Will deer eat potatoes?

[10x]

Mrs. 10x handed me a small bag of old potatoes and said to put them in the scrub oak so the deer will eat them. I told her I didn't think deer would eat potatoes. Opinions?


Yes, they are raw. Don't tell me they would, if fixed with all the right seasonings etc!

[Mtn.man]

Yup they will munch em.

Before we put a fence around the tater boxes they'd dig em up.

[BPTactical]

My Dear will, she prefers twice baked

Yes they will but keep in mind if you attract the deer you attract the predators as well.

[Mtn.man]

My what big teeth you have.

[soco11]

Just the usual caution about feeding wildlife--you may be sorry you ever started, even after you quit. Just heard a guy saying yesterday at the fitness club that he had put out some corn under his bird feeders one year for a while, and the deer came in and absolutely destroyed his yard. He never did it again...but they kept coming back for three more years looking for it and eating everything in sight. If you have anything you don't want eaten, you may pay for feeding them.

[espAmerica]

And, if you ever intend to hunt them, you may be accused of baiting which is prohibited in some areas.

In Hunters Safety class they used the example: You ask the local farmer if you could hunt geese on his pond. He says OK. But, unbeknownst to you, Granny goes out to the pond and feeds the geese her day old bread. The Game Warden comes along and accuses you of hunting baited geese. In this case (migratory birds) a Federal infraction.

Jack