Will a deer eat a bag of granola?

Knock it off you dang whipper snappers, dang kids arguing. Yes deer will eat granola they like potatoe chips as well and christmas cookies, probably would eat that crap candy corn you get when you tick or treat too.

 

That's all I was trying to get to, experiences. You didn't cite any.

 

I'm afraid not to many people are going to have direct experiences with using granola to bait deer. Like I told the OP, I have used bait in states where legal, and I don't see a single bag of granola being effective. One bag is not going to pull deer in for any length of time. By the time the deer find it, other critters will have put a dent in it.

 

Shane you do have a valid point, tasty food is not all of a sudden start drawing deer to come and eat. For feeding to be effective it has to be consistent and long term. I feed when pretty much year round except the 2 weeks I hunt. I have a food plot that is about 50 yards from where I feed, when I sit in my stand and watch the deer come in the does watch the first arriver usually the young deer will be ahead of the doe group and will run to the feed site, they sniff around and finding no food they head to the plot the rest of the group when they see the youngsters found no feed and go right to the plot.

 

I agree with that also. I just want to be encouraging to the young fellow. If he wants to get out and put some granola out, get out there and put some granola and hunt. Too many kids these days, even my age, just sitting around playing video games.

 

Not sure how big of a bag of granola your family eats, or what you were planning to put out... But I bet it's damn near the same price as a 50lb bag of feed corn. Skip the granola and use corn.

 

Only if it's certified organic.

 

To the OP, keep in mind a lot of other critters will get attracted to it too. Your bait will be open to squirrels, skunks, raccoons and the assortment of various other forest creatures. Unless you have a decent amount of granola, it may not last long.

But as others have mentioned, please check your local laws on baiting. Your local game warden doesn't need to meet your parents.

 

Haha that's what I was thinking.

 

Check your states laws. Some states don't allow you to use processed food to feed wildlife with. That will be the biggest factor on whether the deer needs to eat it or not.


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