I feed the deer all the time. They eat whatever they want whenever they want it, in my yard.
Shrubs, Myrtle, berries, nuts, yellow lilies, clover, roots & shoots, like I said, whatever they want.
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We have salt licks for the mule deer at our ranch in the sierra. They bed down near them every night, and even kick coyotes to death if they come near their turf.
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