FSU_Seminole Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Just wondering how many of you use protein pellets along with your food plots & what attractants do you use with them? I'm talking about if you use a gravity feeder. I'm going to retry feeding pellets to my herd along with my winter & spring food plots. I tried it a few years back but the racoons would come & rake all the pellets & corn out on the ground. They'd pick thru the pellets eating the corn & it would rain leaving my pellets as mush. I never solved the problem of weaning my deer off shelled corn to the pellets. I have a new designed feeder with a home made canopy that will limit that problem. Just wondering if any of you have had success with pellet feed & if so with what brand??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? I dont, I wish we could here in Wi, but with the cwd the DNR is not alowing anymore feeding at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? I use them extensively and I'm having great success. It took about 6 months before the deer really started utilizing them, now I feed several tons of pellets a year. I get my pellets from a local feed mill and they're 18% protein. Don't add any kind of attractanct. Here's a few pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted July 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? The only picture that came out was the 1st one, but thank you for responding. My gravity feeder was a setup much like that one except you have 2 drums, I only had 1 & the trough underneath was exactly like the one I used. It was broken off though because the racoons would come night after night & hang from it to reach in & pull the pellets & corn out on the ground. Did you mix corn with the pellets since you didn't use an attractant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? I mixed a little corn in when I first started, but I don't mix anything now. Coons can be a problem. I've been steadily trapping them, and we don't have too many to begin with, so it's not too much of an issue. The other pics got moved, I'll relink them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkillr777 Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? that hog would be dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? [ QUOTE ] that hog would be dead [/ QUOTE ] We killed 15 or 20 last year during deer season. I definitely shoot every one I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted July 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Re: How many of you use gravity feeders & pellets? Wow!!! Incredible pictures thank you for sharing them. Now I know I'll go ahead with a gravity feeder along with my winter plots. Awesome photos!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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