Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Deer Feeder Placement

Warm enough to start clearing brush and working at the farm.

It already has me thinking about the best placement for our deer feeders next year.

Do deer prefer open ground, thin cover, or heavy cover around their feeding stations? Basically, are they more comfortable being able to keep an eye out for danger, or do they like a spot where they feel danger can't easily see them?

This would also apply to feeder locations on high ground or low ground?

My land is tall grass prairie, plum thickets, isolated trees, heavy tree cover along the creek, and some old dense, old shelter belts.

Thanks for any help.

Rod

RAH, here in Starke County deer are funny. I planted brassicas here and they were never touched, even after a frost. 12 miles away I planted them and turnips/beets and the deer ate everything down to the ground, then pawed any tubers out of the ground. The 1 ac food plot was bare dirt before December.

This year with the heavy snow the deer here were even coming up to the house to eat Arborvitae. I put out corn and an alfalfa bale when the snow was deep and the deer were walking all the way up to the barn (roughly 100 yds from the woods) to eat, and they seemed to know the sound of the tractor. After I put the stuff out, they'd be there 20 minutes later, but this was about 1/2 hour before sunset so maybe that had something to do with it.