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Deer eating cattle cubes #5777076 06/07/15 01:38 AM
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So I'm sitting here in the hot box waiting on a hog to show. With all the rain a couple weeks ago, I had a bag of cubes get a little wet. Last night I poured the bag out in the feeder pen. A doe just worked her way into the field and is standing there eating cubes from the pile. Never seen that before. They are made with corn so maybe that's it. Anybody else ever seen it?


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Fellow I know has been using them in his protein feeder for years. He swears by them..


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They will eat them. I had a friend who fed deer on his lease cottonseed cubes back in the 70's.


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Re: Deer eating cattle cubes [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5777233 06/07/15 04:04 AM
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Have been putting cattle pellets with corn out for deer... flag



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Deer used to visit my feed troughs after I fed cubes, usually only dust left after the cows rolled on though.


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Deer also love "sweet feed" made for livestock.

Heck guys, deer are glorified goats and will eat practically anything.


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I put our alfalfa last yr, deer did not touch it, also put out mineral pellets, did not eat, they are really chowing down on the corn every night.


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Originally Posted By: colt45
I put our alfalfa last yr, deer did not touch it, also put out mineral pellets, did not eat, they are really chowing down on the corn every night.


Took the drought to get my deer to eat pellets, now they clean them up pretty good.


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Deer have slobber hanging to the ground chewing on cubes. Funny to watch. I'll take and fling a coffee can full around the blind, gives them something to hang around on.

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bang First post, thought was in open discution form .. Haven't been cattle in pastures for years... Started buying pellets, cubes at Atwoods, cheaper, 12% cattle cubes 3/8" & mixing with corn years back for deer... Right now deer hitting the minneral block, reddish, brown type... Weather warming up a little. Post pic or two whin at laptop... flag



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done good with meneral blocks and salt blocks

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I've always found they like range cubes and sweet feed as well. up


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Hunted one ranch where the same group of deer would hang out at the cube feeder every day.

Have also seen deer hammer Sweet Feed.

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Has anyone tried them in eat or ne texas?



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your cattle don't like wet cubes?

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Dont have cattle on property was thinking about using them for deer if people think its worth a shot in the area. Cass county

Re: Deer eating cattle cubes [Re: Navasot] #5791493 06/16/15 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted By: Navasot
your cattle don't like wet cubes?



They were getting green hairy growth on them. Cows cost too much to take a chance on giving them a tummy ache.


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