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Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 11:14 AM
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 12:22 PM
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Pope&Young
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You feed them they will come ![up up](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cup.gif)
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 02:03 PM
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I have a question....Why are you feeding both protein pellets and cotton seed?
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 03:03 PM
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You should get a break soon with spring green up.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 03:14 PM
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I have a question....Why are you feeding both protein pellets and cotton seed? Start out with Cottonseed only at the end of January. Fatten them up after the rut and winter. Protein gets filled up March 1 and cottonseed continues to be maintained. Will feed pellets through the end of June and then cottonseed only during the long dry summer. Protein goes back in the mix in September as bucks look to bulk up in anticipation of the rut. All to be gone by the start of season. We don't do no free choice during season.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 03:51 PM
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Sounds like a well thought out plan. They have hammered the cottonseed, impressive.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/28/23 04:06 PM
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That cottonseed was filled to the top March 3rd. Most of the consumption of it has taken place in the last two weeks.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/30/23 07:32 PM
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I put out feed on monday after not being at the ranch in over a month. Feeders have been empty pretty much the whole time.
I filled up my 2 and as I was driving away deer were walking out of the brush coming to eat.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/30/23 08:34 PM
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I put out feed on monday after not being at the ranch in over a month. Feeders have been empty pretty much the whole time.
I filled up my 2 and as I was driving away deer were walking out of the brush coming to eat.
I've had that happen on several occasions at my place south of Ozona. Standing 30-40 yards away while filling feeder, pull out and close the gate and they were 10 yards and then in the pen by the time I got in the truck.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/30/23 09:00 PM
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Been greening up real nice for the past couple of months. My deer are almost completely off of protein, but they are still hitting the wheat some.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/30/23 09:10 PM
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We need some rain that will produce forbs before the real heat gets here and fries them. Best thing possible for those fawns in the womb.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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03/31/23 06:41 PM
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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04/03/23 02:19 PM
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Always ready 2 hunt
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Hud, tell me about the concrete under the corn feeder. You pour it, by size to fit underneath?
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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04/03/23 03:59 PM
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Used central air platform.
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Re: Eating me out of house & home
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04/04/23 01:47 AM
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That looks like a good idea
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