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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4099046" data-attributes="member: 5412">I"ve done that too. Gathered up apples, and peaches from our trees before they died. Spread them out in Grant county where none of that grows, and the deer ignored them for the most part. They didn't know what they were. After weeks of spreading out buckets of apples they would kind of take to them, but most would rot without being eaten. We have seen deer like cattle standing in the pond mid summer to cool off, but the absence of a major trail of tracks leads me to believe they are just cooling off. 50' away from the pond there is a trail beaten into the ground to the feeder that is visited by a dozen or so deer. There is no beaten side track to the pond, just random tracks. This is in NW Oklahoma where it's very dry. Perhaps your experience is different than mine? Own and been hunting this property for close to 50 years now so, pretty sure my observations are pretty consistent especially when I have cameras everywhere. I'm not doubting your experience for the record. They are wild animals and have to survive on what they are offered.</blockquote>