carrots... what's up doc?

[Splaker]

Someone advised me to try them for deer..swears by them. Anyone else have success with carrots?

good luck out there!

[dean.f]

Dumped a load of carrots last year, hadn't seen a buck all summer. Checked the camera Sunday before opener there were 6 different bucks and 3 does visiting over a 1 week period and the carrots were almost gone. Needless to say my trailer is full of carrots again this year.

[sabmgb]

I tried them once, put out before the hunt, they were still there come spring turkey hunt, had some nibbles out of them, but that is it. Think there just to much corn, beans and wheat around my area, the deer just didn't know what it was. Certainly can't hurt to put them out and try, carrots are cheap. Neighbour offered me as much as I could ever use, but declined the offer.

[m1k3_88]

I was having good visits of a few bucks and does with apples and corn. dumped 100lbs of carrots and haven't had anything else come in on cam

[dean.f]

Where I hunt deer there aren't any ag fields anywhere nearby, maybe that's what makes the difference.

[Species8472]

I tried them once, put out before the hunt, they were still there come spring turkey hunt, had some nibbles out of them, but that is it. Think there just to much corn, beans and wheat around my area, the deer just didn't know what it was. Certainly can't hurt to put them out and try, carrots are cheap. Neighbour offered me as much as I could ever use, but declined the offer.

What he said

[waterrat]

Not sure on carrots, turnips however, are the bomb. Yrs ago while duck hunting, I had to walk across a bit of farm land to get to my pond. Came across a little patch of turnips, oddly it seemed to be in a weird spot. Apparently a food plot, before they became a thing. Nothing touched them until the first hard frost, and then it went nuts. Almost every time I went in or out, depending on AM or PM, I would jump deer.

[contaucreek]

Carrots work well in the 50's wmu's but it takes a bit to get them onto them.
Try putting them out along with your traditional bait.
They are a lot better to handle than those bags of applesauce.

[Pioneerfreq]

I believe the key is acorns. In areas where there are a lot of oak trees, deer seem to have interest in little else. If you are in an area with little to no oak trees, I would definitely try carrots. Apples are best but EVERYTHING eats apples including coyotes.

[77.hunter.49]

They work good for us at our camp, but there isn’t any ag fields close by. where I hunt close to home and there is lots of ag fields, They don’t seem to get much attention, not yet anyways