Amount of feed per deer

Freedom Whitetails

Joined Feb 2011

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Blair County, PA

Discussion Starter
• Nov 3, 2011

• #1

I am looking to find out the general idea of how much everyone feeds per head. I know its different depending on type of feed i am just looking for the "round a bouts"

 

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Hunters Dream

Joined Jul 2009

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Kimbolton, Oh

• Nov 3, 2011

• #2

Freedom we are currently feeding roughly 3lbs/deer/day of textured feed. At times that will go up recently they were averaging 5-6 lbs per day. Then it will be less than that at times. Half of my enclousers are wooded so that makes a difference. Versus all grass enclosures.

 

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Circle J Ranch

Joined Jul 2010

429 Posts | 1+

Waynesboro, Pa 17268

• Nov 3, 2011

• #3

At this time of the year our doe are up to 5lbs per head per day and one biscuit of alfalfa.



Our bucks have tapper off and only eating about 3- 3.5lbs per head per day. During peak antler growing we where feeding almost 6lbs per day

 

toddhoeffel

Joined Oct 2011

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Columbia City, IN

• Nov 3, 2011

• #4

About the same, 3-5 pounds. But it Varies so much sometimes that we'll go out to the pens first, before bringing additional feed out. But it never fails, if you don't bring it, you'll be out, and if you do, then they'll be full.

 

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Tail White

Joined Oct 2011

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Milaca, MN

• Nov 4, 2011

• #5

I tended to pay more attention to volume then weight, but I just checked it my deer are consuming about 4.5 pounds a day which is about a 1 gallon container.

 

Freedom Whitetails

Joined Feb 2011

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Blair County, PA

Discussion Starter
• Nov 5, 2011

• #6

Thank you for all the input i am currently feeding 4 lbs of a mixed texture feed that i am mixing per deer as well as alfalfa hay and they seem to be eating it all thats why i wanted other input to make sure i am doing ok or if they just love the feed

 

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sharkey

Joined Dec 2010

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Sydney, Australia

• Nov 6, 2011

• #7

As a rule of thumb allow at least 3% of body weight in "good" dry matter per day.

Or 15% of bodyweight in pasture per day.

I use this for calculating carrying capacities,projecting food deficits before they occur,supplementing & finishing deer,& drought rations.It works for the eight different species of deer I run.



Cheers Sharkey