Supplemental feeding through the off season and during periods of short vegetative growth is advantageous to your deer herd. Now that deer season is coming to an end, it’s time to start assisting the bucks back to health after a long rut as well as providing the does some prenatal assistance.
A good way to get both the bucks and does, late winter and early spring nutrition, is a feed mix consisting of fats, carbohydrates and protein. Examples of a feed mix would be rice bran, corn and protein pellets. Another great source of nutrition is a late winter crop such as planting winter oats as well as your typical clover mix. Some supplemental food is more preferred after it freezes simply due to the taste and ease of ingestion.
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