Feed Question

[TNhunter17]

Let me start by saying that when I was an avid hunter, I used several attractants, feed, food plots, and scents.

What I really wish to know now is:
How will this mix of feed from the local store do in terms of attraction, nourishment, and holding the attention of my deer population so that my wife, children, and I can enjoy wildlife watching together.

Any ideas on this mix?

 

[Ski]

If all you want to do is see some deer coming in to your yard, you'd be money ahead planting a few fruit trees such as apples, pears, cherries, persimmons, etc. It'll be quality time spent with the kids creating a food source that not only the wildlife but yourselves will be able to enjoy for the rest of your life. It's just good old fashioned fun watching the kids run around picking fruit to eat right off the tree. And they'll enjoy watching the deer, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, turkeys, birds of all types, etc. doing the same.

 

[megalomaniac]

Is this yet another AI post?

 

[TNhunter17]

If all you want to do is see some deer coming in to your yard, you'd be money ahead planting a few fruit trees such as apples, pears, cherries, persimmons, etc. It'll be quality time spent with the kids creating a food source that not only the wildlife but yourselves will be able to enjoy for the rest of your life. It's just good old fashioned fun watching the kids run around picking fruit to eat right off the tree. And they'll enjoy watching the deer, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, turkeys, birds of all types, etc. doing the same.

I'm looking at doing that exactly along with a few hardwoods. The property is not our "backyard" though. To be completely honest I'm afraid that the wildlife will eat the saplings too soon (and that's if I can get those trees to grow in the soil… It's pretty much sub-soil only.)

 

[TNhunter17]

Is this yet another AI post?

A little hurtful, mega. I felt it was a legitimate question.

 

[Ski]

I'm looking at doing that exactly along with a few hardwoods. The property is not our "backyard" though. To be completely honest I'm afraid that the wildlife will eat the saplings too soon (and that's if I can get those trees to grow in the soil… It's pretty much sub-soil only.)

Plastic tree tubes work really, really well at preventing the deer from tearing up or eating the saplings, plus they promote tall straight growth without branches except at the top. They cost a little extra on top of the cost of the tree but they work well enough to justify the price.

 

[TNhunter17]

Plastic tree tubes work really, really well at preventing the deer from tearing up or eating the saplings, plus they promote tall straight growth without branches except at the top. They cost a little extra on top of the cost of the tree but they work well enough to justify the price.

Genuinely never thought of that!!! Thanks, Ski, I will protect them when I transplant the saplings!!!

 

[megalomaniac]

A little hurtful, mega. I felt it was a legitimate question.

Sorry... it seemed generic... and there habe been a LOT of generic AI posts on here of late.

Best attractants for deer is a crapshoot based on locality and what deer are conditioned to...

Having lived in MS where there was little regard for legality of baiting/ attracting deer to kill them for the past 27 years, I have seen it all.

Corn was king... until rice bran. Then peanut butter... then grape kool aid. Folks down here did some crazy stuff to kill a deer... but regardless, it usually took some time for the deer to recognize a foreign food source for it to become an attractant.

I'd suspect the same for the mix you described... probably little attraction initially, tjen after 6 or 8 weeks, the deer would become conditioned to seek it out. It isnt the healthiest thing for your deer, but it would probably bring them into your backyard and concentrate them over time.

I would suggest cheap bird seed if that is your goal. Its quite attractive to deer, plus you will get to watch multiple birds in your backyard as well.

 

[BSK]

Let me start by saying that when I was an avid hunter, I used several attractants, feed, food plots, and scents.

What I really wish to know now is:
How will this mix of feed from the local store do in terms of attraction, nourishment, and holding the attention of my deer population so that my wife, children, and I can enjoy wildlife watching together.

Any ideas on this mix?

The problem is, nobody knows what the nutritional requirements of deer really are. Look at us. We humans are the most studied mammal on the planet and yet we still can't agree on what human nutrition is best.

 

[TNhunter17]

Sorry... it seemed generic... and there habe been a LOT of generic AI posts on here of late.

Best attractants for deer is a crapshoot based on locality and what deer are conditioned to...

Having lived in MS where there was little regard for legality of baiting/ attracting deer to kill them for the past 27 years, I have seen it all.

Corn was king... until rice bran. Then peanut butter... then grape kool aid. Folks down here did some crazy stuff to kill a deer... but regardless, it usually took some time for the deer to recognize a foreign food source for it to become an attractant.

I'd suspect the same for the mix you described... probably little attraction initially, tjen after 6 or 8 weeks, the deer would become conditioned to seek it out. It isnt the healthiest thing for your deer, but it would probably bring them into your backyard and concentrate them over time.

I would suggest cheap bird seed if that is your goal. Its quite attractive to deer, plus you will get to watch multiple birds in your backyard as well.

Birdseed!!! Now I feel really stupid.. I COMPLETELY overlooked that! Kool-Aid comment tickled me greatly!!! What I have is mainly pines with a few hardwoods mixed in. I really want something that will help with nutrition, though. Any recommendations?

 

[348Winchester]

A little hurtful, mega. I felt it was a legitimate question.

Hell, I thought you were Yukon Cornelius based on your picture.

 

[348Winchester]

Birdseed!!! Now I feel really stupid.. I COMPLETELY overlooked that! Kool-Aid comment tickled me greatly!!! What I have is mainly pines with a few hardwoods mixed in. I really want something that will help with nutrition, though. Any recommendations?

 

[Carlos Viagra]

A little hurtful, mega. I felt it was a legitimate question.

I'm pretty sure he's a bot anyways, not to worry.

JK btw

 

[TNhunter17]

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Before I got hurt in 2018, I was a nurse in an ER. EVERYONE thought the same thing, and I had to quote him all the time! It's quite accurate actually!!

 

[348Winchester]

Before I got hurt in 2018, I was a nurse in an ER. EVERYONE thought the same thing, and I had to quote him all the time! It's quite accurate actually!!

Were you hurt prospecting?

 

[Winchester]

If you just want to draw and watch the deer as a family you wont find much better or cheaper than just Corn. If your truly concerned about the deers welfare then by all means add some goodies!

 

[TNhunter17]

Were you hurt prospecting?

Unfortunately, no. I was caught in a riptide after getting my children out. Later died on the helicopter, and praise to God, made a recovery of a sort.

I DO WISH PROSPECTING WAS THE CASE! I could do with a little "silver and gold" as Yukon sang! Bahahahahaha!!!!

 

[TNhunter17]

If you just want to draw and watch the deer as a family you wont find much better or cheaper than just Corn. If your truly concerned about the deers welfare then by all means add some goodies!

The corn is great, but that commodity mix is cheaper/ton and seems like its nutritional value Is better. I thought that for $250/ton it would be a lot better.

 

[BSK]

Again, nobody really knows how to maximize deer health with supplemental feed, but a good rule of thumb is carbs/energy foods in the winter, protein and calcium in the spring/summer. Many other nutrients are needed, but those are big ones.

 

[mike243]

Have read that the deer farms in Ky know what to feed them, stupid big horns and points, not my thing but they must know a little as they raise them for $$

 

[BPhunter]

A little hurtful, mega. I felt it was a legitimate question.

Sorry you have to deal with that. It was a legit question. The name says it all.

 

[kaizen leader]

Let me start by saying that when I was an avid hunter, I used several attractants, feed, food plots, and scents.

What I really wish to know now is:
How will this mix of feed from the local store do in terms of attraction, nourishment, and holding the attention of my deer population so that my wife, children, and I can enjoy wildlife watching together.

Any ideas on this mix?

Brainiac XL 33 lb block. They can't get enough of it. $20.

 

[kaizen leader]

Brainiac XL 33 lb block. They can't get enough of it. $20.

Oops, grainiac xl.

 

[yellalinehunter]

Record rack or big and j

 

[TNhunter17]

Sorry you have to deal with that. It was a legit question. The name says it all.

No issue at all, BP! After rereading the original post, even I could be skeptical.

 

[Ski]

No issue at all, BP! After rereading the original post, even I could be skeptical.

Yeah it came across that way and with a low post count & recent AI posts, I can understand the skepticism.

 

[megalomaniac]

I dont greenstripe often, but petty insults prove you have nothing of value i would ever want to see in the future.

 

[BPhunter]

I dont greenstripe often, but petty insults prove you have nothing of value i would ever want to see in the future.

See, there you go, 1st amendment. I try not to insult. Not always successful though. However, the truth that I speak is not always accepted very well. In that case one has the privilege of not reading it .

I greestriped someone once and realized that I was no better than a liberal, by deny to that person their right to their opinion. I immediately undid that greenstripe. When I as an American citizen and conservative deny the Constitutional rights to others, then I should also be denied those rights. And if that happens, God help us all, for we have delved in to the worst of the worst.

To anyone that I have ever Greenstriped, my apologies.

 

[TNhunter17]

See, there you go, 1st amendment. I try not to insult. Not always successful though. However, the truth that I speak is not always accepted very well. In that case one has the privilege of not reading it .

I greestriped someone once and realized that I was no better than a liberal, by deny to that person their right to their opinion. I immediately undid that greenstripe. When I as an American citizen and conservative deny the Constitutional rights to others, then I should also be denied those rights. And if that happens, God help us all, for we have delved in to the worst of the worst.

To anyone that I have ever Greenstriped, my apologies.

Now that's realizing, stepping up, and apologizing! Well done!

 

[BPhunter]

Now that's realizing, stepping up, and apologizing! Well done!

Thank you .