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Post by kodiak50 on Dec 22, 2008 16:27:30 GMT -5
Can hay be feed as a suppliment this time of year? I know I read that elk will starve to death with a belly full of hay, didn't know if Whitetail were the same or not.
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Post by steiny on Dec 22, 2008 17:34:26 GMT -5
I've been dumping a bucket of corn out every evening and have the deer coming right up in the yard. Got a 120" eight point that shows up every evening.
Fun to watch !
Don't think you'll have as much luck with hay, but who knows ..... give it a try.
Out west the ranchers have to build high fences around their hay stacks to keep the deer out.
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Post by featherduster on Dec 22, 2008 22:23:06 GMT -5
Deer around my parts do not eat hay, they only want corn on the cob.
I go through about 800 lbs a winter.
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Post by kodiak50 on Dec 23, 2008 3:04:56 GMT -5
We have three some days, doe and two fawns, up to 15 on other days that includes a good eight and a better nine. Been watching the nine for three years now and he is a dandy. It is all I can do to not drop the hammer on him. Anyway, it is getting expensive feeding them corn so I thought maybe the hay route but wasn't sure if they got any nourishment out of it or it is just filler.
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Post by drs on Dec 23, 2008 8:16:50 GMT -5
On average, six to eight Deer can eat up to 50 pounds of shelled corn per week.
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Post by tickman1961 on Dec 23, 2008 9:09:42 GMT -5
We have three some days, doe and two fawns, up to 15 on other days that includes a good eight and a better nine. Been watching the nine for three years now and he is a dandy. It is all I can do to not drop the hammer on him. Anyway, it is getting expensive feeding them corn so I thought maybe the hay route but wasn't sure if they got any nourishment out of it or it is just filler. Put a nice bale of timothy/alfalfa mix and see what happens...  |
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