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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5856824" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Grill-n-man2 is correct, in that there are indeed generally more nutritional things to feed deer than corn.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Corn is the most utilized, and unless made illegal, always will be, for two reasons:</p><p></p><p><strong>1)</strong> It's the lowest cost, most available option.</p><p><strong>2)</strong> Corn is a sugar starch, somewhat to a deer like candy is to a child.</p><p> Corn is a bigger "magnet" to deer than everything else that's more nutritional.</p><p>By comparison, soybeans are very high in protein, low in carbs.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Mainly because it can be produced relatively cheaply in large quantity.</strong></p><p>One of the biggest corn products is <strong><em>"high fructose corn syrup"</em></strong> which is used worldwide as the the #1 sweetener of just about every <em>"food"</em> product that would otherwise utilize some other form of sugar as a sweetener.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"Sweet"</strong></em><strong> sells, and <u>high fructose corn syrup</u> is the lowest cost sugar available.</strong></p><p></p><p>But we hear all forms of sugar are generally unhealthy to all animals, including humans?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Adult deer (unless they were starving) will actually stop eating fermented corn that's developed aflatoxin, which typically doesn't kill deer, just may upset their stomach, and replace or displace more nutritional food items they might instead be eating.</p><p></p><p>Birds are a very different situation. <u>A single kernel of aflatoxin corn can kill an adult turkey</u>. A tiny piece of aflatoxin cracked corn can kill a bobwhite quail or any songbird.</p><p></p><p>It may be that the most dangerous point is when corn has just developed (or has) aflatoxin, but still doesn't "look" (or smell) like anything is wrong with it. By the time deer would stop eating it, it's already killed the birds that ate it, most of which don't have a sense of smell like a deer.</p><p></p><p>But yes, <strong>corn does have nutritional value.</strong></p><p>It is <strong>very high in carbohydrates</strong>, very low in protein.</p><p>It makes an excellent livestock <em><u>feed</u></em> to fatten up animals.</p><p></p><p>But during the spring/summer months, when protein is the primary nutrient driving bucks' antler growth, every pound of corn a velvet buck eats, may be one pound less of protein-rich clover, forbs, and ragweed that same buck eats. Those feeding corn may never be aware that <em>"their"</em> bucks might have grown larger antlers if they were <em>NOT</em> feeding corn. But those bucks will have fat bellies and "appear" healthy. Perhaps much like a fat kid, whose bone growth is stunted by too much sugar?</p><p></p><p>Of course, feeding corn to starving or malnourished deer should improve antler growth, too.</p><p>But the better solution is creating better habitat and a healthy deer herd?</p><p>Every conceivable way of doing this is even typically <em>"cheaper"</em> than "feeding" corn.</p><p>Few methods can compare as favorably as a chain saw and some annual mowing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5856824, member: 1409"] Grill-n-man2 is correct, in that there are indeed generally more nutritional things to feed deer than corn. Corn is the most utilized, and unless made illegal, always will be, for two reasons: [B]1)[/B] It's the lowest cost, most available option. [B]2)[/B] Corn is a sugar starch, somewhat to a deer like candy is to a child. Corn is a bigger "magnet" to deer than everything else that's more nutritional. By comparison, soybeans are very high in protein, low in carbs. [B]Mainly because it can be produced relatively cheaply in large quantity.[/B] One of the biggest corn products is [B][I]"high fructose corn syrup"[/I][/B] which is used worldwide as the the #1 sweetener of just about every [I]"food"[/I] product that would otherwise utilize some other form of sugar as a sweetener. [I][B]"Sweet"[/B][/I][B] sells, and [U]high fructose corn syrup[/U] is the lowest cost sugar available.[/B] But we hear all forms of sugar are generally unhealthy to all animals, including humans? Adult deer (unless they were starving) will actually stop eating fermented corn that's developed aflatoxin, which typically doesn't kill deer, just may upset their stomach, and replace or displace more nutritional food items they might instead be eating. Birds are a very different situation. [U]A single kernel of aflatoxin corn can kill an adult turkey[/U]. A tiny piece of aflatoxin cracked corn can kill a bobwhite quail or any songbird. It may be that the most dangerous point is when corn has just developed (or has) aflatoxin, but still doesn't "look" (or smell) like anything is wrong with it. By the time deer would stop eating it, it's already killed the birds that ate it, most of which don't have a sense of smell like a deer. But yes, [B]corn does have nutritional value.[/B] It is [B]very high in carbohydrates[/B], very low in protein. It makes an excellent livestock [I][U]feed[/U][/I] to fatten up animals. But during the spring/summer months, when protein is the primary nutrient driving bucks' antler growth, every pound of corn a velvet buck eats, may be one pound less of protein-rich clover, forbs, and ragweed that same buck eats. Those feeding corn may never be aware that [I]"their"[/I] bucks might have grown larger antlers if they were [I]NOT[/I] feeding corn. But those bucks will have fat bellies and "appear" healthy. Perhaps much like a fat kid, whose bone growth is stunted by too much sugar? Of course, feeding corn to starving or malnourished deer should improve antler growth, too. But the better solution is creating better habitat and a healthy deer herd? Every conceivable way of doing this is even typically [I]"cheaper"[/I] than "feeding" corn. Few methods can compare as favorably as a chain saw and some annual mowing. [/QUOTE]
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