What do deer eat, do they like apples?

apples? oranges? What kinds of corn do they eat? Do they eat hay?


Do they really like salt blocks?What do deer eat, do they like apples?
Most vegetation growing in our woodlands is


not deer food. Deer have very selective food habits


and eat only a small percentage of the plants present.


Plants can be classed as “preferred,” “common,”


or “emergency” food sources for deer. Preferred


plants are the most nutritious and are heavily


eaten or “browsed” when available. Common food


species are browsed during shortages of more nutritious


food plants, and heavy browsing of emergency


food plants indicates that deer are possibly


too plentiful in an area for the amount of


food available.


Types Of Food Plants


Woody plants include trees, shrubs and vines.


Deer feed on the leaves, twigs and buds of these


plants during all seasons. With few exceptions,


woody twigs and stems are low in nutrients, and in


some of our mountain zones, the winter woods contain


little food other than a “match-stick” type diet


for deer.


Forbs refer to herbaceous plants other than


grasses. These include wildflowers or other broadleaved


“weedy” plants. This group, along with the


woody plants, provides deer with their most important


food sources.


Forbs are very nutritious, and with the low food


value of woody plants, there is no substitute for


ground vegetation such as forbs and grasses.


Several forbs provide food outside their growing


season.


Nut crops greatly benefit deer, bettering general


herd health and the winter carry-over of animals.


However, nut-growing trees don’t always produce a


bumper crop, so acorns and other nuts aren’t


always reliable food sources in our deer range.


Wild grasses are eaten when young and tender.


Where grasses are abundant after the growing season,


they help sustain the deer herd when other


foods aren’t available. Unfortunately, pasture


plantings of fescue and bermuda grass have


replaced many good native deer food plants.


Fruits are important seasonal foods with high


energy value. They are available primarily during


summer and autumn.


Crops include plantings of various cultivated


plant species. In areas wherenatural habitat or


quality browse is limited, they are an important


food source.


What Do


Deer Eat?


by Carl HunterWhat do deer eat, do they like apples?
Most vegetation growing in our woodlands is


not deer food. Deer have very selective food habits


and eat only a small percentage of the plants present.


Plants can be classed as “preferred,” “common,”


or “emergency” food sources for deer. Preferred


plants are the most nutritious and are heavily


eaten or “browsed” when available. Common food


species are browsed during shortages of more nutritious


food plants, and heavy browsing of emergency


food plants indicates that deer are possibly


too plentiful in an area for the amount of


food available.


Types Of Food Plants


Woody plants include trees, shrubs and vines.


Deer feed on the leaves, twigs and buds of these


plants during all seasons. With few exceptions,


woody twigs and stems are low in nutrients, and in


some of our mountain zones, the winter woods contain


little food other than a “match-stick” type diet


for deer.


Forbs refer to herbaceous plants other than


grasses. These include wildflowers or other broadleaved


“weedy” plants. This group, along with the


woody plants, provides deer with their most important


food sources.


Forbs are very nutritious, and with the low food


value of woody plants, there is no substitute for


ground vegetation such as forbs and grasses.


Several forbs provide food outside their growing


season.


Nut crops greatly benefit deer, bettering general


herd health and the winter carry-over of animals.


However, nut-growing trees don’t always produce a


bumper crop, so acorns and other nuts aren’t


always reliable food sources in our deer range.


Wild grasses are eaten when young and tender.


Where grasses are abundant after the growing season,


they help sustain the deer herd when other


foods aren’t available. Unfortunately, pasture


plantings of fescue and bermuda grass have


replaced many good native deer food plants.


Fruits are important seasonal foods with high


energy value. They are available primarily during


summer and autumn.


Crops include plantings of various cultivated


plant species. In areas wherenatural habitat or


quality brows
Yes, deer like apples. And they need salt. Sometimes, in the winter, after salt trucks have gone through, you may see deer licking the road. This is in order to get the salt. They need this mineral to survive. It is a good idea to keep salt licks for them. Deer like corn, and they will eat hay. The park where we live have a lot of deer. We all keep plenty of salt, apples, corn and hay for them. If a winter is especially bad, deer have been known to eat the bark of the trees if nothing else is available. The deer that come into our park will eat birdseed right out of the bird feeders. So yes, deer like apples, hay, salt blocks, corn and birdseed.
Not a good idea. If you are living in the United States, I suggest you don't encourage feeding the deer. They are overpopulated right now so instead you should leave out gum. Yes, they will eat it and they will not be able to digest it so they will die from constipation.
grass, hay, leaf buds, leaves, apples, pawpaws, berries, chestnuts, corn, and yes they love salt blocks. sometimes they will peel the bark off certain trees and eat that. I don't think they will eat oranges. they love to get into gardens at night and have a party.
Deer love apples - we have apple trees in our yard and ever year the deer come up to eat off them.





They would probably prefer corn that is off the cob.





Yes - they really like salt blocks ... especially flavored salt blocks. Hunting supply places have them.
they eat....... grains, veggies, grass, corn, leaves, apples, timothy hay, alfalfa, fruits, and salt blocks and most human foods. basically they would eat almost anything.
It depends on what species of deer you want to feed ! different species of deer will eat different things such as berries leaves grass some deer are grazers and some are brasers so they will all eat different things but ive never heard of a deer eating oranges before !!
Deer do like salt blocks. It has nutrients that they need. They like any kind of corn, but if purchasing use dried field corn and it can be purchased at local co-ops. Hay, not so much. They do like pears, pecans, acorns, etc.
Deer food can be found at your local feed shop. If you have a pet deer I did as well, They love apples and carrots and stuff, I run a farm and feed deer 24/7 Need any detailed or another else feel free to IM or Email me. Thanks
I'm sure they would eat apples, oranges, ect.


Not sure about what corn, probably many kinds,


I don't think they eat hay, but then again I'm no deer expert,


i think they do like salt blocks.


depends on the deer? lol(:
They sometimes eat the feces of other dear members within the pack. However when this is not available they resort to small berries and leaves. Have a nice day superman.
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Apples, bird seed, bark from trees, any kind of corn, popcorn (these are wild deer I'm taking about from my backyard observations.)
they will eventually eat anything except meat, we had 2 plowing through tthe garbage that the racoons opened and man let me tell you they even like leftover cake , candy pieces and discarded veggies
hay, salt blocks, apples sometimes, really like the salt blocks tho
They diffently love apples.
Yes, they love apples. We have an apple tree and at any time during the night you can see deer eating the fallen apples.
as a hunter it seems that they looove acorns. Sweet things :) if you really want the good stuff go to walmart%26gt;the hunting section%26gt;then deer foods ;D
They eat Wild Berries, Apples, Corn, ...........
apples or carrots
Oranges? why would a deer eat oranges?
They love apples They love corn all kinds. They love salt blocks. Don't know about oranges or hay
they like grazing on monocotyledonous plants growing out of nutrient enhanced cow feces



































Most vegetation growing in our woodlands is


not deer food. Deer have very selective food habits


and eat only a small percentage of the plants present.


Plants can be classed as “preferred,” “common,”


or “emergency” food sources for deer. Preferred


plants are the most nutritious and are heavily


eaten or “browsed” when available. Common food


species are browsed during shortages of more nutritious


food plants, and heavy browsing of emergency


food plants indicates that deer are possibly


too plentiful in an area for the amount of


food available.


Types Of Food Plants


Woody plants include trees, shrubs and vines.


Deer feed on the leaves, twigs and buds of these


plants during all seasons. With few exceptions,


woody twigs and stems are low in nutrients, and in


some of our mountain zones, the winter woods contain


little food other than a “match-stick” type diet


for deer.


Forbs refer to herbaceous plants other than


grasses. These include wildflowers or other broadleaved


“weedy” plants. This group, along with the


woody plants, provides deer with their most important


food sources.


Forbs are very nutritious, and with the low food


value of woody plants, there is no substitute for


ground vegetation such as forbs and grasses.


Several forbs provide food outside their growing


season.


Nut crops greatly benefit deer, bettering general


herd health and the winter carry-over of animals.


However, nut-growing trees don’t always produce a


bumper crop, so acorns and other nuts aren’t


always reliable food sources in our deer range.


Wild grasses are eaten when young and tender.


Where grasses are abundant after the growing season,


they help sustain the deer herd when other


foods aren’t available. Unfortunately, pasture


plantings of fescue and bermuda grass have


replaced many good native deer food plants.


Fruits are important seasonal foods with high


energy value. They are available primarily during


summer and autumn.


Crops include plantings of various cultivated


plant species. In areas wherenatural habitat or


quality browse is limited, they are an important


food source.


What Do


Deer Eat?


by Carl Hunter
They love apples, I know because they come into my yard all season long for the apples, cherries and plums.
yes very much
They eat salt, hair, corn, and apples too.
Corn, apple blocks, corn %26amp; molasses blocks. They make a protein feed for them
umm they like to eat grass and yes maybe apples to yes most likely hay but salt blocks i'm not sure
Just what are you planning? Pervert.
Yeah they like those. Deer really will eat anything.. which is awesome!!