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black eyed peas
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10/27/24 10:54 PM
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huntindude
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I read on another post that someone had switch corn with black eyed peas. I would like some info please. Cost difference and is it easy to find to keep feeders full year round? Surrounded by large timber company and every year try to do something different then the timber company hunters. Thanks
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Re: black eyed peas
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10/28/24 01:37 AM
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I have used a product called Mr Buck which is a mix of roasted soybeans and corn. I then started buying 50 lb bags of roasted soybean and mixed my own. I haven't done this in a couple of years because of the price for the roasted soybeans. I can't say that I ever noticed a difference as an attractant or a supplement.
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Re: black eyed peas
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10/29/24 04:23 PM
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After hearing numerous reports of deer feeding on soybeans I gave it a try several years ago here in east Tx. Now it should be noted that soybeans are not grown within a 80+ miles of where I hunt in the piney woods, but I tried it anyway by collecting soybeans from a combine harvest and feeding it both in feeders and just on the ground in the fall starting in early Sept. They would not even touch it for first couple of seasons. In the 3rd year they begin feeding on it and soon seemed to relish them, but would still also come to corn. So, I am convinced that there must be a learning curve unless soybeans are grown in the deer's area. This is probably also true of other food sources.
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Re: black eyed peas
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10/29/24 09:19 PM
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Several years ago I locked in to STAMPEDE, a soy bean/corn mix made by Micobe Feed in Hamilton, and used it exclusively on the two leases I had been on for 20 years combined.
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Re: black eyed peas
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10/29/24 11:41 PM
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RGLass
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I got them from Behrends feed at Luckenbach years ago. Protien gains were worth extra expense. I don’t know about availibility /price now. In Mason/Llano counties, we saw very good improvement in antlers and body size.
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Re: black eyed peas
[Re: Recoillug]
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11/01/24 12:53 PM
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buck wild
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Now it should be noted that soybeans are not grown within a 80+ miles of where ...... How far is your nearest cornfield?
Last edited by buck wild; 11/01/24 12:54 PM.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/01/24 01:14 PM
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I know they love the heck out of them if planted in Spring, never heard of them used as feeder feed.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/02/24 02:25 AM
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Recoillug
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No commercial soybean fields that I am aware of in the piney woods of East Tx. Some in Beaumont/Winnie and over in La. Where I first learned they were being used in feeders is La. Culls of course, too expensive to use otherwise.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/02/24 05:49 PM
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Try some Iron & Clay cowpeas. Deer love them, probably cheaper than soybeans. Drought resistant and will grow till the first freeze.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/02/24 06:41 PM
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If those BEP stay on the ground for just a jew days the will sprout.
Great addition to a food plot in East Texas.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/06/24 12:39 AM
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Now it should be noted that soybeans are not grown within a 80+ miles of where ...... How far is your nearest cornfield? This. The nearest corn field to my place is about 100 miles. After I bought the place, 30 years ago, it took three years for the deer to start eating corn. The pigs, on the other hand, took to it like ducks to water.
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Re: black eyed peas
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11/06/24 03:53 AM
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Planted Peas years ago don't recall what kind. They came up put on two leaves probably had two acres of them figured game on.
Went back two days later and all that was left were little toothpick like stalks.
Asked guy at feed store about what happened he said Oh Yeah if they nip off the leaves game over.
Hopefully you will have better luck.
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