i decided to supplement my deer this winter and spring with record rack. i placed a demand feeder on 2 different proporties. to date the deer have pretty much ignored it. i have pictures of them coming in and looking at the feeder-same one i used earlier in the same spot with corn that they hit big time-but not even taking a bite. the coons don't seem to like it either. they have been occasionally but do not seem to care for it either. i have a pallet of this stuff and it looks like it is going to last a life time. anyone have similar experiences and if so what did you do to fix it? i am thinking of mixing corn but i know that will get the coons going again and they love to pull feed out of the feeder and onto the ground where it goes to waste when it rains.

you might try adding one of the flavorings to it. but if it were me i would not have switched from corn. if you wanted to suppliment for antler growth i would feed corn and make a mineral site a few yards away.

coons are easy it stop. trap them.

trying to feed the record rack for deer nutrition and i have added mineral sites as well. i did mix corn with the record rack this weekend. i am sure that will get them going-especially the coons. guess i will start running traps as well. one property is 85 miles away so trapping is really not feasible.

Buy a blue tick and start hunting coons.LOL just a thought.

started that already-calling and shooting. no luck so far. maybe a blue tick should be in my future. i may set a trap this weekend and see how that works.

Years ago we used a Purina deer feed product in "free feeding" covered trough type feeders. Cameras showed that about every critter from doves to a neighbor's wayward cow loved the stuff.

So many deer came to the feeders during the off season that there was no way we could afford to keep up. It was not unusual for the cameras to catch 8-10 deer jostling for feeding positions. We' would put out 2000# every month from February through September. And most of the time it was gone in 10-14 days. We switched to 50/50 shell corn and feed soybeans. It was about 15% less expensive. They bombed this stuff as well. A few years ago feed prices went out the roof. We decided to quit and plant summer food plots instead. Not cheap, but cheaper.

Cameras have shown that the deer hit these hard too ... RR Eagle Seed brand forage soybeans in most fields (10 +/- acres), and a mix of Iron Clay peas and Lab Lab in others (10 +/- acres). We tried RR corn, but it never made it to tassle !! Only the forage soybeans have been able to cope with the heavy browsing and keep on producing plenty of new growth. The Iron Clay peas and Lab Lab have not been able to survive the beat down from the browsing deer .... and we cannot afford to plant more acreage than 20 total. We plant these fields + 15 more acres in winter plots each fall.

We are going to try year round clovers come this fall in the place of the pea/Lab Lab summer fields. Maybe the clover can stay ahead of the deer !

i have ordered some eagle soybeans which i intend to plant at both properties. i am anxious to see how that works. i will be planting them no till in my buck forage oats. one site had a good stand while the other is very minimal. looks more like a texas sand hills plot. did my soils test and as soon as they come back i will be ready to get started.