I think there is a way to "prove" the feed contributes that much. STOP using it and see what happens. If a deer adds "30 or 40" inches in one year because of the magic feed - then stop using it and see what happens the next year. If the deer doesn't add anything or better yet - DROPS inches, then it would be very interesting. But if he continues add, then scream BS and walk away.

This feed is anise flavored/scented. I'm not aware of other traditional protein pellets that are favored like this. Could part of their claimed success be due to the fact that the deer are simply consuming more of it because they find more palatable?

If you are talking about DD feed I have been feeding it for awhile now and it is making a difference. On the feed we were on before we would see about 20-25% increase per year were are more the 25-30% not inches. Yes it is more expensive but I believe it is worth it. But as it has been said before that is only one part of getting bigger deer. It's all the little things that add up to make it come together. We have at least 2-3 6 spouts each big horn feeders at each feed station. We have 17 feeders on 500ac they all have water beside them and letting them get some age before we decide what gets culled.

please explain what the 20-25% increase relates to? Body weight? Horns?

please explain what the 20-25% increase relates to? Body weight? Horns?

It's called Double Down feed we buy from there in Dilley where it is made. It has been around for a little while it is just starting to get some attention now. Our deer are mix of native with a few yearly pen raised bucks turn out every year. I try to start identifying bucks when they get their second set of horns and tracking them from then on. What I meant by 20-25% was mainly in horn growth that is only a average some do better some not as well of course there is some body weight that goes along with that increase. I do know when we switched over they quit hitting the protein feeders that had the other feed in it and were steady empting the ones with the DD. I'm not trying to push this feed. I think there are alot of other things that play into raising a big deer the other thing that I believe no matter what you do or feed only 2-3 out of 10 pasture deer are ever going to be great big deer 180+. and yes it is alot of feeders. I have watched a group of summer bucks come into eat and if there are not enough places the young bucks stand back and watch till the older deer are finished eating then they run up grab a few bites and take off down behind the older bucks only feeding for a few minutes so I try to allow them somewhere to eat as well.

I think price depends on whether it is bag or bulk and how much you get. It also depends on whether you get it from Dilley or another source. Call Jason at Dilley feed and grain

No way can it contribute that much first year.



Unless you where on year five of a fiver drought and that's all they had to eat. In that case they didn't grow that much, they just caught up.

Most new feed programs benefit the babies the most, because they grow up with it, there for hit it more.

It's called Double Down feed we buy from there in Dilley where it is made. It has been around for a little while it is just starting to get some attention now. Our deer are mix of native with a few yearly pen raised bucks turn out every year. I try to start identifying bucks when they get their second set of horns and tracking them from then on. What I meant by 20-25% was mainly in horn growth that is only a average some do better some not as well of course there is some body weight that goes along with that increase. I do know when we switched over they quit hitting the protein feeders that had the other feed in it and were steady empting the ones with the DD. I'm not trying to push this feed. I think there are alot of other things that play into raising a big deer the other thing that I believe no matter what you do or feed only 2-3 out of 10 pasture deer are ever going to be great big deer 180+. and yes it is alot of feeders. I have watched a group of summer bucks come into eat and if there are not enough places the young bucks stand back and watch till the older deer are finished eating then they run up grab a few bites and take off down behind the older bucks only feeding for a few minutes so I try to allow them somewhere to eat as well.

This feed has close to 1000#s per ton of cottonseed and peanuts and smells pretty tasty. The deer love the stuff and I have not seen any issues to the deer from it.

So the feed is almost half cottonseed and peanuts, both have a calcium/phosphorus ratio of approx. 1/4 deer can utilize a ratio of between 4/1 and 1/2. I'm betting that the analysis for the feed is in the 1/1 to 1/2 range where most commercial feeds are at 2/1. If the native foods are phosphorus poor, like a lot of Texas, exacerbated by years of overgrazing, a high phosphorus supplement might just be what the doctor ordered.

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