Oaks is pretty much it besides natural browse

 

Acorns and browse, woody and leafy browse. There is allot of prescribed burning In z 21. These are good areas to key on especially in years of poor acorn crops. Cover may be sparse in the burns depending on how old they are. Hunt the edges of the burns

 

I agree with both the above. I was born and raised in Whiting(Manchester) and all I've ever done until now is hunt the pines. Those deer will eat most stuff you polite out for them because natural is so plain. But they do eat wild blueberries, as well as the acorns from scrub oaks that are mixed in the pines. They also love marigolds, lillie's, roses, petunias, azaleas, etc so you may have great luck planting those where you hunt lol. [up][wallmad]

 

They also love marigolds, lillie's, roses, petunias, azaleas, etc s

I forgot to mention. The edges of the retierment comunitys. [lol]

 

PINE CONES[tasty][tasty][tasty]

 

Watermelons?



HA!! I got to say it first!!!!!

 

If you can find oaks, hunt them from Sept till early Nov. After the leaves fall, pine deer don't like the open woods so they usually will hit the oaks after dark. Next move onto edge of swamps or edge of thickets where a few runs come out thru some small pine groves. Just catch them coming off their beds and wandering thru the pines to munch on browse and scrub oaks. Good luck!

 

Oaks, green briar, highbush blueberries

 

300 pounds of natural nj grown corn[rofl]

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have a few cameras set out with a pile or two of corn. Seen some decent bucks and a lot of doe. Do people shoot does around here or what? More meet to fill the freezer for me.

 

Well you'll see with the regulation changed this year that zone 21 is pretty beat up. Could possibly be the hardest zone to hunt.

I personally only hunt down here (whiting) during buck week.

Ive hunted zone 21 for 14 years now and it's tuff. Tons of deer all summer and into September, but they soon dissapear with pressure.

Don't forget your only allowed 1 do per season down here.

 

**meat** lol not meet.

 

What is the regulation change? I hunt zone 14 till October then I stay here till end of permit muzzy then go back to 14 for permit shotgun. I hunt all public WMAs and land trusts and state forests. Wish I had some private land to hunt.

 

whatever is available. right now acorns, blueberries etc . once pressure hits they will stay tight and eat whatever is around them.
pine needles, leaves off of oaks and blueberry brush.
go find the bleuberries now....if the deer arent bedded IN the blueberry patches you can be assured they aint far. make a note of that area b/c after buckweek if a good food source isnt nearby they will come in to eat the leaves as well as hide in it.
I'd say make notes on the acorn patches but im willing to bet you wont be the only hunter in that spot.

blueberry brush+adjacent to a cedar swamp= send me the coordinates

 

I have also seen them eating the white moss that grows on the ground in the pine clearings

 

Watermelons?

[ninja]..your best bet is to get rid of the bailt pile for now and find a good spot with acorns or wild berries ..or alot of scrub oaks..putting out bait now like corn is a waste of money in my opinion..save that for winter when your natural resources are less or covered by snow...plus baiting now only lets other hunters in the area know where your hunting...also look for a place near water..even if its a big mudholes in a old road ..deer need water....good luck
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..your best bet is to get rid of the bailt pile for now and find a good spot with acorns or wild berries ..or alot of scrub oaks..putting out bait now like corn is a waste of money in my opinion..save that for winter when your natural resources are less or covered by snow...plus baiting now only lets other hunters in the area know where your hunting...also look for a place near water..even if its a big mudholes in a old road ..deer need water....good luck

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Thanks for all the tips. Hopefully I get the chance to bag a few deer this season. Now I guess it is time to crash throgh the thick pines and find a spot.

 

[eek] Did someone say Chiggers

 

Keep an eye out for Persimmon trees, but wait for a good frost. The deer love 'em.

 

Just be sure you wear these on the way in...[rofl]

 

mostly oaks then theres forbs ,lichen, pine nuts, green briar. ive read they eat cedars but i have never seen any track or sign of deer eating those white cedars. those scub oaks are there staple. there in the red oak family but there not near as bitter as a common red oak.. they taste the same as a white oak to me.

 

Just be sure you wear these on the way in.

[rofl][rofl]..good one.[up]

 

What about areas that are almost all pines...seen a deer in an area like this last night..what would they eat...should i assume tehy just transition through a large pine area like this and feed somewhere else?

 

theres food in those all pine areas also. I got some good pics from all pine/young pine areas. Theres something under those pine needles on the ground the deer like i cant say with certainty what it is but they seem to really look hard for it judging by all the scratching they do.