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<blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 1240819" data-attributes="member: 8855"><p>I would not worry about the water. I would concentrate on locating the travel corridors of the deer. The deer are moving during the coolest part of the night right now. I would walk the edge of the timber and look for tracks coming out of the trees. If you want to see if the deer are using the area I would suggest you put out some protein pellets which has an alfalfa base then drizzle pancake syrup over the pile. Deer are curious and are suckers for something sweet. Yes, the coons will hit it too. I use a deer and elk chow that I get at Cross Brand Feed Store at NE 63rd & Bryant Ave in OKC. It's over by Remington Park and costs around $12.00/50 pounds. Corn is fine, it is cheap, but it is primarily carbohydrate and approx 6% protein. Whereas the D & E chow is 20% protein and that is what the deer need now. Corn is desireable during the winter to keep them warm because of the carbohydrates. Plus if the deer do not have the necesssary enzymes in their intestines to digest the corn then it is of little value to them. When I start feeding corn I add some protein pellets with it initially in order to develop the necessary enzymes in their stomach/intestines to better digest the corn. Then I back off the protein pellets because the deer can get their protein from my food plots.</p><p></p><p> Right now is 1 of 2 most stressful times in the whitetails annual life cycle. The food source is dried and stemmy and low in protein. The fall rains stimulate the forbs and food plots and the fresh growth is higher in protein. The second most stressful time is late December,January, February and part of March before green up. The food sources are dormant and they must survive on stored fat and browse. I feed a mixture of corn and deer chow during the winter months when they have little to eat and right now I am feeding the deer chow only because the deer need the protein. The bucks racks should have reached maturity by now and the photoperiod is slowly shortening causing the blood flow to the velvet to decrease. The does need to protein to build her body back up and produce milk for her speckled butts. The speckled butts need the protein to grow a better bone structure and prepare for their first winter. The spots should be fading now.</p><p></p><p> Nutrition is key to their development and maintenance. The better the nutrition the better the animal does. My harvested animals are butterball fat from being on a high protein diet year round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deer Slayer, post: 1240819, member: 8855"] I would not worry about the water. I would concentrate on locating the travel corridors of the deer. The deer are moving during the coolest part of the night right now. I would walk the edge of the timber and look for tracks coming out of the trees. If you want to see if the deer are using the area I would suggest you put out some protein pellets which has an alfalfa base then drizzle pancake syrup over the pile. Deer are curious and are suckers for something sweet. Yes, the coons will hit it too. I use a deer and elk chow that I get at Cross Brand Feed Store at NE 63rd & Bryant Ave in OKC. It's over by Remington Park and costs around $12.00/50 pounds. Corn is fine, it is cheap, but it is primarily carbohydrate and approx 6% protein. Whereas the D & E chow is 20% protein and that is what the deer need now. Corn is desireable during the winter to keep them warm because of the carbohydrates. Plus if the deer do not have the necesssary enzymes in their intestines to digest the corn then it is of little value to them. When I start feeding corn I add some protein pellets with it initially in order to develop the necessary enzymes in their stomach/intestines to better digest the corn. Then I back off the protein pellets because the deer can get their protein from my food plots. Right now is 1 of 2 most stressful times in the whitetails annual life cycle. The food source is dried and stemmy and low in protein. The fall rains stimulate the forbs and food plots and the fresh growth is higher in protein. The second most stressful time is late December,January, February and part of March before green up. The food sources are dormant and they must survive on stored fat and browse. I feed a mixture of corn and deer chow during the winter months when they have little to eat and right now I am feeding the deer chow only because the deer need the protein. The bucks racks should have reached maturity by now and the photoperiod is slowly shortening causing the blood flow to the velvet to decrease. The does need to protein to build her body back up and produce milk for her speckled butts. The speckled butts need the protein to grow a better bone structure and prepare for their first winter. The spots should be fading now. Nutrition is key to their development and maintenance. The better the nutrition the better the animal does. My harvested animals are butterball fat from being on a high protein diet year round. [/QUOTE]
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