Cottonseed going crazy like everything else.

[trophy8]

Wildlife do just fine eating with out help

No sir they don’t. There has been so much supplemental feeding in Texas, specifically central and southern Texas, that without it, lots of animals would starve. We have manipulated the carrying capacity of many many counties with supplemental feeding beyond the point of what native browse can support on its own. Especially in a drought. Before these rains we had near zero grass. It didn’t rain for a long time. I’d still be shocked if we didn’t lose any deer. It was bad bad dry. Fortunately we have plenty of water stations. They still need nutrition.

[Black Ice]

Just a bit over $12,000 a couple weeks ago. I hope the deer appreciate it.

Traffic on the grail cameras is definitely down after the rain we had last week though. Lots of new green popping up everywhere. It was the Driest spring since we’ve been out here.

Is that 50 sacs?


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[kyle1974]

Is that 50 sacs?


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Yes. That’s the max they’ll deliver.

[Black Ice]

Cottonseed going crazy like everything else.

Yes. That’s the max they’ll deliver.

So you’re close to paying what I’m paying. Maybe a little discount for buying so much.

One sack fills 2 of ours with about 50 lbs left. So far one feeder looks like it will last 6 weeks but it may be longer because I’m guessing all the rain we had helped compact it.

Gonna end up running 3 feeders on 400 acres and this is my first year.


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[kyle1974]

Cottonseed going crazy like everything else.

They gave us a little discount but it basically got sucked right back up in trucking. We usually buy about 2.5 trucks per year on average

[jason86]

They gave us a little discount but it basically got sucked right back up in trucking. We usually buy about 2.5 trucks per year on average

If you would kill some of them deer you wouldn’t have to feed them 🤣

[kyle1974]

If you would kill some of them deer you wouldn’t have to feed them [emoji1787]

I’ll kill them…. One more year. [emoji16]

[Black Ice]

If you would kill some of them deer you wouldn’t have to feed them [emoji1787]

Hahahah.


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[trophy8]

If you would kill some of them deer you wouldn’t have to feed them 🤣

He’s a closet bird watcher. Trying to disguise it by “hunting” deer

[panhandlehunter]

No sir they don’t. There has been so much supplemental feeding in Texas, specifically central and southern Texas, that without it, lots of animals would starve. We have manipulated the carrying capacity of many many counties with supplemental feeding beyond the point of what native browse can support on its own. Especially in a drought. Before these rains we had near zero grass. It didn’t rain for a long time. I’d still be shocked if we didn’t lose any deer. It was bad bad dry. Fortunately we have plenty of water stations. They still need nutrition.

I don’t think anybody is keeping deer alive with protein or cottonseed. Deer have survived forever with no supplemental feed, and they’ll survive hundreds more years without.

[trophy8]

I don’t think anybody is keeping deer alive with protein or cottonseed. Deer have survived forever with no supplemental feed, and they’ll survive hundreds more years without.

Agree to disagree. The population has exploded. There’s plenty of ranches that the critters are surviving due to supplemental feeding.

[panhandlehunter]

Agree to disagree. The population has exploded. There’s plenty of ranches that the critters are surviving due to supplemental feeding.

You think the population is higher now than it was when only Indians were taking them?

[trophy8]

You think the population is higher now than it was when only Indians were taking them?

Haven’t seen any helo survey data or spotlight survey data from back then so I can’t say….

But yes I do.

Keep in mind the vast habitat loss since the Indians roamed.

[James]

No sir they don’t. There has been so much supplemental feeding in Texas, specifically central and southern Texas, that without it, lots of animals would starve. We have manipulated the carrying capacity of many many counties with supplemental feeding beyond the point of what native browse can support on its own. Especially in a drought. Before these rains we had near zero grass. It didn’t rain for a long time. I’d still be shocked if we didn’t lose any deer. It was bad bad dry. Fortunately we have plenty of water stations. They still need nutrition.

There were tons of monster bucks killed in Texas before everyone got brainwashed with deer lease politics.
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South Texas natural browse does more for them then anything, why it’s called “supplement feed”.

Cotton seed does not hurt one bit but these deer would survive just fine without it. They’ve survived 100s of years in the Texas drought weather before all this.

[trophy8]

There were tons of monster bucks killed in Texas before everyone got brainwashed with deer lease politics.
TeEth hAve to bE 7.5
NeEd CoTtOn SeeD
DOuBle DoWN
RiCe BraN
South Texas natural browse does more for them then anything, why it’s called “supplement feed”.

Cotton seed does not hurt one bit but these deer would survive just fine without it. They’ve survived 100s of years in the Texas drought weather before all this.

I 1000% agree. Deer get old and big. My point wasn’t about their potential. It was strictly about carrying capacity. I wasn’t trying to start an argument about it either. Deer get big when left alone.

My point was the simple fact of more food source equals higher number of deer able to live somewhere.

Look at the freeze for example. Feed store sold a ton of feed to folks trying to keep animals alive. Then lots of high fence places have been overgrazed like nobodies business. So the deer survive on the supplemental feeding program. It happens all over. Why feed goats and cows? Why put out hay and range cubes? Why put out mineral blocks? Why feed deer protein and alfalfa and cotton seed and corn? Turn all that off and leave it off and watch our population. Heck I’ve seen multiple posts here about guys dumping feed to their herds during this drought. Guess what? No feed then you’re gonna lose a ton of animals.

Maybe I should just say feeding program instead of supplemental.