Supplemental feeding
#37718
01/04/2015 10:13 AM
01/04/2015 10:13 AM
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deerhunter986
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So does anyone put out feeders for the deer this time of year and in the spring and summer. Seen a few plans to make a few cheap gravity feeders thought mixin corn and a pellet of some sort. For those that do does anyone just a livestock mineral pellet instead of the deer brands.
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Re: Supplemental feeding
#37719
01/04/2015 12:19 PM
01/04/2015 12:19 PM
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Bryan78
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Originally posted by deerhunter986: So does anyone put out feeders for the deer this time of year and in the spring and summer. Seen a few plans to make a few cheap gravity feeders thought mixin corn and a pellet of some sort. For those that do does anyone just a livestock mineral pellet instead of the deer brands. I have in the past and deer have hit em hard... Just take into consideration though that whole kernel corn is very hard on their teeth... Using cracked corn is easier for them but it will cost you a little more per bag... Also I wouldn't feed them since there is no snow on the ground since they won't have to work hard for something to eat...
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Re: Supplemental feeding
#37722
02/10/2015 10:51 AM
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ico919- You can start them with shelled corn which is something they're already accustomed to eating. Once they start visiting your site and gobbling the corn regularly, start mixing in some protein feed or pellets. Slowly increase the ratio of protein feed each time you refill, eventually eliminating the corn entirely. I use a textured sweet horse feed that is 12% protein.
Those goat pellets I think are usually around 30% protein, which might be too much for deer this time of year.
I've also tried the small alfalfa cubes mixed with corn, and found out they absolutely will not touch the cubes, regardless of what you mix it with.
Honestly I don't think the deer "need" supplemental feed in this part of the country. But it's fun to do as a hobby in the dead of winter. When combined with a trail cam, it's a good way of surveying what deer you have, watching for when they drop antlers, and etc.
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Re: Supplemental feeding
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02/23/2015 02:22 PM
02/23/2015 02:22 PM
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sticksender
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Throbak is that White Cedar?
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Re: Supplemental feeding
#37732
02/24/2015 12:42 PM
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delaney
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Really love the quail pictures. Just seem really vulnerable in the open.
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Re: Supplemental feeding
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02/25/2015 06:20 AM
02/25/2015 06:20 AM
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Dave/Dale, I feed them in the thickest stuff we have. But you are right Dave, I run them out of the open fields all the time! Hate seeing them out there!!!! Dale, here are my "quail feeding stations" Its not much, but its what we have to give to them. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0663_zpsdc5annta.jpg) This one is actually a fence that has bent bent completely under and there is a tunnel under it that I drop feed into. I think the rabbits get as much or more than the quail. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0660_zpsaiaobch1.jpg) This "grass waterway" we let grow up every year, basically because we can't get to it to mow. Its about 350 yards long. This is the one I have been working with Nate on to get some Native stuff in. Problem is, most springs it lays too wet to work up the ground before we have to get crops in. In the fall, I want to leave the cover…..catch 22….One of these springs, conditions will be right to get it done. I go through there on occasion with the 4 wheeler and knock the stalks down, and beat the seeds off of them for the birds. They like that ragweed as well as anything we have... ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0662_zpsds025ay3.jpg)
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