Lunchbucket is partially right, feeding strait corn is NOT that good for the deer, even though they love it. The excessive starch from corn can ferment and kill bacterial in the deer' s stomach needed for digestion.

Krisken, your 4 to 1 ratio of oats to corn is very excellent. Usually deer will pick through the oats to get the corn, but if they have learned to eat the oats that' s great. The Oats provide a better ratio of starch and protein to fiber.

Deer antlers are made up of dried protiens followed by calcium and phosphorus and a bunch of other trace minerals like magnesium and salt. The best way to get deer to ingest these antler building elements is via legumes ... clovers, alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, soybeans.

You can start by spreading powdered lime on your property as a calcium/magnesium source, along with fertilizers that are low in nitrogen and high in phosphorus and potassium. Most plants will up take these minerals but legumes are especially good at it.