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Cottonseed feeder for deer.
Is supplemental feeding worth your investment.
Growing big bucks duration.
It s not a one stop shop but whole cottonseed is a great supplement for whitetail.
Now we winch them up into big elm trees with chain hoist.
Feeding cottonseed will increase deer body condition help improve annual fawn production and allow for increased antler development in bucks but as a feed it should not be considered a complete ration for white tailed deer.
All you have to do is dump the cottonseed in and the deer will eat it right through the wire.
Thought if the deer like cottonseed and the aoudad did not we might have a winner.
In fact deer continue to hammer these sites even after all the corn is gone.
Of course the protein feeders are timed feeders on our property.
They fold the legs up and topple the barrel.
Deer will also eat the cotton plant.
Feeding cottonseed will increase deer body condition help improve annual fawn production and allow for increased antler development in bucks but as a feed it should not be considered a complete ration for whitetail deer.
500 lb feeder weighs 140lbs empty.
To start them feeding on the cottonseed we added corn to about 5 cages and they have been hit the hardest.
And although cottonseed has many great qualities its availability may be limited in your.
It s not a one stop shop but whole cottonseed is a great supplement for whitetail.
You can make a cottonseed feeder using 2 inch by 4 inch welded wire that is about 4 to 5 feet tall and creating a round circular column about 24 to 30 inches in diameter.
Whole cottonseed lacks many of the micro and macro nutrients that protein pellets contain.
We cant feed protein for our deer because the aoudad will eat you into the poor house.
Thanks mike the aoudad on our place destroy standard corn feeders.
As for whitetail deer use of the cottonseed some feeders are being hit very hard while others have not been touched at all.
How cottonseed can help grow bigger bucks duration.
If you re looking for a good brand of cottonseed ask a dealer about speer ag cottonseed.
Currently it seems the deer prefer feeding on cottonseed over the protein pellets.
Feeding cottonseed will increase deer body condition help improve annual fawn production and allow for increased antler development in bucks but as a feed it should not be considered a complete ration for white tailed deer.
