Protein feeding year round?

[GarrettH]

If you could feed protein at each feeder you have for a $70 investment and run pure protein for as little as $10 a month would you?

[bphillips]

Yes but at my place they wouldn't be getting near enough like that

[BURTONboy]

$10 a month you might as well not feed it. Thats not even a bag a month... During the summer we feed more like $300 every 3 weeks and thats just 2 feeders on 250 acres.

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[GarrettH]

Yes but at my place they wouldn't be getting near enough like that

How many feeders do you have? I'm talking minimums with $10 per feeder

[bphillips]

8 but each feeder goes through a ton about every 6 weeks

[GarrettH]

$10 a month you might as well not feed it. Thats not even a bag a month... During the summer we feed more like $300 every 3 weeks and thats just 2 feeders on 250 acres.

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I gotcha. I'm looking at common corn feeding folks that don't have that budget for protein if that makes sense

[BURTONboy]

I gotcha. I'm looking at common corn feeding folks that don't have that budget for protein if that makes sense

I understand. But I just dont think its worth your money to do so. Wont be any real benefit. Look into alfalfa, or cottonseed, or something else that isnt quite so expensive as $11.50/bag. Imo food plots during the winter time are one of the best things you can do. Benefits the deer and really draws them in for you.

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[RINCON]

I gotcha. I'm looking at common corn feeding folks that don't have that budget for protein if that makes sense

Save your money...would be better spent helping Herman add TVs to the locker room

[TKK]

yeah - skimping on protein is not a good idea - for it to do any good it has to be all and as much as a deer wants to consume - otherwise it is a waste of money

[bphillips]

Im sure that costs a lot!!
What measures do you take to ensure it all, or at least a much a possible, is actually going to your deer??

Penning out hogs and trapping coons. Works pretty good

[7m STW]

We do the same and a 1800lbs lasts 4 to 5 weeks at a time we have 18 across the lease.

[Skinny]

Protein feeding year round?

We have three protein feeders running year round. They are 55 gallon drum feeders. They last roughly 3 weeks before needing to be filled up. So that’s roughly 1000 pounds a month or 6 tons a year. We also plant several food plots and have a couple wheat pastures for cattle. When the wheat is up, our protein consumption slows way down.

We don’t have high deer density here, but there are always 4-5 deer in each feed pen on the feeders morning and evening.


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[TXhoghunter94]

Out in the hill country we go through about a ton per month per feeder. During the summer they can empty a 3000lb feeder in 2 weeks.

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[warrington]

I think you should do what you can with in your budget. If one bag a month is Walmart you have then do that. I would save it for using it just oct-Jan. And use $30 a month on protein. You would be using it for an attractant not for building bigger horns. It might be. A draw that your neighbor does not have