Deer Apple Corn Block
Deer Apple Corn Block
Last night, I dropped a deer apple/corn block in the woods behind my house. I have some game cameras set up back there, and like to give the wildlife in the area an incentive to pose in front of my cameras on a frequent basis. I used one of these last year, and the deer flat out destroyed it.
I typically place corn out in front of my cameras. It definitely brings the deer in, but also raccoons, rabbits, birds, and squirrels too. It does drive me crazy when I sort through my game camera pictures, and half of them are squirrel pics.
I started weighing out the economics of using shelled corn over apple/corn blocks like this. I paid $8.50 for this 25 pound deer block, and $7.40 for a 50 pound bag of corn. If I lay the corn out on the ground, it will be gone in a matter of days. I know ... I should be using a feeder with a dusk and dawn timer so I can control the output of corn. Well, I have a couple, but I still need to get batteries for one, and the other is out of commission. Squirrels chewed the funnel cone that leads from the bucket to the spreader, and it is gone. A deer block like this will last for weeks though. I'm marking my calendar to see exactly how long it lasts.
In the mean time, I think I'm going to pick up some more of these blocks. I should hopefully have some new pics to post soon.
Tags: apple corn block, deer bait, deer block, deer feed, wildlife block
