Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 03:04 PM
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Good for you sir. Here in Wisconsin you'd be accused of trying to spread disease to the starving animals by feeding them at all.
Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: Trap Setter]
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03/08/23 03:09 PM
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Deep snow is just one of mother's nature's way of population control. Taking out the weak so the gene pool doesn't get watered down. I don't find anything wrong with you feeding your small local population of deer and turkey though. Not like your little speck of land changes much in the grand scheme of things. And hopefully you'll have a few extra around this coming year for the dinner table. Good for you sir. Here in Wisconsin you'd be accused of trying to spread disease to the starving animals by feeding them at all. I believe it's illegal in my state as well
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 04:07 PM
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We don’t get snow and I still feed them year round. Peanuts last a long time as they seem to know how much protein they need. They’ll stay on a corn pile for hours. With peanuts it’s no more than 5-10 minutes and then they are moving on. Deer, dove, quail, rabbits, squirrels, hogs, and an occasional turkey will stop by to grab a bite. A 5 gallon bucket, sometimes two if the temps are low, will do for a week.
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 04:59 PM
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Feeding stations on both sides of the house they come for the tree cover so feeding them is easy. Coming and going most of the day.
Last edited by Law Dog; 03/08/23 05:06 PM.
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 05:10 PM
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Bismarck ND is currently setting at the 7th snowiest winter on record. It's hammering the pheasants and the whitetails trying to make a recovery from blue tongue. I'd much rather see rain, I've got no use for snow.
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
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03/08/23 06:19 PM
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A few bale of hay would be fairly inexpensive. I always feed some in Jan through April. Corn and hay when the snow is on. Helps the wore out buck and the pregnant doe just a little. Then in October the boys can thin them out vs nature. Depending on where the deers digesting system is at hay might not work if they got on browse long enough their system changes and they cannot digest other feeds until their system changes back to it.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 08:03 PM
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Sad deal for sure to the OP. When it's really bad here they just stay my alfalfa field and stay around the clock. My wild turkeys have moved on to some place with more to eat in just the last week. Pheasant by the 100's are still feeding here.
Last edited by snowy; 03/08/23 08:28 PM.
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 08:30 PM
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Don’t change their feed just because it’s nice outside they can eat spring food but not be able to get much out of that new feed right away, they go down hill even in the spring so if you feed them commit to it into the spring months.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Snow's great. But tough on wildlife.
[Re: foxhunter52]
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03/08/23 08:37 PM
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Nice back yard you have there. I am jealous!!!!!!
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