We picked up a small place close to home that we started protein feeding this year. (Sure is easier to mess with compared to our big lease that's far away...)

This place is less than 100 acres and these deer are sucking down the protein like crazy. The last two weeks they put away 650 pounds. Next year we might have to bargain shop on feed, damn deer are getting expensive.

I hope they don't founder, it's pretty green still, so I doubt it'll be a problem.

Will be funny if you do all this feeding then when the season hits they vanish.

No it won't.

thats not funny.

Do you have a camera on your feeders. You may have a coon and or hog problem.

This was my exact thought, the only thing I know that can eat that much is my elk. No seeing a 100 acres having enough deer to kill 650 lbs in a short period unless its all breeder and growing pens. How long did it take for the 650 lbs to go and what part of Tx is this ???

i was going through 350lbs in 9-10 days last summer on my 45 acres, no hogs but plenty of coons to help out. i hate coons.

Of course I have cameras. No hogs. Some coons, but we keep them pretty thinned out.

The deer are just putting it away. Fast.

What part of the state and im assuming low fenced ??? Thats alot of feed for 9-10 days as green as alot of Tx is.

Centex hill country, yes low fenced. Lots of deer. 650 pounds in two weeks, not 9-10 days? The forbes and native browse are starting to diminish, May was wet but June was dry.

dang, well hopefully you see some results and get to tag a big boy with all that invested. Good luck, hows the deer looking so far out there ???

They're looking good. Should be a few shooters from the velvet pics we've got so far.

Not all the unusual for deer to hammer feed at that rate in Central Texas. 45 lbs per day would be about 20-25 deer which would be about right for a 100 acres in Central Texas. That size place would be bringing in deer from the neighbors also.

Thread is worthless without pics!!!

Sorry had to say it.

Hope you see some results

They would eat more than that on my last lease, I couldn't afford to keep doing it.

We have deer trails that cross county roads from neighbors onto our place that go straight for 2 things 1)water and 2) protein feeders.

We have 4 350 lb feeders and 1 3k lb feeder and they will finish off the 4 little ones in a little as 2 weeks sometimes. After a grass fire burned the place they would barely last a week.

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as dry as conditions have been throughout most of central to west TX any available food sources are getting hammered, their forage was first to go and has been dimished. We are going thru over 4tons a month on 800 acres. thank goodness the tanks are still holding water but lets pray for some rain soon

Dang! I hope you have a deep pocket!!

I have two 2 ton feeders on my place. The last time I filled them up they drained them in 2 weeks! This is on almost 500 acres.

I had to refill 350lbs in a 5 days last time I was in..can tell the does have fawn on the ground because they'll belly up to and stick around most of the day.

it pays off

this time of the year the deer, bucks and does hit the protein hard.
We use five 350 lbs. Boss Buck gravity feeders and they are empty every weekend when I get there and we are still throwing corn out of a half dozen spin corn feeders too. Although I think the hogs and turkeys get a lot of that. We unfortunately have a lot of hogs.
All my deer at the protein feeders are basically nocturnal. Too hot during the day

I agree! Good luck blake, dont forget to post pics when you knock one down!

That's a lot of feed. Hope u get some payback during the season