Looking for suggestions on minerals or protein feed

Purina AntlerMax

Where's the new lease?

I've had good luck with Imperial Whitetail 30-06. If you go this route just use the minerals, don't spend the extra money on the + protein. If you have a place to store the everything you can mix your own for much cheaper. Here's a recipe off of the QDMA site that I've used


Ingredients: Makes 200 lbs. for about $23.00

1 part Di-calcium phosphate, this is a dairy feed additive bought at feed stores.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $11.00 you need one bag.

2 parts Trace mineral salt, the red and loos kind without the medications.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $5.00 you need two bags.

1 part Stock salt, ice cream salt.
Comes in 50lb Bags at around $2.00 you need one bag.

Directions:

-Use a 3 pound or similar size coffee can to use as your measure for each part of the mix.

-Mix all together well but not until read to use, keep ingredients separate until ready to put to use.

-Dig or tear up a circle in the soil about 36 inches wide and about 6 inches deep.

-Mix your mineral mixture with the soil.

The biggest difference we see between the protein fed deer and non protein fed deer is the mass, and yes it really works

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Our deer wont eat the antlermax

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When we first put it out we mixed it 50/50 with corn, it took them a while to start really hitting it hard but now they love it

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FelicianaTigerfan

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if your hunting up in west feliciana i'd STRONGLY suggest plain old NaCl. that ground is sodium deficient and there deer are usually looking for it (whether they know it or not). just use plain ice cream salt chopped into the ground. make sure not to put it in an area where you are concerned about erosion because sodium will make your clay particles defloculate and wash away in a rain. that silty ground can be tricky to manage.
it works, and its CHEAP.

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minimal results

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i'm kinda supprised at that. i had them eating the salt/dirt for a good while using this. the sodium may be something necessary for them to properly use calcium
ever try peanut butter?

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bordering Mike Wampold's property and he gives the deer all they need in food plots and feed

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now it makes more sense.
coons like the peanut butter also. i took scrap sheet metal and made shields above and below the jar to keep them out