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If herd health is truly your goal (and not trail cam pics) there are other ways to help other than mineral blocks and corn piles: "Many areas of the country lack specific minerals and nutrients that can be provided by planting certain types of plants. Biologists also know that throughout the...

Food Plots for Pheasants Provide Needed Shelter 04/18/2009Boone – Each winter, food plots of corn, sorghum, or other grains are used by all kinds of wildlife to help them survive. Well-designed food plots also provide important cover and additional food to help pheasant, quail, and other...

Seriously? You make it sound like you have feeder calves. Better get water for them too! You don't even know how many deer you are feeding, a number that is changing daily.

Just for the record, deer typically browse in the winter. They literally feed in their bedroom, thus limiting travel and conserving energy and fat reserves. This should be kept in mind if you are doing any supplemental feeding. That article earlier touched on this a little, thats why I posted...

You need to realize that unless you have a constant supply of food for them it will run out and there lies a problem. The deer become conditioned to relying on the supplemental food and when it's gone, they are in trouble. Unless you are dumping it weekly by the wagon load right next to their...

The truth is here in Iowa, deer get the vital minerals they need from our rich soils. They potential harm of providing a mineral lick outweighs the potential benefits in my opinion. The strong will survive an Iowa winter, the weak will not. Natures way of keeping a HEALTHY herd. I've said...

Articles #3 and 4 relate to this topic. http://www.iowadnr.gov/news/io/10feb09io.pdf

I'm don't need to argue with you. Go talk to a wildlife biologist and get their take on supplemental feeding. :drink1: