How high off of the ground is the bottom edge of the feed ports? It could be a bit to tall for the size deer in your area. My feeders were set at 38-39" from the factory. I knew the size deer here would struggle to eat out of it when just starting out. So I dug the legs down to where the ports were 32-33" from the ground. I put about one bucket of corn in each feeder when I set them up. When the deer ate the corn I then mixed in one bucket of corn and one bucket of protein in the feeders. When that was gone I put in enough feed to last a month. Feed will start to get a stale smell and taste after about 3 months. By topping off the feeders before they are empty all the feed in the bottom of the feeder is probably turning to powder and full of brown bugs or weevils. If your deer have been eating protein for a long time they might eat the old feed if they have to. Most won't eat old feed when starting out. I would dump all the feed out and clean the feeder. Then put in a bucket or so of corn. Then a bucket of corn and protein mix. When the feeder is empty put enough feed to last till you come back again. I would never put more than a month to 6 weeks worth of feed in a feeder. Feed type or brand will not matter as long as it is fresh.(will be marked with manufacture date). If the location you are buying feed from had 6 month old feed when you bought it then the feed is now over a year old. Also get a feed made for free ranging whitetails and a not deer in a breeder pen. Pasture rations have less fiber, more protein % and generally more minerals. Breeding pen rations will be high fiber, lower protein and lower mineral content. Not the best feed for a free range feeding situation IMO.

Hey Guys,

I've been attempting to feed protein for almost 2 years and my deer just don't eat much of it at all...only about 150-200 lbs all summer. I've tried everything I know....put in corn with it, tried a different protein, etc. It's a gravity feeder and I have pictures of deer eating out of it, but they just don't consume much. The only thing is the protein may be old at this point, I bought 10 bags thinking that would last a couple months back in the winter and it has been mostly sitting in a container since then, but even when it was new they consume very little. I have a pretty healthy deer population for my small area, I routinely see 10-12 deer on my place every time I go. I have a lot of water on my place, the feeder is in a good traveled area for the deer. Closest corn feeder is about 150-200 yards away. They hit my corn every day.

Any thoughts? I'd really like to get them on protein pretty heavily. Should I dump it all and try a different protein again?

This is what I'm feeding, it's the only thing my local feed store has...

https://www.sportsmanschoicefeeds.com/product/record-rack-deer-breeder-formula

I'm looking for any other ideas...I just don't understand why they won't eat it.

Where is your lease located? Is the feeder penned in? If so, how big is the pen?

What type of hopper?

I had a feeder like the ones you had a link for. I do not know why our deer would not eat from it. So we got the kind with the longer chutes. We know have 2 of the 1000 pounders on 120 acres, they empty them every month.
And yes you can protein feed on a small place and make a difference.

I go through 200-300 lbs per week in Leon county. I feed 12% allstock

NAV-
Clean out your PMs!

and you have deer eating out of the same feeder somewere else or a single style feeder