Tplay:

Feed a mix of corn and soybean hulls and/or cotton seed. Soybean hulls and cotton seed are very high in protein and are very pallatable. This stuff isint as expensive as the name brand protein feed, but it is still very good for the deer. Alot of ranches in this area feed cotton seed and soybean hulls.

BrutalAttack:

Naaa, I've never really bought into the "corn spreads disease" hype. I mean just about every ranch in Texas has some sort of feeder up and running, and for some reason we have one of the biggest and healthiest deer herds. I might not feed in CWD zones in Wis. but where talking about Texas here. And there have been many studies done in the area about "predation", they found that the risk dosent increase when/if somebody puts out feed on a regular basis. Alot of people will throw corn and grain on the ranch roads during quail season to bring the birds out. There was a study done by a gentleman at the local college, trying to find out if quail numbers are decreased by predation because large numbers of birds are congregated together. The study found that the numbers where not negetivly affected at all. So if quail can survive predation around man made food sources, theres no doubt in my mind that deer can to. And about the "parasites", you only normally find that in areas with poor range conditions or extremely high deer numbers. Around here most years we have a very good habitat and for the most part the deer numbers are below the max. carrying capacity of the land.