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Re: Too much protein?
[Re: Navasot]
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12/13/16 03:58 PM
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SniperRAB
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I would say only because your upping carry capacity in a small area when feeding protein steady imo... and I don't mean a few pounds a week I mean 1500-2,000lb feeders that run out within two weeks and always filled up on time... but in reality its not a dependent problem or protein problem its a population problem which exhaust the local browse much faster if deer arnt branching out.. because they will still browse.. they have to Well Said
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Re: Too much protein?
[Re: titan2232]
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12/13/16 04:08 PM
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tlk
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How much do you feed per year per deer? we are on 9000 acres. We start cottonseed and protein in mid January and shut it off in September. We went through 152,000 lbs of protein and 100,000 lbs of cottonseed. During the season we go through 72,000 lbs of bulk corn. I would assume you have a year round water source if you're feeding that much protein? A drought would not affect you if that's the case. yes we have good water year round spread out evenly over the ranch my question does not pertain to the ranch I am on - there are others who feed way more protein per acre/deer than we do and apparently are way more dependent on the protein. Our typical buck hits our feeders once per day for under 5 minutes and in some cases twice per day (based on thousands of trail camera pics)
Last edited by tlk; 12/13/16 04:10 PM.
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Re: Too much protein?
[Re: tlk]
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12/14/16 04:14 AM
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HCHunter28
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It's a population issue. A whitetail deer will only eat about a 1/3 of its diet from protein feeders. They need browse and forbs. Coons and my Sika deer are a different story. I think Sikas can sit there and eat all day. Sikas eat a lot more grass (about 50% of their diet) compared to a whitetail (about 10%). I feel like my Sikas skip the grass and eat 80% of their diet in protein. We started protein over 15 years ago and put over 40 inches on our whitetails and our sikas gained about 2 inches. Sikas are worthless protein pigs.
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