Comments on: Feeding Soybeans to Supplement White-tailed Deer http://www.buckmanager.com/2010/01/28/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.buckmanager.com/2010/01/28/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Sharon Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:09:00 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/02/14/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/#comment-2748 I live in rural North Carolina. I'm not a hunter, but more of a watcher. I have a corn feeder set up for several groups of whitetail deer that live near my property. It has become costly to keep the deer content. I would like to know when I can start backing off on the corn and when they will find there own feed? I don't want to quit and have these deer go hungry. Also what are some other problems that I created by "by opening a can of corn?" I live in rural North Carolina. I’m not a hunter, but more of a watcher. I have a corn feeder set up for several groups of whitetail deer that live near my property. It has become costly to keep the deer content. I would like to know when I can start backing off on the corn and when they will find there own feed?

I don’t want to quit and have these deer go hungry. Also what are some other problems that I created by “by opening a can of corn?”

]]> By: Buck Manager http://www.buckmanager.com/2010/01/28/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Buck Manager Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:23 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/02/14/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/#comment-2742 Bob, it sounds like you guys are feeding protein pellets from late winter to early fall. That is a good management practice that is great for supplementing deer body condition, helping lactating does, and improving antler quality. I understand your concern with feeding corn in addition to protein during this time of year, and you are correct, it is not necessary. Corn is best used as a bait for harvesting deer. However, many whitetail hunters do like to keep their corn feeders running year-round to condition deer to coming through the area. Deer may make going by the feeder routine, but it's not really supplementing. It sounds like the bigger issue on your hunting property may be the hungry cows. My suggestion would be to stop corn feeders during the off season, build stronger fences, or go with cattle panels. Good luck either way! Bob, it sounds like you guys are feeding protein pellets from late winter to early fall. That is a good management practice that is great for supplementing deer body condition, helping lactating does, and improving antler quality. I understand your concern with feeding corn in addition to protein during this time of year, and you are correct, it is not necessary.

Corn is best used as a bait for harvesting deer. However, many whitetail hunters do like to keep their corn feeders running year-round to condition deer to coming through the area. Deer may make going by the feeder routine, but it’s not really supplementing.

It sounds like the bigger issue on your hunting property may be the hungry cows. My suggestion would be to stop corn feeders during the off season, build stronger fences, or go with cattle panels. Good luck either way!

]]> By: Bob Carroll http://www.buckmanager.com/2010/01/28/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Bob Carroll Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:09:56 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/02/14/feeding-soybeans-to-supplement-white-tailed-deer/#comment-2741 I have joined a new group of deer hunters who are very management minded. We have 2,200 acres in Llano and the property is stocked with cattle. We have 5 protein feeders and everybody either feeds protein or corn year round in their own fenced feeders. The cattle now consider our feeders as food plots. They jump the feeder pens to eat protein and corn. I watch them pick corn off the ground, which they are not suppose to do. I was always told to never put spin feeders near protein feeders. And why should we feed corn out of season when it has little protein benefit, especially when we are feeding 15,000 lbs of protein in our protein feeders? I think that nothing should be fed out of our personal spin feeders until September, when we shut down the protein feeders. What do you think? I have joined a new group of deer hunters who are very management minded. We have 2,200 acres in Llano and the property is stocked with cattle. We have 5 protein feeders and everybody either feeds protein or corn year round in their own fenced feeders.

The cattle now consider our feeders as food plots. They jump the feeder pens to eat protein and corn. I watch them pick corn off the ground, which they are not suppose to do. I was always told to never put spin feeders near protein feeders. And why should we feed corn out of season when it has little protein benefit, especially when we are feeding 15,000 lbs of protein in our protein feeders?

I think that nothing should be fed out of our personal spin feeders until September, when we shut down the protein feeders. What do you think?

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