Thread: Luring deer to a feeder

Just want to confirm that red and fallow deer don't seem to give a toss about turnips, at least this time of year. Juicy, huge heads of leaf, and they still just ignore them. This is observed on camera at 3 different feeders. Possums though seem to get a kick out of them, at least the turnips themselves. What don't they eat though.

Like possums, deer do seem to come for my aniseed oil. Just splash it up a bark thick trunk (more resilient to rain) near the feeder and they'll check it out eventually.

Have given up on any further attempts to ground lure with corn and molasses as the possums get it first. I even put heaps of salt in my molasses maize mix to try to put the possums off - twice as salty as salt water sort of thing - but nope - they eat it all. They get through the pile a little slower when overdosed in salt, but it's gone soon enough.

Peanut butter and green apples from a string I will try on the next project. Swedes too, when they are ready.