How To Make Homemade Deer Food

If you want to feed deer in your backyard, it's easy to make treats with corn and molasses.It is possible to make a paste to spread when hunting deer.Deer treats can be made with the right ingredients.

Step 1: Corn and oats should be mixed together.

It's a good idea to use cracked corn, whole kernels, or ground corn for deer treats.Put an equal amount of corn and oats in a bowl.Amounts are dependent on how much deer food you want to make.

Step 2: The molasses should be poured in.

The amount of molasses you need depends on how much oats you make.For two and a half cups of your oat mixture, add a quarter cup (60 mL) of molasses.

Step 3: You should mix your ingredients.

You can mix all your ingredients with a spoon.Keep mixing until you have a thick paste.

Step 4: The feed should be placed in the deer feeders.

You can buy the deer feed at any hardware store in your backyard.As deer go through feed very quickly, the feed will likely not go bad.Feed needs to be made as the feeders gets empty.

Step 5: Add equal parts molasses and honey to a bowl.

Place equal parts molasses and honey in a large bowl.The amount of each depends on the size of your food blocks.As you make your other ingredients, you will add the molasses/honey mixture.

Step 6: The molasses mixture should be placed over the bread.

Break some bread into cubes.They should be in a large bowl.Add honey and molasses to the bread pieces to make them saturated.

Step 7: Add dry corn to the mix.

Add about one and a half cups of corn.Use a spoon to mix this into the bread.

Step 8: The mixture should be put in a baking pan.

The mixture should be put in a baking pan.How much you make will affect the pan's size.You can flatten the batter using a spoon or spatula the same way you would make a cake.

Step 9: The mixture can be baked in a pan for 200 F.

You can cook it in the oven at 200 F.If you're making a big block, make sure to check the oven every 10 minutes or so.As soon as the block is completely dry, remove the pan from the oven.

Step 10: The mixture should be put out for your deer.

Put the mixture in your yard where deer congregate.deer will break up the mixture on their own, so if you want, you can break it up into smaller chunks.

Step 11: In equal amounts, mix corn and oats.

Corn and oats are popular with deer.In equal proportion, mix your dry ingredients.You can skip this step if you only use one dry ingredient.

Step 12: Add peanut butter as a binding agent.

You can put a sticky substance over your dry ingredients.If you start with a small amount, mix it in.Continue to add small amounts of sticky ingredients until you have a consistent paste.

Step 13: To spread the substance, mix it in water.

A small amount of water is added to the mixture.You don't have to add a lot.It is easier to spread if the mixture becomes a little more liquid-like.

Step 14: The mixture should be spread on trees and buildings.

You can find benches and trees around your hunting camp.The mixture should be spread over the areas.A strong smell that will lure deer can be created by applying a lot of your mixture.