Deer Eating Corn Tassels

Randy K. Crump · Nov 29, 2021

Deer Eating Corn Tassels: As soon as corn tassels emerge, the deer eat them because they are sweet tasting. The corn plant then dies as it is unable to pollinate and weeds develop in their place. I can't afford to install a fence around the farm high enough to keep the deer out. Is there any thing I can plant around the edge of the field that will keep the deer away? I know there are some chemicals that can be sprayed on the corn, but it washes off after rainfall and is very expensive. Thanks!

old · Nov 29, 2021

Basil and marigold help a lot and even rosemary and other such herbs that have a strong smell

rrlund · Nov 30, 2021

Crop rotation so they move on. I've had it happen where the wind has blown the pollen in and it pollenated anyway, but you have to have the right conditions at the right time or you're better off growing hay in those fields.

MJMJ · Nov 30, 2021

How big of field? With the right wire placement and spacing, electric will keep them out. Pretty common for food plots to be fences off until the plants get a good start.

Texasmark · Dec 2, 2021

I never deer hunted and knew not of their capabilities. Was visiting family in the E. Texas piney woods and saw some movement in the trees adjacent to a higher than normal....maybe 5' high, fence. A good sized, well fed, doe walked up the fence with her head over the top, looking things over. Standing stiff legged, on all 4s, in a heartbeat that doe bounced over that fence and walked on off. I couldn't believe my eyes.

herk · Dec 19, 2021

I live in central MN , I have had to build a hay shed with walls to keep them out of the hay ,we have had 2 dogs in the yard also (DNR don't like to hear about dogs ) I have to put up a 9 ft fence around my silage pile,I have tried electric, I have parked machinery around my silage only to have the deer crawl under it , neighbors have fences around their hay , as for the fields good luck most of the farmers around here often say the outside rounds are not worth combining as all the cobs are bare, sometimes in the fall some of us can get a depervation permit to shoot deer , they must use steel slugs no lead ( lead poisoning ?? to the consumers ) and the meat is brought to local butcher shops for the military and the homeless, land owner gets none of it. Also we have to many trophy hunters If they hunt my land they have to shoot does, the last 24 hrs of muzzle loader season they took 5 deer all within 1200 ft of my yard . good luck Bryan

Texasmark · Dec 21, 2021

Amazing. Seems lots of things are different in MN!

Dave H (MI) · Dec 22, 2021

I will go with rrlund on this. You have to keep rotating things around to stay ahead of them and the crop has to have enough vigor to grow in spite of them.

Deer Eating Corn Tassels

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