Don’t expect to pour out deer minerals and watch an average size buck on your property to suddenly sprout a 150-inch set of antlers. It is important to be realistic when creating a deer mineral site. Supplemental deer feeding and deer minerals go hand in hand this time of year but should be understood as two entirely separate attractions. What You Need to Know on Summer Deer Feeding and Minerals Late spring, early summer is the perfect time to start two of these deer chores…putting out summer deer feed, and deer minerals. Yes, chores! But these, unlike the “honey do’s” are fun…unless you enjoy mowing the grass, folding laundry, and cleaning the gutters?ĭeer chores to increase attraction often come in the form of installing kill plots and destination food plots, working to promote deer cover, timber and habitat management, filling waterholes for deer, promoting a supplemental deer feed program, and putting out mineral sites for deer. Increasing the attraction on your hunting property can come from a variety of chores. How does a hunter increase his or her hunting property’s attraction? You have arrived at a place with the right answers! Attraction for Your Hunting Property This goal is to increase the attraction of your hunting property! Habitat health, deer herd health, and the hunting property’s success are all amplified when establishing more attraction. The end of spring and beginning of summer are often the months of new life, from turkey poults to deer fawns, and yes, especially your deer food plots! Now is the time to start working towards deer season with one goal above all else. For the hunter’s that are not already under the impression that now, the off-season, is the time to start preparing for deer season these tips might spark some inspiration to visit your hunting property with specific goals in mind.
This saying has been heard time and time again and can apply to all aspects of life including deer hunting. In Michael Waddell’s own words…“ What you put into it, you can take away from it”. It is my opinion that they are basically a year ahead of other bucks in this region of the country in terms of body and rack size.Summer Deer Feed and Deer Mineral Site Tips These bucks are happy to eat the cattle feed, and it seems to be paying off well in their body structure. I tried to take him last year but a limb snatched my arrow. Right foreground is a 9 point that is very massive but lacks tine height and spread. I believe he may be a legitimate 160" 8 point this year. 2 years ago his bases measured 8", and his sheds scored 150 with a conservative estimated 15" spread. If he makes it to 5.Ĭenter just behind the 10 point is an 8 point that is 7 or 8 years old. He is an aggressive buck that I passed on last year. I think he'll push 150 this year at age 4. As a 3 yr old last year he was judged to score 135. He could be special in a year or two.Ĭenter foreground is a 10 point that is 4 this year. He still has lots of growing to do on those tines.
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He was an 8 last year and looks to be growing 9th and possibly 10th points this year, plus great overall rack height. The buck on the left foreground is a 3 year old. The four main bucks are the largest so far. It contains some of my best bucks after 3 years of feed. Here is a low light photo that I doctored to show better contrast.
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I don't think it would free flow out of a gravity feeder that had some sort of angle. I use it in gravity feeders but they have 6 individual trays and are designed to prevent free-flowing feed. I forgot to answer you about the free flow.
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