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Saw a great price on sweet feed at the co-op last weekend - anyone tried feeding that to deer? Nutritional value? Seems like the molasses would draw them right to it.
 
We used to put feed out alot, but quit within the last couple of years. But we did use that several times and the deer seemed to like it quite a bit
 
I've seen them eat it too.. Wonder what the difference in sweet feed and that record rack stuff could be? They look exactly the same to me.
 
ShaneHallum said:
I've seen them eat it too.. Wonder what the difference in sweet feed and that record rack stuff could be? They look exactly the same to me.
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Price :D

Man, some things are getting absolutely ridiculous in price. If your gonna do it, I would just get the regular cattle feed (course feed). Mix in a little corn to get them started on it, then no corn is needed.

I did this for years. My dad insisted on me putting it out and he bought all the stuff....so I just put it out and put a camera over it. These days, I just put all the cameras over salt licks from June-September
 
JCDEERMAN said:
ShaneHallum said:
I've seen them eat it too.. Wonder what the difference in sweet feed and that record rack stuff could be? They look exactly the same to me.
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Price :D

Man, some things are getting absolutely ridiculous in price. If your gonna do it, I would just get the regular cattle feed (course feed). Mix in a little corn to get them started on it, then no corn is needed.
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Yeah but thats what C mere deer is :D
 
Just remember that deer have very different digestive bacteria than horses. Food in sweet feed may not be digestible to deer and could actually do them great harm.
 
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Good point on the different digestions... sweet feed is basically oats and molasses if I remember right, would think that'd be fine. Corn has some nutrition issues too, for deer it's largely empty calories.

"The Omnivore's Dilemma," a book by Michael Pollan, makes some really strong arguments about corn's place in our food system. His basic point is that cows aren't really set up to eat corn as their main food... but corn is cheap so that's what they get, loaded up with additives to promote growth and nutrition. He goes on to say that corn is cheap only because we have cheap oil, so when the oil market REALLY goes to hell, as it will soon, corn... and, by extension, meat and milk... will go way up in price too.
 

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