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Deer Pellet Recipe

Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:09 am
Posted by Interception
Member since Nov 2008
11089 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:09 am
How could I make my own feed? This is a recipe I found.

1. Crude Protein 20% or higher - What would I get this from? Soybeans?

2. Crude Fat 2%

3. Crude Fiber 12% at the most

4. Calcium 1.60 - 1.90 %

5. Phosphate .50% or higher

6. Salt .50 - .60%

7. Potassium 1% or higher

8. Zinc 650 PPM

9. Copper 125 PPM

10. Vit A 10,000 I.U / lbs

11. Vit E 20 I.U / lbs


What's something simple ingredient wise? Say I own a mill that can produce deer pellets, what do you need? Here is the image of deer pellet recipe.

Here is something else I found out of Kerrville

20% peanut hulls
20% corn meal
5% dehydrated alfalfa
2% meal ground milo
15% cottonseed meal
10% soybean meal (44 percent)
5% masonex
.5% mineral mix **
.5% vitamin/trace mineral premix



Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:22 am to
I was picturing something else when I read your title...
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
28132 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:22 am to
Not food, but I make mineral myself. 3 bags stock salt, 1 bag trace mineral, 1 bag dicalcium phosphate. Makes about 200# for $50.

I dump it on old stumps and they hit it prett good.
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6514 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:22 am to
Are the savings that significant doing it yourself versus buying the antlermax or whatever protein you use?
Posted by Interception
Member since Nov 2008
11089 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 9:55 am to
quote:

Are the savings that significant doing it yourself versus buying the antlermax or whatever protein you use?


I'm crunching numbers right now and can tell you it's significant. Especially when you throw tons of deer pellets a month. I believe that I could reduce the cost by nearly half.

I would buy a pellet machine at about 10k and roll with it. Only problem is the humid climate? I wonder about that aspect. Still, I figure 6 tons for about ~$2000

Posted by Bleeding purple
Athens, Texas
Member since Sep 2007
25348 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 10:57 am to
Pellet mills are VERY humididty dependent.

Also the mineral portion of the mix (salts) will create lots of corrosion and damage.

Really to make your pellet mill profitable you would need to run full time and have access to lareg volume (Multiple tractor loads), cheap, easily attainable and preferabally single item crude ingredients.
Posted by Interception
Member since Nov 2008
11089 posts
Posted on 5/9/13 at 12:25 pm to
A controlled climate building would be essential.

Also, rice hulls would be very cost efficient ($5-20 a ton). I'm wondering about mixing molasses on the pellet and if it would help with minimizing the decomposing process when it rains?

ETA: 25 tons at around $8,000. The problem is storing all the bulk and mixing.
This post was edited on 5/9/13 at 12:27 pm
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