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alfalfa pellets for protein. #1416888 05/10/10 10:08 PM
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what is yalls thinking on alfalfa pellets. do you think deer would take to them. it is high in protein and thought about giving it a try.


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dont know,never have heard anybody using them. i have wondered the same thing myself. try some out and let us know what happens.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: mbavo] #1416934 05/10/10 10:32 PM
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I am going out there tonight to throw some in. I will be checking my feeder again in about three weeks so I will see what happens


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: hunter3] #1416942 05/10/10 10:35 PM
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you going to feed them free choice through a protein type tube feeder?


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: mbavo] #1416952 05/10/10 10:41 PM
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I was going to mix it with the corn and throw it out with it. any ideas would be great though. I am trying to feed protein on some what of a budget. The pellets I am looking at are 16% protein.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: hunter3] #1416961 05/10/10 10:51 PM
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i hear you on the budget part. we are feeding protein on 320 ac. in concho county. right now they are eating about 400lbs. of protein in a week.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: mbavo] #1416987 05/10/10 11:04 PM
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I say budget becausae the lease I just got on has not really ever feed any protein, so I don't know how the deer will take to it. It has plenty of potential but the people that are on the lease with us use it really to get away from the house not to hunt.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: hunter3] #1417037 05/10/10 11:47 PM
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I tried alfalfa pellets a few years ago. The deer loved it but for some reason they kept choking on it. I don't know if it was too dry or what. When they would eat it it would get caught in their throat and they would run around stretching their neck until they could cough it up. That was the only pellets I ever had a problem with.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: don k] #1417058 05/10/10 11:55 PM
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Don k where were you hunting when you tried them out?


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: hunter3] #1417223 05/11/10 01:23 AM
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X2 on what don k said.
Just throw a bale and see what happens. There is also a protien block put out by Angelo Pellets it runs 6 bucks or so. Unless everybody is putting out protien you could be spending extra money for naught. Put a cam on it and try different stuff use what works.


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well we shall see. I put it in the feeder we will see in about three weeks.


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: hunter3] #1417375 05/11/10 02:29 AM
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Don k where were you hunting when you tried them out?
Here at home in Bandera.


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keep us posted on the alfalfa I am interested


Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: highlonesome1] #1417891 05/11/10 02:15 PM
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I would stick to a pellet designed for deer. Yes the pellets might have 16% protein but does it have the proper ratios of the minerals the deer need for antler production. I also would not mix the pellets with corn in a spin feeder. They can clog when they get wet



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can you recommened a good pellet. The lease has never used any type of protein. Myself and two other members on the lease are starting a managment program. THe other three members on the lease just use it to get away from the house. There has not been a deer taken from the property in three years.


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The alfalfa pellets are to hard and dry. Thats why they choke on them they are harder to chew up. If you are on a budget look into blackeyed peas for your feeder. They are high in protien and the deer love them. Not as costly as deer protien.


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Re: alfalfa pellets. [Re: WTGuide] #1423883 05/14/10 08:07 AM
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not to knock black-eyed peas,but i had a lease in coke county,and the deer would not touch them. the turkey would eat them,but not the deer. i have heard from other people that the deer on their lease loved them. we use record-rack 20% protein. get it for $9.85 a bag. our deer are tearing it up in concho county.


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We use either the Record Rack 16% or 20% professional. have also used Purina Antler Max. Both are good pellets and I would look at cost between the two. We get ours from Stephenville since its on the way to the ranch in near Ranger.

I would say the deer love the RR




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Angelo Pellets makes some decent deer feed. They used to offer one type that was mixed with corn, I would recommend that you stay away from that, not because there is anything wrong with the pellets, but the corn will have the coons there pitching everything on the ground, eating the corn, and then pooping on the pellets.

Purina is putting out a 20% protein feed that runs less than $10.00 a fifty lb bag. You can get it at Mumme's in Hondo and other feed stores.


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We put a bale of alfalfa out last season (dec) when greens were scarce. They barely touched it, it rotted & molded before I drug it off. Disappointed, thought they would have killed it...only tried this once.


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I use the Angelo pellets and have no complaints. I don't recommend throwing them on the ground, though, since they deteriorate pretty quickly with just a little water.

I've also heard of folks using soybeans in lieu of the blackeyed peas.


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hey Tye,
where do you get record rack at in stephenville and how much $ ?



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I get it from Taylor feed on Lingleville hwy near hwy 108. It cost about $10.25/bag



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