[Buckhavoc]

If corn has no nutritional value then why is it fed to cows, pigs, chicken, and in alot of human food. I don't want to sound like a butt, probably too late for that, but I produce corn for a living and know of it's value. Anyways I have read about a peanut feed pellet that has huge protien numbers but it is from Texas area I believe. Soybean distillers gran has good protien numbers and very good digestibility. One more butt comment, isn't Purina the reason that we CWD in deer, because they had too much meat protien in their deer feeds years ago. Good luck with your herd and happy hunting

Dude don't be a Butt!!! LOL jk jk, I am just hacking on ya... I like your thought into this, butt I thought corn is mostly used as a filler and and supplemented with other sources of feed. I totally agree with ya in fact that is what I am going to use, along with soybeans and mineral blocks. I have in the past put out a food plot starting in Sept, however I think I will put out a spring/summer plot as well. you know just to see if i can see some results. And that is very interesting thought on CWD linked to Purina, is there any concrete to this because that is what I was going to use as the mineral block.

 

[Buckhavoc]

How can anyone measure the results of supplementing protien and minerals on wild/free ranging deer?

I dont think you can measure it however, I think it works on my 160 acres cause I see more healthier bucks and have seen more buck total in the last 5 yrs that I have been doing this. I have been hunting tht same property forthe last 18 yrs and never have seen the like of buck activity that i have seen the last 5 yrs. And it seems like it is getting beter every yr. It may not help antler growth but it has definately drawn in more bucks... Does that make sense to ya?