Free Choice Protein, All Year?

[TXUSMC]

In Oklahoma we are feeding protein year round.

Free choice, timed or a combo?

[deerwatcher51]

Free choice, timed or a combo?

I think that depends on your budget. I do free choice. That way the deer dictate what they need and not the other way around.

[bgleaton]

We used to feed from January thru September but as soon as we stopped we would see a lot of our older bucks leave. Now we feed free choice from January thru September and then use our Krivoman timed protein feeders from September thru end of December. We started doing this three years ago and it's helped a lot in terms of keeping the bucks on our property.

[mikemorvan]

We used to feed from January thru September but as soon as we stopped we would see a lot of our older bucks leave. Now we feed free choice from January thru September and then use our Krivoman timed protein feeders from September thru end of December. We started doing this three years ago and it's helped a lot in terms of keeping the bucks on our property.

This is what i'm about to try. Let 'em eat all they want from January through September. Then basically use the protein as an attractant during hunting season. I'm using a Boss Buck feeder w/ Hammer Timer and CoonHoods. Seems to me to be an effective strategy to try.

[Balcones_Walker]

Low fence? I used to do all free choice but it got expensive. Now I do timed protein and corn 365 days a year, and see just as much on cams.

[Hoss163]

Another option I did last year is I would put some sweet feed in the place of the protein for a few months of deer season to try and attract even more deer it seemed to work pretty good . It’s about 2 dollars a bag cheaper than protein. I’m going to try it again this season. We have separate protein stations from the corn feeders. But will put it in just a couple of the protein feeders that are the closest to the corn feeders.

[sbushee]

Well, if you want to shoot mature deer and just started feeding protein, you have to wait at least 5 years to shoot a trophy. You’ll want all the does, bucks, and fawns to have been on protein 4 at least 6 years so they’re mature

[TXUSMC]

It is low fence. We don’t have huge numbers. Right now we’re running two 600 lb protein feeders and probably refilling them once every 4-5 weeks.

Sweet Feed? Please elaborate.

[88 Bound]

Don’t ever stop

[Hoss163]

It is low fence. We don’t have huge numbers. Right now we’re running two 600 lb protein feeders and probably refilling them once every 4-5 weeks.

Sweet Feed? Please elaborate.

This right here is sweet feed deer love it and is a little cheaper to feed during the fall


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[RMW]

This right here is sweet feed deer love it and is a little cheaper to feed during the fall


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I tried some years back and it gummed up in the protein feeder because it was to sticky, wouldn’t let it flow. Do you dump it in a trough?

[Hoss163]

I tried some years back and it gummed up in the protein feeder because it was to sticky, wouldn’t let it flow. Do you dump it in a trough?

Yeah it’s better if you can put it in a trough . But I have put it in a free choice feeder it worked ok .there is different brands of it that is a lot more sticky and clumps together then others the the bag that’s in the picture usually isn’t near as sticky as others . And flowed good in the free choice I put it in .


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[mikemorvan]

Yeah it’s better if you can put it in a trough . But I have put it in a free choice feeder it worked ok .there is different brands of it that is a lot more sticky and clumps together then others the the bag that’s in the picture usually isn’t near as sticky as others . And flowed good in the free choice I put it in .


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Boss Buck?

[Hoss163]

Boss Buck?

No it was a foreverlast protein head


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[STONE KILLER]

We feed from
January to September. We got 1400 acres have to feeding stations go through about 2,000 pounds every 3 weeks. They love it. But we don’t hunt over em. Plus can’t afford to feed all year round. All year round I could see how it would be better


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