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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 pre-sent. Plants can be classed as “preferred,” “common,” or “emergency” food sources for deer. What Do; Deer Eat? by Carl Hunter;
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Deer feed on grass, twigs, bark, and shoots. ** Deer will feed on the above if their normal food is not available to them, which are green leaves of bushes and clover. Deer eat vegetation. They also like carrots and sugar beets. Also if non...
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What they eat is based on what is available. Deer select a balanced diet from plants They consume on average, about 5 to 8 pounds of food for every 100 pounds of body weight, per day. They eat nuts, plants, woody plants, mushrooms, and farm...
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Thus, for grass-roughage eaters like cattle and sheep, residence time is quite long and rate of food passage is slow. White-tailed deer, on the other hand, are what people diet business call “concentrate selectors.” Their rumen is small rel...
http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/08/17/what-do-deer-eat/
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Department of Natural Resources - ... White Pine - The only Michigan pine with five needles in a cluster. Young trees have smooth dark green bark. Deer will eat white pine before they take other pines.
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mostly trees branches or saplings also nuts from trees like acorns and chestnuts, and any wild berrys that are in season some grasslike vegetation, they will destroy your ornamental garden
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A Good Commercial Deer Feed ... PURINA DEER CHOW! ... Return to Deer Taxidermy Category Menu...
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www.taxidermy.net/forums/DeerTaxiArticles/02/l/02A637B5...
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In the winter, deer eat crops and crop residue, nut, buds and twigs. Whitetails can survive for a long time without water if their food has a high water content. The less water available in the food, the more they must depend on streams, lakes, potholes, creeks and other surface water sources.
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www.gamecalls.net/huntingtips/deerfood.html
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