Deer corn prices

[FX1]

We took a trip out to the ranch this week to make sure everything was OK. Thought it would be a good time to start running a couple feeders so I stopped into my local feed shop in Llano. I was amazed that corn doubled in price this year. Last year I payed around $6 a bag this weekend the best price i could find was $11. We have 11 feeders that hold 6 bags and that will last around 3 months if the coons dint get to them. So my total bill would be $726 just to get them up and running. Needless to say we will be hand feeding some blinds and other blinds will be hit with the road feeders.

No big deal for me because most of the time the big bucks stay away from feeders. Pigs do love the hill country gold...

The way that i have been battling these high prices like corn or gas is I have started to learn to adapt.

High Gas < I purchased a Prius
High Corn < Just not going to buy it
High Ammo < Started reloading more
High Utility bills < Get real smart with the thermostat and common sense
High grocery prices < Learn more about coupons and start looking for specials. Also kill more free pork!

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[Reschke]

Another way to do that instead of buying "deer corn" is to plant some corn, sweet potatoes and soy beans in the areas where you will be hunting. We have been doing that for close to twenty years at my dad's place and the deer do not go anywhere else.

[Banshee7]

where do you live FX?

[Maverick]

where do you live FX?

This might help with that question, it's from his post.

"I stopped into my local feed shop in Llano"

That would be Texas.

If you think corn prices are high now, wait until the mandate on ethanol really takes effect.

[Wolf14]

I saw the local Wally World had a pallet of corn out that was priced at $5.99 a bag. I here some folks are paying like $8 a bag or more.

[Baitman]

We are not allowed to BAIT wildlife.

[DieAz]

We are not allowed to BAIT wildlife.

hmm, then how do you catch fish?

[Baitman]

We are allowed worms and grubs for fish but no minnows for fresh water. This regulation is province by province so regs have to be check. Saskatchewan used to not allow Sunday hunting either.

For wild life (mammals) we are not allowed to hunt over a gut pile for bear (griz or black) and the definition of a bait is not fully defined to know if a small patch of clover planted is bait. But a salt block, hay and grain are Bait.

[Reschke]

We can hunt over green fields here in Alabama during deer season but that for some reason isn't considered bait. What we do is we plant sweet potatoes, soy beans, millet and corn all through out the property on trails, natural openings in the forest, etc... in the spring and summer. Then in early fall we cut that down and come back with winter rye grass or winter wheat and this way we don't just have deer, turkey, doves and other animals coming to one area. They are all over the place and it makes it just a little easier to spot and hunt something instead of just sitting in one location. Plus the animals aren't just lining up for the shot either; it makes it a little better to learn how to hunt the deer, etc...

[bsdaddict]

The higher corn prices you're seeing are, in part, a result of the fedgov deciding, in it's infinite wisdom, that subsidizing the ethanol industry was a Good Thing(tm) to do.  They received subsidies to grow corn and tax incentives  to turn corn into ethanol, which they gobbled up, neglecting to consider how this arrangement would affect food prices.  Another win for fedgov! 

The fact the the Federal Reserve keeps printing more and more dollars and devaluing the ones in our pockets doesn't help either...

[FX1]

The last couple of years we have been planting oats. The climate in llano is so dry its all up to mother nature if we have a good rain in time for the oats to grow. My brother purchased a ranch in North Central Texas and he has real good luck with soy beans and amazing oat Fields. He also planted sun flower and sesame so we should have a good dove season this year.

Cotton seeds are a great source of protein for the dear and is much cheaper than bagged deer protein. Couple of my friends down in south Texas are really having good luck with the cotton seeds.

[Chalenge]

A decade ago I was working in central Florida and the boss then asked me to go hunting with him. The method used was baited areas with dogs running the deer four wheelers to get into position and radios to alert the guys in stands. I was appalled at that point and then later heard the rapid fire of semi-auto rifles when the game was sighted. I invited the same boss out to hunt out west. We went out and scouted for signs and found four good spots to stalk into. The scouting took three days and we must have walked about twenty-five miles. On the day we were to get out and finally hunt the boss didnt get out of bed. By the time he woke up I had a two-hundred forty pound buck all dressed and waiting for the freezer. On the second day he got up and after two hours in position he took five shots at a buck and didnt hit anything. He bragged up his hunting trip when we got home to all his friends about the 'monsters' out west. We all know where the monsters are.

[Banshee7]

This might help with that question, it's from his post.

"I stopped into my local feed shop in Llano"

That would be Texas.

Why thank you...being that I'm from TN, i tend to stay away from TX....