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What eats my corn? #5466522 12/09/14 12:36 PM
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Not sure if this is normal or not, every time I come to the ranch I drop a 50lb bag of corn on my shooting lane. I also have 4 feeders set up. On the next day I come there is no more corn to be found. Haven't seen hogs on the trail cams. Is it normal for so much corn to disappear?


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Squirrels, coons and crows

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lots of animals eat corn - birds (all kinds), coons, hog, deer, turkey, quail, and the list goes on.
you are likely putting the corn in a high traffic area for multiple animals and that is why it is gone in a day.

setup a trail cam and see what is going on

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Set up a TC on the shooting lane. You probably have hogs if it is eaten that quickly.


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Re: What eats my corn? [Re: Davezerg] #5466671 12/09/14 02:29 PM
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I've fenced off my feeder and so far the deer have not jumped the fence. It's only three feet tall, so it's not going to be a problem for them once they figure it out. The hogs where terrible, so I need to keep them out. The birds, squirrels and raccoons are eating most of what's on the ground. I have my timer set for just a few seconds because all I'm doing is feeding the other animals. It's nowhere near 50 pounds a night. My guess is that you have hogs eating that much corn.

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A flock of dove or a covey of quail can do work on some corn in only a few hours... Thats my guess

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Any javelina?

Re: What eats my corn? [Re: Davezerg] #5466732 12/09/14 02:54 PM
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Saw a javelina on a trail cam last year. Just 1 and that one time only.


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Re: What eats my corn? [Re: Davezerg] #5466736 12/09/14 02:56 PM
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is it power corn? you could be bringing in WAY more deer than you thought you had... confused2


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I eat your corn.

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Buy a few cheap IR game cams and put along corn trail

(get these for ~ $40 after discount: http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/pr...ra&i=823639 )


I did exactly this, and filmed a HUGE buck eating corn trail all night long (he NEVER went near the feeder or other trail-cams - never showed on them).

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rabbits, racoons, birds..

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Originally Posted By: cameron00
I eat your corn.

Sorry, that made me chuckle. smile


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Re: What eats my corn? [Re: Davezerg] #5467421 12/09/14 06:04 PM
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Re: What eats my corn? [Re: jcneef] #5467647 12/09/14 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted By: jcneef
A flock of dove or a covey of quail can do work on some corn in only a few hours... Thats my guess

Yup


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I'm going to go with javelina for the win. They usually run in a group. If there is one there's bound to be more, and they will stay for a couple of hrs or until all corn is gone. They are so bad at our place that I have my timed feeder funnel into some pvc drain pipe to keep the corn off the ground. Either that or you have hogs. Is the ground all turned over?

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I've got several series of TC pics that show coyotes setting up shop under one of my feeders eating corn.


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I watched a fox eat corn last week for 30 mins under my feeder. Porquipines are a nemisis of mine to.
There has to be some game eating all that corn. 50#s is a lot. However a few deer can come in at nite and eat a lot in a short time. I have a couple feeders that go off at midnite for axis deer and hog hunting. Sometimes just one doe comes in and stays the nite there eating corn.
Be glad u have corn disappearing and not growing in the ground. A big problem this season I here across tx.


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if you have a raccoon problem that could be it. 10-12 raccoons can clean up a bag of corn in no time... and other birds and varmints will do it also.. Dang Raccoons bang

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A whole bag of corn. My guess would be hogs.


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