent me video(s). It was wild!

 

[Nightvision]

FWIW, I watched a bunch of fawns last night and they stayed in the rye about 95% of the time, eschewing the brassicas right next to them. When the rye is fresh from recent growth AND it is relatively warm, like last night...they seem to prefer the rye.

Where were the mommy deer, you ask??? I suspect they were back in the cover "doing things", things that lead to more fawns next spring, ahem.

Meanwhile, this morning my son had as many as NINE bucks all over a doe. There was a merry-go-round of activity underneath him for about an hour, including the very harried doe running a circle around the tree he was in.

He sent me video(s). It was wild!

And people ask us how we can sit out in the weather, not shoot anything, and still have a good time.

Your son’s experience is why. Some of my best memories have nothing to do with killing anything