Will deer eat "old" apples?

[Tom Anderson]

You know, the kind that get thrown out from the supermarket's produce section?    
I may have a source...

[ka]

according to my mother -in -laws fruit trees they never let any fruit (peaches,pears, and especially apples go to waste). Always wished i had put out a few apples trees in choice locations where i hunt as They camp out around these trees.Waiting for one to fall.

[deermaster1]

yea, they will eat 'em.  also, in the cold late season, they will actually dig old cores out of the snow around trees and eat them.  get a deer cold and hungry enough, and they will eat near 'bout anything.  its cool that your from nc, with baiting allowed and all.  it really makes sense, being how you dont have to be a farmer or have expensive food plot equipment to have a good hunt.  also helps when hunting the thick stuff to give you a chance to wait for a good shot angle, rather than rushing it at a deer that would normally walk on by.  really gives deer a reason to stop so you can settle down and make a good shot. good luck to ya this fall!

[Bill Carlsen]

I had a bucket of drops that I forgot that I had stored in the garage. They had begun to rot and ferment and were brown in color. I put them out under the feeder and they were gone in one night.

[Jerry Jeffer]

Simple answer. Yes

[carphunter100]

You are allowed to bait here in WV and my Dad picks up apples all the time and freezes them. He puts them out all season long and deer eat them. Get-em the deer will eat them.

[BRITTMAN]

Yea they will tear them up espicaly in the hot early season . One of my old trick was to put a couple of bags of apples in the freaser and when all the apples fell off the trees I would put out the ones I had in the freaser . Its hot in N.C. during early bow season and sometimes all the way to Nov.  so the Deer would tear thoese cold juicy apples up .

Mike