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by Mbrock. 04/28/24 09:16 PM
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: BradB]
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10/09/23 10:34 AM
10/09/23 10:34 AM
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CNC
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Dances With Weeds
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If you have a 600 lb feeder every 20 acres and 15% of your property is in food plots your just pissing money away no matter how many deer you have. Why is that "pissing money away"??
We dont rent pigs
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/09/23 10:48 AM
10/09/23 10:48 AM
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Antler Boost will also be another option. Don Willis is the owner of the company. I have dealt with him on seed for years but I have never tried his feed.
Antler Boost 706-506-0204 don@antlerboostfeed.com
Last edited by Squeaky; 10/09/23 10:48 AM.
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: CNC]
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10/09/23 12:41 PM
10/09/23 12:41 PM
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If you have a 600 lb feeder every 20 acres and 15% of your property is in food plots your just pissing money away no matter how many deer you have. Why is that "pissing money away"?? Agreed, I would like to hear your thoughts? Why do you say so?
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/09/23 02:31 PM
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On a financial standpoint? I don’t see how you could ever recoup the money invested in supplementary feeding etc. Maybe if you could do pay hunts or something but that would still be a big IF. However, having a place that I call the shots on and get to enjoy it with my family & friends, I believe that is worth far more than money.
Just wanting a good place to hunt with the opportunity to kill mature nice deer. Granted having more land would be nice but that will always be the big argument. I just assume to do the best I can with what I’ve got. It is a constant learning experience and continue to look forward to it. Need anymore friends?
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/10/23 06:51 PM
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Like other said I’d recommend getting someone to help you manage the habitat instead of just throwing $ into feed. Get your property on a burn rotation to allow natural forage to grow and you can feed less. If you are going to feed, we use Casey’s Feed in Hope Hull Ave like their product.
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/11/23 06:46 PM
10/11/23 06:46 PM
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I think you gotta look at the variables and constraints of each individual situation…….figure out the realistic impact that it will create…..and then decide if the land owner is happy with that. Some folks get a lot of enjoyment out of feeding them. Every situation where someone “manages the land” isnt equal either…..Just look at the situation Gobbler made mention of the other day of a quail plantation that produced way more cover than they did food…..where they needed to shoot near 200 deer to keep them from starving. I would think that feeding in that situation would help balance the food with the cover. I couldn’t imagine the type of feed bill you would have with those types of deer numbers but some guys have deep pockets so there you go…….Also, I don’t think he has mentioned anything about what is or isnt occurring with the habitat so at this point we don’t know if there’s a bunch of other things he could be doing or needs to be doing differently.
Last edited by CNC; 10/11/23 06:47 PM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/12/23 11:46 AM
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abolt300
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With almost 600 acres and owning it, I'd be putting my money into serious habitat management and layout/design. Not knowing what you have property and timber wise, in general terms, I'd look to break it up into 50 acre sections or whatever makes sense topo wise and get that on a patchwork burn rotation so that every section was being burned every 2-4 yrs, depending on what you have habitat and timber wise. If it was mine, with 90 acres of plots and 600 lb feeders, I'd cut the feeding way back to just 1 feeder per 75 or 100 acres and I'd spend all that freed up feed money on dozer and habitat work and really get the place set up to hunt from an access and design standpoint. I'd be looking at establishing and enhancing funnels, travel corridors, bedding areas and safe zones and if there wasnt already one there, I'd put a big acreage plot in the dead middle of it, that would be summer planted every year. Once the above was established, only then would I start looking at, if and how much, I needed to be doing in additional supplemental feeding. Proper design, location, and access are all way more important than total acreage with regard to foodplots. Matt Brock is your guy on here and can really assist you with the above and will get you better long term results for your money, than just throwing tons of feed and big acreage foodplots at them. I run with a couple of guys that do wildlife consulting for a living (not Matt Brock because he sometimes wears dresses, LOL inside joke) but there really is a lot of science that goes into really having a spectacular place.
On the feed, we fed a roasted soybean and corn mix two summers ago that we were getting in bulk for $13.50/50 if I remember correctly. Deer loved it, but the hogs did too which creates other problems that have to be dealt with.
Congrats, you've got an incredible situation and a blank canvas to start painting on. I'm envious.
Last edited by abolt300; 10/12/23 09:20 PM.
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/12/23 12:09 PM
10/12/23 12:09 PM
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I would go to one feeder per 100 acres and spend more money on habitat management.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: School me on deer feed.
[Re: Matt_S]
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10/12/23 01:10 PM
10/12/23 01:10 PM
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Matt_S If you’re in the West Alabama area and want help with your habitat improvements, shoot me a PM.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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