Thread: Attracting deer onto your property / farm

If the farm is a commercial operation I wouldn't go out of my way trying to purposely attract deer onto it. They do a huge amount of damage which is disproportionate to the enjoyment (which will wear off very quickly) you will get from shooting a deer here and there in a paddock.
This winter we had this paddock in crop (fodderbeet) and it got mauled by mobs of deer coming out of the bush, amazing how much damage the wee buggers can do and when they have that much feed in front of them they are quite selective on what they will actually eat so they go round pulling entire young plants out of the ground, have a few bites and then onto the next one. It's nice seeing them about but if I had a choice then them not being there to begin with would probably be the more attractive option. We had some lease land up on the tops (blue mountains) which the lease finished on and we haven't renewed and owners had it planted in trees a month or so back.. I swear every single one of those seedlings has had the top eaten out of it, will be a huge loss.