I live and hunt in Karnes county and I routinely feed year round. I am feeding a mix of protein pellets and corn right now and the nine years that I've lived and hunted down here I can't remember a year where the deer have been hitting the feeders harder than this year. I only have one gravity feeder set up on my property right now and they are eating 15-20 lbs. of feed a night, so much that I though I had a coon infestation. Put the trail camera out and its nothing but deer. It's so damn dry and hot down here that I haven't had to cut my grass all year. So, if you want to pull in the deer from the neighboring property I strongly suggest to start feeding now.

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Posted by MorningWood

On the coast of North Mexico

Member since May 2009

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Posted on 7/22/22 at 9:08 am to mtb010

Get you some water and they won’t leave your property for a long time. Back in 2011-12 during the last drought if you had a little food and water year long on your property you had the best dove, deer and hog hunting in the country.

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Posted by mtb010

San Antonio

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 7/22/22 at 9:15 am to MorningWood

Yep, my neighbor across the road from me has 2 water troughs for his cattle that he has a float on and they stay constantly filled via a water well. they just move back and forth from my property to his, and the best part about it is that he doesn't hunt.

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Posted by Earthquake 88

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Member since Jan 2010

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Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:48 pm to mtb010

It’s so dry in Canton outside of Dallas my uncle is feeding hay. They’ve had a 1/4” of rain in 40 days. His pasture is dead.