Fightin TX Aggie said:
Mr. McGibblets said:
I have had great luck with ASF 600lb stand and fill. I am running 5 right now and had 15 plus in the past at my old ranches. Only thing we had to do was swap a battery or a timer.
Side note- your pen looks small. I would expand it at least double IMHO.
it's a square 32 feet on each side.
Just curious. How does that impact deer behavior?
It will impact how comfortable they are in the pen and ultimately how many deer will feed in there at once.
Most of our pens, especially if they have a protein feeder, are 48x48 or larger. That's not always feasible with the terrain (hill country) but we try and make it at least 48 on one side if we can't make it a square 48'.
As I mentioned above, a dominant deer or two will get in and run all the other deer off inside of the pen. The other thing to note, which could be good or bad - depending on your goals, is that the corn will likely broadcast outside of the pen if it is smaller. If it is larger, the corn will likely stay in the pen and deter hogs from hanging around frequently.
I like have hogs around for target practice but when they hang around a feed pen for too long and know there is food in there, they'll usually try to get in. Once they're successful, good luck keeping them out… I've had them jump hog panels to get back in.
