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What does everyone use in their feeders?

I try to mix in abag ofhog wild each time I fill up my feeders.Deer and hogs both willlick the ground bare to get at that stuff!

We run a supplement program year round with 17% pellets/split peas in our 1000lb bulk feeders, I also run the same in my spin feeders but some of the guys just run corn.....

well iam using corn right now i was looking for something to make it more attractive

Corn and sweet feed mix

Not much you can put in your feeder that can compete with the acorns, once they start to fall. Unless you can go rake up a bunch of acorns to fill your feeder.

i do not have any acorns in the surrounding area nor do i have an apple tree

what's their natural food source?

I do not use feeders nor is it ethical or safe. CWD is on the spread and the ONLY way it is spread is by muzzle contact and saliva. I am a guide, my living depends on the harvest an my good work. If i can get a jump on things i will however this is pure poison to deer and a 6 lane highway for the spread of CWD don't belive me ck it out. There is very little difference between a game fence and a dinner bell that scatters feed
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we dont really have a problem with CWD up here yet. and iam in the woods pretty far i hunt over a food plot and farm land is there main source of food along with various grasses and trees

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I do not use feeders nor is it ethical or safe. CWD is on the spread and the ONLY way it is spread is by muzzle contact and saliva. I am a guide, my living depends on the harvest an my good work. If i can get a jump on things i will however this is pure poison to deer and a 6 lane highway for the spread of CWD don't belive me ck it out. There is very little difference between a game fence and a dinner bell that scatters feed
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Baker, I did a little research on CWD and it is not a good thing but to say that running a feeder is pure poison is a little far fetched, there is no difference in that and the deer feeding on grass together. (I am not debating the "baiting" issue that you have, to each his own on that one)Look at it this way, Texas is a state that allowsfeeding all year long, and I could notfindwherethe state of Texas has had an issue with CWD, now seems to me that if feeding deer out of a feeder was thepoison then Texas would be the state with the major CWD outbreaks. Ifeed a supplement feedall year long on our ranch and don't see it aspoison, I see it as improving our herd,considering that there is not much for the deer in that region and I never will. Iam not saying that CWD is not a bad thing, Iam simplysaying that a feeder is not thepoison CWD is the poison, otherwise the state of Texas would be over run with CWD. I would hate for these guys tobe misled into thinking that feeding deer is killing them.I wish you well this year and hope business is good for you!

For the sake of argument this is where I found the information that I got.
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.phpOn the bottom right hand coner of the home page is a brochure that you can look at that gives a lot of information about the disease, for anyone that would like to check it out.

Well, i can't use my feeder anymore here in MI. But, I would dump corn in there

Tom (Baker Farms),

Your post suggests you are inexperienced as it relates to feeders. If you've huntedNew York your entire life, that would explain your bais toward non-baiting (feeders) as they are illegal there. It's always disappointing to see folks post such a strong opinion when their experiences are limited to half the discussion.

I lived in New Hampshire through my early 20's where baiting is illegal. I too thought feeders were non-sportsman like and made it too easy to summon deer to a specific location ("dinner bell that scatters food"). It's doesn't work like that. I've lived in a baiting legal state for 10 years and I can assure you, the deer do not show-up like clock work. I have more success intercepting a buck on a natural travel route than I do at a feeder. Also, the feeders on our property spread corn in a 15' diameter so deer are not nose to nose.

I do not use feeders to much trouble.

i run corn in the feeders and a mix of fallen apples from the neighborhood trees, oats, corn, and wheat in the troughs

Corn in the winter and pellets in the spring and summer

I hunt in East Texas (Van Zandt Co.). I mix corn and Golden Deer Nuggets. Thye always like corn and the nuggets are 15-16% protein. It is all about the same price. The deer really like the nuggets (it has a berry smell). So it give protein with vitamins and minerals, along with the starch for energy in the corn. Works great for me.

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I do not use feeders to much trouble.

Huh? [&:]

Feeders are easy as it gets. I have 3 moultrie feeders (with 30 gallon drums) and they work perfect. I only fill them up 3 or 4 times a year.

Anyways, I fill them with 1/4 protein pellets (they have vitamins in them too) and the rest corn. They love this combo. ;)

I use corn and sweetfeed mix. It works great.