Thread: venison vs brodifacoum

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

What sort of bait medium is used? Palatable for deer?

My pig spot had brodi on it so I will wait til March next year. But I am not sure what I'd do then. They eat rats so I can't tell about secondary poisoning.

If its recent poison then check the poo. If it's the same or similar colour to the bait then you can tell its eaten stuff. My pig was normal but I chucked it anyway.

The blue dye is supposed to repel non target species, but I doubt anyone believes that. Any bait eaten by deer will be out of curiosity, they seem happy enough eating the clover and lucerne in my hay paddocks and chewing on my newly planted tree seedlings for some fibre!

Deer will only access brodi themselves, so less risk I hope. I would not eat pigs from around here, you'd need to assume much of their protein source would be coming from dead possums, rats and mice... possibly all dead due to brodfacoum. Some guys use brodi in bait stations with a layer of ferafeed on the top which protects it indefinitely, something I've just started doing. This means unless the bait stations are removed (illegal here) you can assume any pig is toxic.