Deer Eat Yellow Squash?

[GarGuy]

I have grown yellow squash for 40 years and never had deer hurt them. Maybe a few leaves now and then but no problem. I have 12 massive hills of squash that were darn near waist high. Loaded with first crop and I planned to pick a 3 gallon bucket full yesterday.

Well, 4 mature bucks decided they like squash. They pulled every single squash Sunday. Yesyerday, they came back and ate all the leaves. Sorry suckers..

[JA23]

You need to run off all those mature bucks before they eat everything else in the garden. Just make sure they go my way!

[BlessedVeteran0305]

Seen them it the tops off the plants and then a fox or two come in a clear you the squash themselves

[Kingfisher789]

They tend to browse…. I thought they were color blind ?

[GarGuy]

Seen them it the tops off the plants and then a fox or two come in a clear you the squash themselves

It was deer.

[Sasqy]

Don’t they eat everything ?
Venison will prob have a slight gourd flavor.

[Snowflake Killa]

I really can't blame them

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[curtintex]

That’s why I don’t eat yellow squash, because my meat eats it for me. I kill two food groups with one helping of fried backstrap!


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[GarGuy]

I really can't blame them

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I love me some fried squash.

[GarGuy]

That’s why I don’t eat yellow squash, because my meat eats it for me. I kill two food groups with one helping of fried backstrap!


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Lol! If they will eat a few onions to go with them now, I'll get the grease hot.

Dang deer have never bothered my squash before.

[Killer]

I seen them eat peas but not squash either. They saw yellow and thought it was corn!

[HYDRO_69]

Had fresh fried garden squash tonight. Those bucks better watch out or they will be on hit list in four months or so!

[Old Bald Guy]

I don’t know about deer but my tribe will. Had a fish fry Monday and fried about 15 lbs of crooknecks along with fish, taters, okra, few squirrels and some Wagu fajitas on the grill. They wiped the squash out.

[Razrbk89]

Never seen them eat squash leaves like that but they will get the squash itself.

You don’t have a fence around your garden??

Useless to start one here without a good fence.

[BlessedVeteran0305]

It was deer.

I'm sure they did but I have literally seen the 2 foxes in the garden and one run off with a squash in their mouth.