Pat, we really enjoy feeding the deer but we moved away from feeding pellets. Cost was just to high when we looked at 500 lbs per every 3 or 4 days. I went into wildlife food plots year round. Rotating plants each spring and fall. I found that cost is way lower than feeders. After 7 yrs of food plots (trial and error) I now do a combination of Sun Hemp/Iron Clay peas and that is after watching what they like to eat and what the cost is. My deer's favorite is Forage soybeans but they are expensive on the other hand, soybeans pump nitrogen into the soil and that helps the fall plants. Standard soybeans grow and mature to fast for wildlife plots when looking for something that feeds deer for a longer period of time. Wheat, Elbon Rye and clovers are my fall plants. We try to keep 10% of the property in food plots. And that varies yr to yr because if too much rainfall at the wrong time keeps me out of some of the place because to I don't want to plant the tractor.
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