Anybody ever use Deer Protein TUBS?

[meathunter]

http://www.mummesinc.com/deer_feed_high_caliber_deeration_feed_tub.aspx

I was thinking about putting a few of these out in my feed pens. Anyone ever use them? Do deer like them? What does rain do to them? They are 19% protein so that would work, I guess, if they will eat them.

[meathunter]

TTT. Somebody give me some feedback.

[yanta61]

Don’t see the ingredients on line but I wonder if it’s the same thing as a cattle protein tub?

[Swampa]

Anybody ever use Deer Protein TUBS?

Following

[meathunter]

Nutrient Analysis
Top Quality Nutrition
•Crude Protein, min. 19.0%
•Crude Fat, min. 6.0%
•Crude Fiber, max. 6.0%
•Calcium, min./max. 2.3-2.8%
•Phosphorus, min. 1.0%
•Salt, min./max. 0.75-1.25%
•Potassium, min. 0.8%
•Cobalt, min. 2.3 ppm
•Copper, min. 45 ppm
•Manganese, min. 208 ppm
•Selenium, min. 0.6 ppm
•Zinc, min. 150 ppm
•Vitamin A, min. 23,000 IU/lb
•Vitamin D3, min. 1,800 IU/lb
•Vitamin E, min. 50 IU/lb
This what I found on their webstie.

[westexasagent]

Our west texas sun made them into a hot tar in a tub. I added rolled oats to it. they ate it but gone quick then!

[Clint]

Wet ried the goat tubs and the cattle tubs. This was probably 5 years ago. I'm sure there is still not a bit gone from them.

Even the neighborhood deer wouldn't touch them.

[hillcountryhunter]

I tried the one made by Lyssey & Eckel and the deer would eat it but the javelinas camped out and devoured the thing. It was like a molasses tub with peanuts and such mixed in.

[Todd-ty729]

Interesting

[BrianG]

I tried it with no luck.

[Sippy]

We used the L&E peanut tubs in Uvalde. They were used along with all the protein the animals could eat and they still used them regularly. The ones in the breeder pens wouldnt last more than a week.

[meathunter]

Sippy is that Lyssy and Eckel? Anybody else have any input?

[meathunter]

ttt for night crowd

[Sippy]

Yep.

[BBReezen]

What's bad about these compared to a protein feed source is just about the same as with cattle. It's better for the deer to be eating a food rather than wasting time licking something. Do you lick a Popsicle til it's gone or do you feel like your not getting the most out and just go ahead and bite into it. Protein tubs in cattle are ok for this time of year but feeding range cubes are more efficient at keeping them warm rather than tubs.

That said, I've never used the tubs for deer but I would rather use pellets IMO.