no man, i wasnt able to swing it this year, ran out of time and money lol. i have kept the protein feeder going along with two spinners throwing corn/soybean mix so i am hoping i am giving them enough to leave the plots alone for a while.
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Originally posted by huntex View PostI really feel like that fence could be the key to killing this disappearing act.
one thing i started thinking about last season was that maybe he wasnt the dominant buck on my (small) place and was getting ran off every year so i am really gonna try to watch things and see if thats the case. if it is one of my buddies will get a free deer.
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thanks man, and i appreciate all the help and suggestions. getting back to fencing till august, the two main reasons i am doing the plot is to give them more variety and hopefully a reason to come eat at my place everyday, but also to save some money. i was hoping that with the plot i would be able to cut way back on protein.
do you feed protein along with your plots? i guess i could keep the pellets going through the summer while i had the plot fenced off but it kind of defeats one of my main reasons for doing it. i think just making it bigger may be my best option.
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yeah, but i dont have much choice with the way my place is (currently) laid out. i have my sanctuary at the east end with the plot on the western edge of it. if i start moving further west with feeders i start getting into the firing range of neighbors...lol. this property is narrow and deep so i am not far from fence lines.
i have started a few brush piles though that once big enough will screen off some good areas from prying eyes and will allow me to open this plot up quite a bit and give me more stand/feeder options.
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Originally posted by jshouse View Postyeah, but i dont have much choice with the way my place is (currently) laid out. i have my sanctuary at the east end with the plot on the western edge of it. if i start moving further west with feeders i start getting into the firing range of neighbors...lol. this property is narrow and deep so i am not far from fence lines.
i have started a few brush piles though that once big enough will screen off some good areas from prying eyes and will allow me to open this plot up quite a bit and give me more stand/feeder options.
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Originally posted by huntex View PostI never pull a food source while the deer are using it. If they are getting all they need from another source feeder use goes down automatically. I definitely would not stop feeding while your beans are young. If they get some size, maybe then you could back off feed.
thank you sir, i am out of town but believe the place has been getting a lot of rain this week, and i got out some fertilizer last sunday so hopefully they will really start taking off.
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