Not enough to justify thousands of dollars. To me anyway.
They would just about get the same. I’ve done told y’all. Brairs and natural forage is at 16%. The more u mow the better off u are. This year we had rain. Them antlers we seek are growing c
That I might be able to tell you after this year! We just leased their side of the road after ours sold
What u kill last year ?
He’s dreaming of a 1fitty
Well on a side note...me and my boys get much more enjoyment out of my yearly burns and planting of food plots than filling a feeder as well.
Yes, sure, on that lease everyone bow hunts, several never pick-up a firearm all season. Neighboring property (separated by country road) both archery and firearm. We do have a very large tract with high acre to low hunter ratio, so while there is hunting pressure on our tract it's not major. We also have probably anywhere from 50-60, maybe 60+ trail camera's on the property and while we understand we don't get photo inventory of every buck, we do get a majority of the ones constantly ranging/living on our tract. Interestingly as we know, free range mature bucks are impossible to stockpile and generally seem to visit a preferred feeder later Summer into early archery season - we can get the same mature buck regularly coming to a feed station all Summer and early archery but never get a pic of him on another feeder several 100 yards away. Anyway, point being you are correct generally, target bucks don't tend to shift ranges or move much in terms of acreage until they are hard horned and entering pre-rut seeking/rut chasing so as posted. So if that target buck is on us early, he will stay on us early, and vise vesa. I prefer native habitat management, perennial plots, annual plots, TSI, burning rotations etc. for growing healthy herds - honestly think its better and more cost effective in the long term. Nevertheless, if your neighbors are into a heavy feeding program and your property doesn't have anything to compete with it (security, water, food) then just my opinion you have narrowed opportunities to even see the target bucks (with exception of maybe a few rut weeks out a 4 month season). Granted, hunting mature (4.5 yr old generally, 5.5, 5.5 yr old+ mostly) bucks is not for everyone, I get it. No qualms there. You also have to hunt tracts were bucks can maximize their DNA potential whatever that is (does contribute 50% +) and then have birthdays... . Are neighboring feeders helping the 2.5 and 3.5 yr olds that could disperse across the road once the batchelor groups break-up, yep. Anyway, back to the original post - find a supplemental feed you are comfortable paying for but don't neglect that fact that it is called "supplemental"...in supplement to green fields, native browse, TSI, hard mass, soft mass, doe harvest for carry capacity -- it all needs to work in unison, just my .02 cents
