Originally posted by Chuckfu
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I run a deer to 7-8 acres... and they eat 144 lbs per acre/year pretty consistently... not counting cottonseed.
So if you are running 1/3 the deer... at a deer to 20... you would think that it would resemble something near 48lbs/acre (assuming feeder density is the same and not counting that deer density may change %of deer feed in diet)
So what does that come out to?
edit: 3600 acres... 244 deer
3600x48 is 86 tons.
You're feeding 20...
We have a feed station about every 160 acres.
You have one every 400.
Divide 86/2.5 and its 34.4 tons.... that explains the discrepancy.
we are deliverying about ~2.3lb/deer/day to our deer.
You are delivering .8lb/deer/day to yours. (using 35 tons) Using 20 tons its much less.
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