Diy Deer Protein Feeders

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Diy deer protein feeders. The lower tray holds the cracked corn goat chow or deer feed of your choice in the box yet gives easy access for the deer turkeys and other animals to find the food and grab a bite to eat. June 17 2016 summer project idea. Don t get the cubes. Add equal parts corn you can use cracked kernels whole kernels or ground up corn and whole oats in a large bucket and mix thoroughly.
Same basic ingredients as your high priced deer hunter marketing scheme feed. A removable lid makes it convenient to fill the feed box and you can add a salt lick or mineral block to give the deer another reason to stop by. The deer love it. Diy deer feeder supplemental feeding has a long list of benefits for your deer herd but putting the extra time and money into feeding protein pellets corn or other grains can quickly go to waste if you can t keep it dry.
In this video we will show you how to build your own inexpensive homemade 55 gallon gravity deer feeder. Deer go through feed very quickly and filling a feeder every day can be costly. You can get it at any farm and ranch supply feed store feed mill. Get the pencil thick stuff.
Check out the trail camera thread or minerals thread for photos of some of my free range deer on feeders.