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Bucks like cotton fields

Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:42 am
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10308 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:42 am
When we are defoliating cotton and jump deer it is always bucks for whatever reason. 9 times out of ten it is a bachelor group of 3-4 bucks. Don’t recall ever jumping a doe.



Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27049 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:55 am to
They feed the heck out of cotton seed in west Texas and Mexico.

High Protein


Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10308 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:04 pm to
Big chunk of our seed goes to dairy cattle. Dairy’s love it. Good balance of protein, fat and fiber.
This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 12:07 pm
Posted by AP83
Cottonport
Member since Sep 2009
2870 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:05 pm to
Does like it to. We see a lot of deer on our property when cotton is grown. My daughter killed a doe last year for the youth hunt in standing cotton. Came out with 7 other does and two 8 points. Walked right past the corn and rice bran and ate in the cotton. Both of my sons also took a doe in one of the cotton fields last year.
Posted by SETH6180
TEXAS
Member since Feb 2020
712 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:16 pm to
That's all we feed during the spring and summer. They demolish it in S Texas
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
11421 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 4:12 pm to
OK I'm going grow cotton right now. That's a hell of a rack there.
Posted by 14caratgoldjones
Uniontown, Al
Member since Aug 2009
1572 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 1:06 am to
You’re exactly right. 9X’s outta 10 it’s a bachelor group of bucks bedded down in the field.

I used to scout cotton during the summers while in high school school in Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Lowndes, Pickens, Autauga county in the early 90’s. Saw some massive bucks in velvet in those fields.

They would startle the hell outta me. All would be quiet and calm while I’m working in the middle of a field, and then BOOM, they jump up 10 yards from me and take off all the way to the tree line.

Jumped 7 bedded up together one time right outside of Faunsdale that were all huge deer. Not just racks but body size. Watching them leap and bound across the field effortlessly and the power and height with each jump, are one of the things I’ll never forget.

That’s a great deer btw. Beautiful!
Thanks for posting.
This post was edited on 10/18/25 at 1:08 am
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
23260 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 6:12 am to
Subtle, look at my Booner bucks

Fricking A that’s a sexy rack
Posted by White Bear
SPECULATION
Member since Jul 2014
17131 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 10:19 am to
quote:

OK I'm going grow cotton right now. That's a hell of a rack there.
the baws will see this and start growing cotton food plots.

Posted by Pueblo Battle
E Tx
Member since Jun 2017
238 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 5:20 pm to
I believe you need to only feed them cotton seed while they are in velvet. Makes them temporarily sterile.
Posted by HillbillyTiger
Member since Oct 2025
159 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 6:50 pm to
That’s outdated “info”; cottonseed doesn’t have any effect on deer fertility.
Posted by SETH6180
TEXAS
Member since Feb 2020
712 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:48 pm to
This is correct.
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
84436 posts
Posted on 10/19/25 at 6:38 pm to
That's an absolute stub

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