At this this of the year, what do y'all think is best in the feeders?

What is your goal? Corn is never "best" for the deer...it's pretty much candy, with very little nutritional value. Good for taking camera pictures, but not much benefit nutritionally for the deer.

Either soybeans or some type of protein pellet. Corn would be my last resort.

With the high price of corn nowadays......you can buy deer feed for only a dollar or so more and do a LOT more good.

But, despite what others are saying; corn IS a great source of carbs and energy......which is EXACTLY what the deer have been needing. But, now that (hopefully) we are leaving the Winter-Stress period, you will want to start getting some protein to them.

BTW, the sweet feed is BAD to attract ants and other insects. The cheaper versions don't have much more protein than straight corn, either.

I hear what you're saying Hogwild, and fully expected to get this response from someone. However, I think the whole "winter stress" thing in Alabama is highly overrated. Up in the northern states...yep, it's a real thing. Here? We hardly have enough cold weather to sour acorns, much less kill most of the natural browse for deer. Are the bucks worn out from the rut right now? Yeah, probably so. Is it to the point that they need something high in fat content to help them survive and regenerate themselves? No...not here in Alabama.

I've never seen, heard, nor know anyone who has seen or heard of a deer starving to death in Alabama.

Big difference in starving to death and being in optimum condition. Also, site dependent....there ARE hungry deer in AL. The deer that are pushed onto my place right now due to the high water are hungry! Some are pretty malnourished by the time they leave their little islands and such.

Is rabbit feed the same thing as deer feed?

Maybe. But, there are still lots better options than corn for deer in the condition you speak of. that's why I asked in my original response what his goal was.

It's all pretty close, I think. I know of several folks who feed catfish feed to deer.

I mix Purina Deer Chow and corn and also put down mineral/salt blocks to make feeding stations , does anyone else do this? it works well for me.

The reason why I'm wondering is cause rabbit feed is dirt cheap compared to the stuff called deer feed.

If I had "deep pockets", it would be about 50/50 corn and low protein pellets in fall and winter. Then straight high protein in spring and summer.
Think corn is high, soybeans waaay higher. You can probably get high octane deer chow cheaper than soybeans now.

I run purina antler max in my feeders this time of year.

Looking on some Texas forums.....seems they are having success feeding cattle creep pellets out there.

I don't know about now but Purina rabbit feed use to have alfalfa meal in it. That would be real good.

Someone above posted about feeding catfish feed to deer. Why do that? It has a high concentration of animal protein in it.

Check out apple valley Deer feed for some nicely priced protein feed from a southern company who will ship at a fair price.