Rebel Hog

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Rebel Hog

.This my cousin's son from Spain. He spent one summer with us.

coyote170

This is what I use!(Works great!)
White tail Homemade Mineral Mix Recipe
lngredients:MAKES 200 LBS FOR ABOUT 25.00
1 PART DI-CALCIUM PHOSPHATE
THIS IS A DAIRY FEED ADDITIVE BOUGHT AT A FEED STORE,COMES IN A
50LB BAG AT AROUND 11.00
2 PARTS TRACE MINERAL SALT
THE RED AND LOOSE KINDWITHOUT THE MEDICATIONS,COMES IN A 50LB
BAG FOR AROUND5.00 YO7U WILL NEED TWO BAGS
1 PART STOCK SALT
ICE CREAM SALT,COMES IN 50LB BAGS FOR AROUND 2.00 YOU WILL
NEED 1 BAG
DIRECTIONS
USE A THREE POUND COFFEE CAN TO USE AS YOUR MEASURE FOR EACH PART OF THE MIX
MIX TOGETHER WELL BUT NOT UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO USE,KEEP
INGREDIENTS SEPERATE UNTIL READY TO PUT TO USE
DIG OR TEAR UP A A CIRCLE ABOUT 36 INCHES WIDE AND ABOUT 6 INCHES DEEP
MIX YOUR MINERAL MIXTURE INTO THE SOIL
MAINTANCE:
PEPLENISH IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS WITH A FRESH SUPPLY OF YOUR MIX
THEN ONCE A YEAR AFTER THAT

Dnk

Too much corn will kill them by bloating them to death. Deer will only eat corn only when that is all they have to eat. Nothing wrong with PVC feeders as long as they are capped and under a canopy as in attached to a tree. Make sure you use cracked corn, whole kernels are difficult to digest. Deer seek out high protein like alfalfa, acorns, tree buds, corn etc. They are browsers and would rather eat the budded ends of certain kinds of trees and brush. Cutting down a tree helps short term and long term by giving them the last year's growth to eat as well as opening up the canopy allowing for new growth.

Its all pointless if there is no deer around. Even if there isn't a deep snow to contend with they leave because their food is browsed over. They will still yard in another area and thats were supplimental food should be applied. Carefull though because once you start to feed and assuming they are hard up for food then you have to be careful what you feed them as well as continue throughout the winter season. Kinda like a bird feeder.
This year will be different but in years of heavy snow their health is marginal and they will hang our were they are fed and not go away to search out food and if there isn't enough nutrition they will get weaker.

Not all deer will go away though and what ever you put out will help the resident deer. Deer like most animals have different ranges. Elk's summer range is high and come down for two reasons. One becuase the snow is too deep to reach their food and the other is becuase of the plentitude of food elsewhere.

One bad year here in Ontario the NMR and local sportsmen were puttting out hay(alfafa) and cutting down small trees. There was a big controversy over the good/damage done by doing so. I suppose if one could plant something like a poplar/aspen which is high in protein and cut it down to promote suckering and reproduction and then cut and supply it to the deer in the winter it would work.

I guess it boils down to what the purpose of the feeding is. If you want to train them to come around and create a traditional tread spot or keep the health of the deer at a higher level.

Personally I think its pretty difficult to stop deer from going to their yarding areas with out without snow in my area. So all supplimental feeding would only be training the small resident population of deer that didn't yard into coming to the candy store with regularity.

Sorry for rambling Jason. I didn't mean to hijack your thread. It opened up a bit of memory from my forestry days.

Dnk

Reb, deer are primarily browsers and graze in a small way. Either way they need food that is not immediately protein like corn as oppose to certain types of cellulose which is healthier for them but they need variety.

Rebel Hog

Rebel Hog

Hey Yote, ever buy Deer Dynamite at Wal-Mart?Read the label!

Dnk

My hunting partner uses rock salt only on his land. Just digs a small hole and dumps it in and covers it. I think he used 10 lbs and it lasted over a year.

Rebel Hog

I believe it! Deer love to visit Smoke Houses cause of the salt on the ground!

Rebel Hog

Just like Goats! Read the label on Purina Deer Chow and Purina Goat Chow, not much difference!