Summer Deer Feed(Wild life)
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rowney
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Protein Protein Protein! They need at least 20%. Get a hold of yellowhammer for the best advice on this from a biologist though. however for Turkey feed them a hen scratch type blend. We feed whitetails protein, but if you can afford some type of peas or cottonseed mix, you will really like the results!
If you really want to do something for them, manage the habitat first. Then you can do food plots and feeders.
It doens't matter what kind of protein, feed, or food plots you plant, if you don't have good habitat, you are not going to have much.
As far as summer food plots go, try a mix that has some type of clover (site specific varieties), browntop millet, iron and clay cow peas, buckwheat, milo, sunflower all make nice summer plots. Alyce clover and American joint vetch are also very good if you seed is available, but expensive.
Thats what works here, but NY may have other options like alfalfa and soybean that don't do well this far south.
It doens't matter what kind of protein, feed, or food plots you plant, if you don't have good habitat, you are not going to have much.
As far as summer food plots go, try a mix that has some type of clover (site specific varieties), browntop millet, iron and clay cow peas, buckwheat, milo, sunflower all make nice summer plots. Alyce clover and American joint vetch are also very good if you seed is available, but expensive.
Thats what works here, but NY may have other options like alfalfa and soybean that don't do well this far south.
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