unfortunatly, Southern Afghanistan does not have much in the way of deer, let alone a "hot food source".

there's always next year though.

No Walt, it comes straight out of my pocket. Why do you always expect the worse of every one?

Our acorns have been dropping here in Michigan for the last month, and every soybean field you drive by has deer in it!

the "hot food sources" right now down here in South Carolina are corn, which aint hardly been cut yet, and soybeans which wont be cut till bout mid october, or early november, and cotton which gets picked in late october,or middle november. the deer lovvvvveeeee soybeans, they eat the leaves all the time, mornin and evenins. they like the cotton too, mainly in the mornin, late september, early october, when the flowers are just bloomin, if its a late crop. other than that you gotta put corn or soybeans out for them to get outta the woods, when theyre muchin on berries and such. but believe me, they wont touch your peanuts, so dont put them out, i learned that from expierence, they only like the leaves off peanuts, not the nut itself.

Been feeding heavey on the soybeans, alfalfa and clover mix but as the soybeans turn brown they should start focusing on the corn. We dont have white oaks in this part of Iowa, just red burr oaks which they hit, but not prefered to the crops. Hopefully the beans will stay green untill our early youth season, sept. 18th. Got a couple big ones patterned for the kids.

Red oaks here in my part of New York started raining acorns at the end of July. Way early. And unlike in much of the Midwest, there's been very little rain here. Oddly enough, I have not seen many white oak acorns on the ground yet. Go figure.

I have several (6) different hunting areas. Unfortunately, none of them are very large or widely varied from each other. About the best I can do is go blindly (pun intended!) forward, pick a spot and hunt. If one doesn't show up there, I can always go to a different spot! If I kill a deer, I can hunt another spot until that one cools down! BUT, it's all relative!! LOL!! Means I get more time in the woods!

Bubba

I hunt 140-acres of corn with several creeks and fingers of white oak trees. The big bucks utilize the shaded fingers of white oaks along side the corn, and right at dusk after feeding on the mast, move out into the corn.
Best of both worlds!

buck ~ city limits deer, just as sweet as end of the country road variety! Good luck on your assignment.

Walt, I have 7000+ acres of state forest public hunting north of me. They take bids on the rowcrop and leave 20-30 percent stand untill spring. Iowa does not allow baiting or salt/mineral, so I would say if it is legal, who are you to have an opinion. If a portion of one of the big ag fields up where you live were not able to be harvested due to the weather would you pull out because of the manmade change in the feeding pattern?Really?I have 2 bucks over 200 inches we will be hunting next month, do you even have an idea of whats in your area? We prepare all year for deer season, not wait untill opening day to wander around looking for a deer.

Walt, I work hard all year prepareing for the next season, so when it begins, we can get comfortable and watch the show. I do hope you have a good season, maybe you wont be so grumpy.You can tune into the outdoor channel next summer, and see how we did here.

Gee its fun reading the Walt,Hank "feud" here. Your good friends right?

I live in northern MN and the acorns are down and deer are sucking them up and off the fields. I think I'd rather have the acorns gone by opener and the deer back to the fields, fields are easier to pattern than oak trees, especially when mature oaks are scattered throughout an area. The trouble is the beans are already turning and will probably be harvested shortly after opener. Everything is early this year in MN, except opening day of bowseason!!

Hank111- you wouldn't by chance claim those 30 acres you leave for the deer to eat on your farm as crop loss on your taxes each year would you?? I'd hate to think you're frauding taxpayers out of their hard earned money.