Protein Feeding questions

[DPElite]

Tuthdoc i pm you

[bentlimbs]

I'm in whenever, I told Bobby just holler when ya'll need help. I met you once at banana bend with Robyne a few years ago.

[Encinal]

Here are a few pictures of my feeders with fawns at them...

Sorry I don't have better pictures of fawns... but I don't tend to save those...


This one is really early (october) and you can see that a Fawn can already get to the plate... its back is close to level with it.


I have stopped buying this type of feeder because I like plates better, but I make sure that the spout is low enough for a fawn to be able to eat out of the ones I do have.

[tuthdoc]

That fawn in pic two can eat out of a 42 inch feeder with no problem. Probably from about first of October on it would be able to reach it, if everyone ate neatly and didn't knock out a bunch.

[Encinal]

That fawn in pic two can eat out of a 42 inch feeder with no problem. Probably from about first of October on it would be able to reach it, if everyone ate neatly and didn't knock out a bunch.

Obviously the way you do it works for you. My way works for me.

I've already talked about why I think that 42" is too high with fawns having to STRAIN to get a tiny nibble out of the feeder.

You don't think that is important, and I do.

Both of us grow decent deer, so it's really a moot point to 99% of the people that want to feed.

[tuthdoc]

Here's an example of mama and fawn coming to my Boss Buck. I got a bunch of TC's of about 7 or 8 bucks feeding in the hour before this pic was taken. Mama and fawn aren't coming in with all those bucks. They leave. 12 minutes after the last buck left, this pic was snapped. Look at all the groceries for our little spotted friend. Mama's going to add more. Sloppy eaters out of the tubes will feed the youngsters until they're big enough to eat for themselves, and that's only about 2 months. Just look at all the protein on the ground. No waste as the fawns and other deer will clean it up.



The fawn doesn't want to get in the way of the bucks, but it knows that groceries are being served. It'll wait.



Probably full by now. Just wait for more groceries.



Best of both worlds. Fill up on protein then go wash it down with some milk from that big ol udder.

[Encinal]

well at least you dont have the welded lip across the bottom of the tube to stop feed from falling out.

[tuthdoc]

No, they are hard plastic tubes. Little plastic lip

[Mike Murphey]

John I sent you an e-mail, take a look at what I sent you...

[supertrooperl14]

Good info guys. Thanks, this should help new protein feeders.

[Encinal]

tuthdoc what density are you feeding?

feeding station/X acres

[tuthdoc]

Looks like a good deal, Mike. Haven't talked to Josh in awhile. Did you two kill anything good this past year?

Currently we have about 10,000 acres. I'm not sure, but that's within 500 acres. We are currently running 16 1000 lb BB feeders and 1 1000 lb All Seasons. We also have 1 pen that has an 85 gallon feeder and 1 pen that has an 85 gallon feeder and a 350 lb feeder side by side. That's 19 pens. We have two more Boss Bucks waiting for pens to be built in areas to target a particular buck. That will be 21 pens. We have probably 5 or 6 pens that for one reason or another didn't turn out like we wanted and currently have no feeders in them. So, we're roughly 1 pen per 500 acres, but it's not an even distribution. Some areas have the tendency to hold a lot higher density of big deer and those feeders will be a little closer together.
If everything was empty every month we'd be putting out over 400 sacks per month. Man, I think I need to negotiate a bigger deer.

[Encinal]

You wouldn't like to feed on my place.

I'm running a station to about 150, with a little less than half the acreage.

I think I have 30ish stations, each with at least a 1000-2000lb plate feeder and a 300lb drum.

Some have up to 4 feeders a site, with a 1000lb, 2000lb and 2 300's.

We'll see if I can sustain the feeding program with hunting revenue through this Ethanol debacle.

[tuthdoc]

Dang, I don't even like feeding OUR place. I have two 1000 lb feeders on our lease and I dread filling them. Especially the way the deer eat it. Add onto that the corn stations and it gets up there.

400 sacks per month on the Junco is liable to shock the hunting partners when they start getting the bills. LOL There's 3 of us that work the feeders (my brothers and I), but it still makes you wonder sometimes if it's worth it for a buck when it's 110 in the shade in August. But, you don't wonder long. It is.

[Encinal]

We feed out of a hopper with a blower. If you get set up for bulk, it is a heck of a lot cheaper and easier than using sacks, but you have to be in the right situation.

My deer are probably going to eat as much on my place as yours are on 10,000 acres this year.

I don't know what your deer/acre is, but it may be that I have just as many deer.... or that you have more deer and they are eating less feed/deer/day.