Late Blacktail hunt here in Oregon

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Originally posted by fujimo:
well, thanks so much for the info- geuss i just made the hasty, and faulty assumption when i was reading about baiting- that it was just baiting in general- i need to reread that section of the regs again.
thanks for the clarification on the abbreviation.

interresting info on the corn and the blacktail- i wonder why just the blacktail, and not the mulies and other dear- i know on the deer farms with all the different species, they feed corn- would love to hear more.
thanks so much
wayne

Corn is not part of a blacktail's natural diet.

Whitetails on the other hand have not problem consuming corn. I don't know the exact science, but Oregon Dept. of Fish and Game did autopsy reports on blacktailed deer that had been feed corn and keeled over and died from it.

They died with full bellies of corn because they could not digest it.

I think in small doses it would be a good attractant, but it would not be good as a large cosumable bait.

I think if a guy used a pound of cracked corn in an area with apples and alfalfa, it would be okay. You just don't want the deer to eat corn until it is full. That is just a guess.

[don_h]

Apples were great when I lived on the coast in Oregon, better yet were the over ripe pears. Good luck.

[fujimo]

thanks fella's

[twitchstick]

Good luck!      

[JWA]

I am some what envious, looks like a great base camp. i have lost my season due to a back injury.
Best of luck!

[Tree Killer]

Final weekend kids, time to kill a deer or eat hot dogs this winter!

Apples are great by my house, they can't resist them! I've hauled apples up into the Cascades though and have had deer walk right through them without so much as slowing down. They never see fruit up there and don't associate apples as a food source I guess?  Bears and elk will eat them though!

This little blacktail fell to my doug fir arrow the day before Thanksgiving, very thankful that week!

[don_h]

Nice buck, congrats.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Great Buck Ron