Protien or not

[Yelladog]

We have a small bow lease in Georgetown bout 100ac. Most of our deer come from subdivisions around us. We are thinking about putting a protien feeder out after the season. Here's the problem this lease is really year to year do to the property being for sale. So it could be 1yr or more.
So if your figuring 1-2yrs will we notice a benefit in better bucks or even to help pull some deer on the place. I've never feed protien before so any advise would be appreciated.

[boh347]

I myself probably wouldn't spend the money on protein unless, I knew for sure that I was going to keep the lease. Imho

[Codie]

If I didn't KNOW that I had the place for the future, I would not put the money into the protien. It WILL attract more deer and you can figure on spending $250/month or so even if you only have 1 feeder

[jstanton]

Protien feeding can get real in depth and real expensive real fast, but it can be very beneficial if done properly and at the right times of the year. For a short and simple answer to your question, no you will probably not notice a difference in buck quality and protien is only slightly better than corn at attracting deer to a piece of land. Given the price difference in protien and corn your best bet is to strategically place corn feeders or look into planting some perennial food plots like oats, wheat or clover.

[Sr_Egor]

It is really hard to manage a low fence small acerage place, especially if your neighbors are not on board. Plus being year to year I would not put in the time, money and effort for something i could lose next season.

[Great White]

Planting something will be more cost effective, but if you can afford it go for the protine and mineral also. I hunt a small tract of land, and also have sanctuary that does not get hunted. There is a 3yr old 11pt running around my place that was coming to my feeders through the spring and summer. He realy seemed to benefit from the extra protine & minerals.

[Kdog]

That is a tough call. If the deer are coming from subdivisions, then they are likely not pressured and you don't have to worry too much about other hunters shooting them. Getting hit by a car would probably be more concern.

In this situation I think I would just stick with corn. You probably have a lot of deer and it is going to take a lot of feed to have an impact. I have also been told that you start to see the real benefit from feeding 5-6 years down the road due to the fact of the doe getting the extra protein while she is carrying the buck fawn, and then once the fawn is born the high protein content in her milk.

[Scout]

FOOD PLOT!

Good luck.

[dangerous dan]

FOOD PLOT!

Good luck.

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