How To Make Your Own Deer Food Block

A homemade deer food block is easy to make and will attract deer to your backyard for deer-watching, to your acreage for photography purposes or to a hunting stand. Observing deer activity also can be a great science project for the kids. Using inexpensive nutritious ingredients that deer enjoy, you can create a food block that is especially appealing to these animals in the fall and winter when food can be scarce.

Step 1

Break the stale bread into small pieces and crumbs in the pan. Mix the molasses and honey in a large bowl and pour it over the bread. Stir the mixture with a large spoon until it is well-mixed.

Step 2

Add 1-1/2 cups of either dry corn kernels for carbohydrates or dry soybeans for protein, or a mix of both. Stir these items into the molasses mixture.

Step 3

Add commercial dry deer feed in place of some of the corn or soybeans if you want to provide extra nutrients in your deer food block.

Step 4

Set the pan in the sun for the mixture to dry into a hard block, or if you want faster results, bake it in the oven at 200 degrees.

Step 5

Allow the deer food block and the pan to cool, then take it to your preferred location and pry the block from the pan so the deer have easy access.