cottonseed for deer

[bowaddict40]

I saw the other thread on here asking about cottonseed. I saw something on the book of faces today saying that cottonseed would make deer sterile. Anybody ever heard of this?

http://springcreekoutdoors.com/cottonseed-the-good-the-bad/

[be12hunt]

From what I remember it has to be one of their main sources of food.

[ultrastealth]

From what I remember it has to be one of their main sources of food.

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[bowaddict40]

From what I remember it has to be one of their main sources of food.

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Would it not be one of their main sources? I know if we run free choice protein they will absolutely drain a 50gal feeder in about 4 days. I dont use it so I dont know. Just kinda peeked my interest since I see it all the time on here.

[ultrastealth]

Would it not be one of their main sources? I know if we run free choice protein they will absolutely drain a 50gal feeder in about 4 days. I dont use it so I dont know. Just kinda peeked my interest since I see it all the time on here.

No. In free range deer, I wouldn't worry about it. It's pen-raised deer where it could be a problem, and even that is debatable.

[wtx223]

Fake news.

[bowaddict40]

Fake news.

LOL...Ok if you say so.

[yotethumper]

It is only an issue in a small high fence pasture when it is their primary source of food. In a low fence application there is nothing to worry about. In almost every HF scenario there is also nothing to worry about.

[Mexico]

It is only an issue in a small high fence pasture when it is their primary source of food. In a low fence application there is nothing to worry about. In almost every HF scenario there is also nothing to worry about.

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[bowaddict40]

Thanks to everyone the replied with a normal answer. Like I said I dont feed it and it just made me wonder. Good luck to everybody this year. 73 days 15 hours and 14 mins to legal shooting light. But whos counting!! LOL

[Hoss163]

Only if you feed it year around you would even have to worry about it . If you stop it in September you are fine. Just feed it like you do your protein. January tell September.

[deerwatcher51]

I feed it exclusively from mid January to mid March and then I feed both cottonseed and pelletized protein. I stop feeding cottonseed by the first of September and have had no problems with that program.

[bgleaton]

I feed it exclusively from mid January to mid March and then I feed both cottonseed and pelletized protein. I stop feeding cottonseed by the first of September and have had no problems with that program.

We feed it from January to September as well and haven’t had any issues. Deer are natural browsers and prefer to browse plants. Typically on a normal place with good habitat a deer will only eat 15-20% of its diet in supplemental feed. The more years you feed they more the tend to eat but we still stop cottonseed in September just to be safe.

[be12hunt]

We feed cottonseed year round but it’s on 100acres low fence.
Also if you think pigs won’t eat it...they will

[brokeno]

Not again