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by abolt300. 09/20/24 04:27 PM
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Out back]
#3164769
07/10/20 12:53 PM
07/10/20 12:53 PM
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Clem
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Round ‘bout there
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The local deer herd has been living large on my purple hull peas the last couple of weeks. Seems like they don't want me to have any at all. There's a way to stop that theft and ensure you have some for the cornbread, y'know.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Squeaky]
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07/10/20 03:08 PM
07/10/20 03:08 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 23,147 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
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Awbarn, AL
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Is there a way to test and see if your deer are actually having any nutrient deficiencies and which ones that may be? If I we're gonna spend the money to feed then that's definitely something I'd wantwant to know, I know you can do a tissue sample of the the plant /forage.....not sure if that would help or not
Last edited by CNC; 07/10/20 03:09 PM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Out back]
#3164905
07/10/20 04:14 PM
07/10/20 04:14 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 13,285 Montgomery, Alabama
jaredhunts
Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Montgomery, Alabama
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The local deer herd has been living large on my purple hull peas the last couple of weeks. Seems like they don't want me to have any at all. I hate that chit. The bastards got all my watermelons this year too. I'm huntin behind this house this year.
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Squeaky]
#3166264
07/12/20 02:29 PM
07/12/20 02:29 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 23,147 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
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To me it seems no different than adding a bunch of ljme, fertilizer and other amendments to your food plots without ever having done a soil test if you just feed a bunch of stuff to them without knowing what specific things may be limiting them and when. We can guess at it but it's probably about like guessing at food plots and what each of them need. It'll be different for different areas I'm sure
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: DAX]
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07/14/20 10:21 AM
07/14/20 10:21 AM
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Squeaky
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12 point
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I really like roasted soybeans. We feed them mixed with record rack 50/50 seems to work well for us but we only feed about 5 tons a year during late winter until August. We switch to circle T range pellets in the fall to get pics over cause its cheaper and never mess with corn unless we have to due to wet conditions or something. We rely heavily on planting and land management so its just a small part of what we do when they really need it. I do believe you would get a lot more by planting all your fields less then 5 acres with a perennial white clover or something and having a big bean field or 2 if its possible along with supplemental feeding. Of all the things that we do on our place I think that supplemental feeding is probably in last place when you think about 1 acre of beans produces up to 6 tons and clover produces up to 2 and multiple that time 100 and all the prescribe burning we do. When none of my crap is an option I think if your gonna feed them you might as well feed them the highest protein level you can and the roasted soybeans are like 38 percent and they love them. The are a more expensive and harder to get but I truly believe they are worth the trouble. Dax you know I trust your opinion on growing big deer in the state of Alabama. Our problem is available acreage to plant beans and soil health. We are working on correcting the soil health but that is going to take time to build up the OM. We have/are attempting to establish clover/chicory plots but our soil is so bad it’s nearly impossible to keep it healthy. The dozer swept most of our top soil off a lot of our food plots. We also lack the acreage for beans to withstand any browse pressure. We do have a burn program and a lot of our native browse is very beneficial.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Squeaky]
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07/14/20 11:24 AM
07/14/20 11:24 AM
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BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Look on some of the Texas hunting forums about Double Down feed. They (DD) make some pretty outlandish claims on their product. I think the deer DO eat the snot out of it though, increasing cost to you to keep feeders filled.
also look at DD videos of hunting, they do kill some monsters, not sue how much is because of the feed or because they let the deer go to 7-8 years old before shooting. All in south Texas.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: BhamFred]
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07/14/20 02:15 PM
07/14/20 02:15 PM
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Squeaky
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12 point
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12 point
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Look on some of the Texas hunting forums about Double Down feed. They (DD) make some pretty outlandish claims on their product. I think the deer DO eat the snot out of it though, increasing cost to you to keep feeders filled.
also look at DD videos of hunting, they do kill some monsters, not sue how much is because of the feed or because they let the deer go to 7-8 years old before shooting. All in south Texas. We are planning to let our deer reach 5+ if possible. I have also reached out to some average guys like myself that have been feeding the DD. The cost between my current choices and DD is insignificant, so I figured I’d give it a try.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: Squeaky]
#3167939
07/14/20 02:29 PM
07/14/20 02:29 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,713 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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is the cost per bag close??? I understood the cost of feeding was higher because of the increased consumption rates
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Deer Protein Feed...who’s feeding??
[Re: BhamFred]
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07/14/20 05:35 PM
07/14/20 05:35 PM
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Posts: 5,029 Covington County
Squeaky
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12 point
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12 point
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Covington County
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is the cost per bag close??? I understood the cost of feeding was higher because of the increased consumption rates I’ll send you a PM.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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