Deer ate what?

[okladeerhunter]

I have read in feild and stream or outdoor life or one of them outdoor magizines that there is record of deer that have eaten fish. I think it was in flordia? images/icons/confused.gif

[too_pointer]

I know that they like pumpkins so I imagine
they would eat the other types also.
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[wishinone]

I never grew mellons, but have had them eat peppers even the hot ones.

[huntinsonovagun]

I was a professional melon-picker. (Not really, but I worked for a farmer for a few years and all we did was pick watermelons and canteloupes) Yep...the deer bust open the melons and eat them. One that surprized me was coyotes eat them!!! I had no clue until I started working for him. Coyotes are worse than deer about them. Crows are pretty bad too. He finally started putting these "baby-boomboxes" out every night and they stayed away...until they get used to them. They also have propane canons that sound like a gun going off at certain intervals. If you have any other melon questions....I'm here images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/tongue.gif

[archerjg]

They eat everything up here except the hot peppers they may try one but after that they will no longer try it. They will eat everything else though. They like melons, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, greens, onions, celery, beans, peas, squash, etc.

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[Orion_70]

OH Yeah. We used to have deer burst watermelons and canteloupes all the time and eat them. They especially love peas just as soon as they sprout, they'll clean the garden out.

[Tominator]

i've seen deer eat a lot of stuff over the years, from dead leaves, to poison ivy.

and, of course, if you read my other post about my marauding deer, one ate two kinds of oak leaves, bachelor button flowers, peas and maple leaves. it wouldn't surprise me at all that they eat peppers and melons.

i know my dog eats both melons and peppers. i usually find out when he breathes on me. images/icons/grin.gif

[Jeramie]

They are already doing damage to our garden this year. We have 6-tomatoes plants left out of 18. They are also eating the leaf lettuce and potato tops. Sorry buzzards....

[TreeWalker]

The are also meat eaters.....a study here in ND has photos and documentation of deer ravaging ground nests and eating the hatchlings............I'll try to search up the story, I have it saved somewhere..... images/icons/shocked.gif

[strubedog]

We feed the deer all the leftovers or rottens from the garden, they love pumpkins.