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<blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 1188265" data-attributes="member: 8855"><p>What I am reading here is an OK winter mix for deer. Corn has approx 6% protein. The reason to use corn in the winter is because the deer need the carbohydrates to keep warm. I feed 22% protein pellets (alfalfa) during the 2 stressful periods in the whitetails life. They are the time period from late July until late September and mid December until late February. The reason is that the food source is woody/stemmy and low in protein during the heat of the summer and dormant during the coldest part of the winter. Right now my whitetails have finished fawning and are chowing down on hybrid clover that runs around 25% protein. The clover is mowed every couple of weeks then watered in order to maintain the highest protein possible with the new growth and also to contain the invasive grasses. The whitetails harvested off my foodplots look more like angus beef because of all the fat. </p><p></p><p> I am monitoring 1 family unit right now that consists of 2yearlings from last year, Mom and 2 speckled butts that were born approx 1 month ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deer Slayer, post: 1188265, member: 8855"] What I am reading here is an OK winter mix for deer. Corn has approx 6% protein. The reason to use corn in the winter is because the deer need the carbohydrates to keep warm. I feed 22% protein pellets (alfalfa) during the 2 stressful periods in the whitetails life. They are the time period from late July until late September and mid December until late February. The reason is that the food source is woody/stemmy and low in protein during the heat of the summer and dormant during the coldest part of the winter. Right now my whitetails have finished fawning and are chowing down on hybrid clover that runs around 25% protein. The clover is mowed every couple of weeks then watered in order to maintain the highest protein possible with the new growth and also to contain the invasive grasses. The whitetails harvested off my foodplots look more like angus beef because of all the fat. I am monitoring 1 family unit right now that consists of 2yearlings from last year, Mom and 2 speckled butts that were born approx 1 month ago. [/QUOTE]
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