- eating the veg while it's still in the ground. (rather than digging it out)
Looks funny: like a little turnip cup left in the ground; the inside eaten out.. But it showed me that beets and turnips can be used by deer even after frozen ground.
Sometimes the deer need some time to figure out a crop that is new to them. I've planted squashes for them and had to bash the squash open for a couple years before they learned to do it for themselves.
I live in Cook County, MN. I'm only about five miles from Lake Superior, yet even though I've fed corn plus sunflowers, etc. (AS much as they can eat, any time of day) presenting the corn at all times, all winter, the deer all leave my place about early Jan (earlier if heavy snow accumulation), migrating toward the "Big Lake." Artificial feeding will not keep them here even with little snow accumulation.
Bill
