Should You Feed Deer? Effects Of A Harsh Winter on Whitetails

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Should You Feed Deer? Effects Of A Harsh Winter on Whitetails | Midwest Whitetail

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@HUNTRPOD 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having me on Jared. Super important topic and was glad I could be part of it! - Jeremy

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, please don't thank us, thank you for taking the time to share your valuable insight! As you said, it's a very important topic that everyone should try to learn as much as possible about. Let's do it again sometime, have a great week!

@upatree10 3 жыл бұрын

This is a topic that I’ve been wondering about a lot this year. I’m in Illinois, and with the accumulation of snow and ice this winter, I was more than a little concerned about the welfare of the deer and other wildlife in our area. I understand that they have an incredible ability to survive harsh conditions, but this year really put them to the test. I’ve been hearing that by supplementally feeding deer corn it can change the gut enzymes(flora) and actually cause issues when the supplemental feeding is removed. I heard that the problem arises when they return to the browse when the corn runs out or is removed, because their gut can no longer digest the browse. Just wondering if there’s any truth to that, in your opinion. Thanks for the knowledge and insight!

@PAKraig 3 жыл бұрын

Just a glimpse of the 12 months of dedication needed for successful land management 👍🏼

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

PAKraig, absolutely true statement. Thank you for taking the time to watch this week, as always we really appreciate the support! Have a great week.

@unclemoe5733 3 жыл бұрын

Valuable information here!!! Gonna be sharing this with my property owning friends. I've known too many people over the years that thought they were helping the herd by corn only.

@noro305 3 жыл бұрын

Hell no!! Food plots all day

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Uncle Moe, we're glad to hear you found this conversation as valuable as we did! Always learning more, that's the best thing we can do. Thank you for taking the time to watch and for sharing, we really do appreciate that. Have a great rest of your week!

@unclemoe5733 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos FYI they were glad i shared with them. They are bouncing ideas off each other to correct their practices! Thanks

@wldtrky38 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't been able to bowhunt since I injured my back in 2002. I loved bow hunting, enjoy watching Y'all get after it.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Wldtrky38, first of thank you for taking the time to leave the kind words and for watching. We're really sorry to hear about your injury and hopefully someday soon you'll be able to get out there again. Have a great week!

@wldtrky38 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos Thanks. After 5 surgeries and the resulting titanium installation I'm fused from L1-S1. Take care of your backs guys... Fixed doesn't mean pain free. Years fly by and I feel lucky I can still rifle hunt some. Public ground here in Central Missouri has some great hunting, just not many big bucks. My trophies are white pkgs in the freezer 😉 Take care and GOOD HUNTING !

@travissmith-wz5nc 3 жыл бұрын

From Michigan. In our northern lower and upper peninsula deer survive fine. Try logging, or chop and drop trees like: elm, maple, ash, popular. Plant lots of cereal rye in fall with red clover. They'll pound those plots every snow melt.

@jonray3301 3 жыл бұрын

I'll be so glad when bow season starts again I'm having withdrawals lol 🤘

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Jon Ray, first off thank you for taking the time to comment and watch the show! As for the withdrawals, we hear you on that one! Good thing there's a lot of work to do between now and then that's sure to keep us buys and outside. Good luck this Spring if you'll be out doing anything and have a great day!

@Jr-cj2vz 3 жыл бұрын

Dont i know lol.one of the best years we ve had for hunting .its only been a few weeks but im ready for it again too lol

@jonray3301 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos i have done ordered my seed an ready to get some of the new farms I picked up ready for early September.. God bless all of y'all

@RealRadNek 3 жыл бұрын

Well John, you can move to Texas. Four days ago I had a chance at my biggest axis buck ever. You can check it out on my channel. In Texas the season never ends, yee haw! I’ll be back in the blind Thursday and Friday to kill that big old buck With my brand new Matthews V3. 😁

@monsterhog1118 3 жыл бұрын

Season ended yesterday in Arkansas

@duluthoutdoors9503 3 жыл бұрын

We were lucky up here in Northern Minnesota and North Dakota! It’s been one of the most mild winters I have seen and 85% of the bucks are still holding

@noro305 3 жыл бұрын

Same here in OH

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Duluth Outdoors, that's great news about your winter! Hopefully that plays into a successful growing season and even more successful fall! Thank you for taking the time to watch these past few years and for leaving the comment, we really appreciate the support! Have a great rest of your week.

@connorklevesahl7846 3 жыл бұрын

Good info. Wasn’t too harsh here in Wisconsin this year but 2 years ago it was bad lots of dead deer in spring

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Connor Klevesahl, thank you for taking the time to watch the episode, your support means a lot. It's good to hear you had a mild winter, hopefully that will result in good things for your upcoming season! Good luck and have a great week.

@Crackhouts 2 жыл бұрын

I've been doing a 50/50 of corn and sweet feed. It runs through my feeder just fine.

@joescaletta9665 3 жыл бұрын

I have a whole deer family that comes every night for the past month to the front lawn I throw them apples cherries pineapples beets grapes bananas blueberries they love it and don’t leave any fruit to waste it makes me so happy to feed them

@noro305 3 жыл бұрын

Sabrina you are the G.O.A.T

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Sabrina Love, thank you for taking the time to watch and for the comment! Those are some lucky deer right there, a real life buffet! Have a great rest of you day.

@jeffebanks8601 3 жыл бұрын

God bless you fellas, miss ya alot, hope winter is treating all of you well, looking forward to the coming deer season, and also looking forward to more tips and tactics from you guys, safety and great blessings to all of you guys

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Jeff E Banks, god bless you too! Thank you for taking the time to watch the show this week and we too are looking forward to bringing more episodes this off-season. Have a great rest of your week!

@codydriscoll6992 3 жыл бұрын

This was so educational and was great to watch. My family has a great timber that buts up along the crop fields that we own in place of dumping corn or supplemental feed we go out and push the snow off an area to allow them to get to the bare ground so they have access to all parts of the plant that was in the field. I love the content and watching the show. As only going into my 4th year of hunting I have learned so much from your videos and how to better hunt the areas that I have access to.

@timallen_ 3 жыл бұрын

Great info! Looking forward to seeing the turkey hunts as well as the off season shows!

@hvlineman5227 3 жыл бұрын

That was a great talk. Love the direction this channel has gone since Bill’s departure, y’all are doing a fantastic job, from the hunters, to the camera men and editing. Btw Jared I really like that pedestal mount behind you, any word on Marino???

@RealRadNek 3 жыл бұрын

So Winke is gone for good?

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

HV Lineman, first off thank you for taking the time to watch this week's episode and for leaving the kind comment. All of us appreciate the support immensely! As we've said before, Bill more than earned his right to choose to move on to a new venture and we fully support him in whatever that is. Continuing the legacy of Midwest Whitetail is our mission and we intend to bring these stories to life each season for many years to come. With your support that will be possible! Jared's pedestal turned out incredible didn't it? What a good representation of bringing a story back to life forever. No word on Marino and if the pattern holds true, we won't know if the legend is alive until Summer. Have a great rest of your day!

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Bowhunting RadNek, thank you for taking the time to watch and for the question! To answer it, yes Bill decided to stop filming his hunts at the beginning of the 2020 season. We hope to work together in some capacity in the near future, but we haven't quite figured out what that is yet. As I said to HV Lineman, we take continuing the legacy of Midwest Whitetail very seriously and intend to bring these stories to life for many years to come. Have a great rest of your week!

@natbeach8141 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos Hope Bill knows how much he was missed this year.

@RealRadNek 3 жыл бұрын

In Texas, our food plots come in plastic bags & we dump it in feeders unless you're in East Texas where it actually rains. The great Texas 100 year freeze that you guys in Iowa deal with every year came and went and a friend of mine who has 10,000 acres and runs sheep said he lost 1/2 of his baby lambs. He estimates about 25% of the axis deer (they're from India and can't take the real cold). WT seemed to have faired well. But on my 100 acres, I didn't see any dead deer, exotic or WT, as I still have some cedar where deer could get out of the 4 degree with 15 mph wind. A few things I do to manage my land to keep the deer healthy is thinning cedar from oak motts to create not only more browse but better acorn production. I also buy the cattle pellets 50# for 10$ a bag at Tractor Supply. That's 20% protein and of course we have our corn food plot in a 50 gallon drum for selective harvesting :). I know you purists don't like it but is not a food plot baiting deer too? LOL. If I could grow a food plot I would. Thanks for sharing the info here. Good stuff.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Bowhunting RadNek, first off as I mentioned in an earlier comment, thank you for taking the time to watch the show this week! We really do appreciate the support. Everyone has an opinion on what's right and what is wrong but all I'll say is as long as the law is being followed, by all means do what you want to do! Texas and Iowa is like comparing apples to oranges but at the end of the day, the tradition of hunting and the importance of passing that on to the next generation is what it's all about. Hunters should support hunters and I hope 2021 is you best season ever my friend! Have a great rest of your week.

@dalechism5709 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! You guys did a tremendous job with the show this year. I’d comment ore on the website if it were secure. Either way look forward to every episode

@mitchellgenz1373 3 жыл бұрын

Great topic and valuable information.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Genz, thank you first off for taking the time to watch the episode, we really appreciate it. We're glad to hear that you found Jared's conversation valuable, we certainly learned some great stuff! Have a great rest of your week.

@underdogoutdoors 3 жыл бұрын

Great information.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Underdog Outdoors, thank you for taking the time to watch and for the kind words. We're glad to hear you took something away from the guys conversation!

@chadpinder6864 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful mounts!!

@gregbunn4642 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy y'alls show.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Greg Bunn, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to watch! Have a great rest of your week.

@angeloc9923 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Jared Totally nailed that Great amazing video Keep it up

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Angelo C, thank you for the kind words and for watching this week's episode. We really appreciate the support and hope you have a great rest of your day!

@EpicWhitetailHabitatLLC 3 жыл бұрын

Hope to see you guys at the Iowa Deer Classic!!

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Epic Whitetail Habitat, we're right there with you! Please stop on by the booth. Thank you for the support and for taking the time to watch this week.

@nxtleveldeersupplementsllc4571 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent information!

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

NXT LEVEL DEER SUPPLEMENTS LLC, we're glad to hear you think so too! Thank you for taking the time to watch and for the support. Good luck this Spring if you'll be hitting the woods and have a great day!

@rx1hunter896 3 жыл бұрын

When supplemental feeding deer, corn mixed with a co-op mix is vital, something that has to be mixed in gradually so they can get used to it. If you add in a alfalfa pellet or whole oats, that’s great as well but the corn has to be more. Saying that you have a 30 gallon can, 75 lb corn, 25 Lbs of a mix of oats, alfalfa and a cattle feed will total 150lbs, mix that and you’ll have a great combination of quality food.

@whitehondarider22 3 жыл бұрын

I try to use cracked corn in my mixes as its easier for their stomachs to break down, and i feel they get more nutrition from it, but i have no scientific facts to back that up

@buckydoedowner7598 3 жыл бұрын

Your buck turned out great Jared!

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Bucky DoeDowner, you want to talk about a one of a kind display! Those guys did a heck of a job bringing that piece back to life and tying in the hunt. We still couldn't be happier for Jared, it's kind of nice to not have to talk about the Big 10 getting away anymore and what comes next. Onto the next story, I'm sure it will be a good one! As always, thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to watch, all of us on the team really appreciate it. Have a great rest of your week!

@whitetailsup760 3 жыл бұрын

2019 intro music is the bomb ( Dance with the one u brought )

@noro305 3 жыл бұрын

I have Barley on the lower back end of property.... deer still browsing on it. Seem to like it over Oats, especially after the Oats turn brown

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Norm, as always brother thank you for the years of continued support, we really appreciate it! The barley over oats is an interesting observation, hopefully you'll be scooping up some sheds around that part of the property! Have a great rest of your week.

@williamshaver5524 3 жыл бұрын

With adult does being the best breeders,best mothers,best chance of surviving winter; why does everyone insist on targeting the biggest mature does after they are bred? Private land hunters go to great lengths to grow more bucks then harvest the unborn fawns. Always an issue to be dealt with. Nice episode, many issues to discuss.

@chrisgutsie5320 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful mount of your buck pal. What was the name of the form you chose? Congrats on everything.

@brandonpennington2714 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Midwest whitetail love your chanel!

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Brandon Pennngton, thank you for the kind words and support! We hope you enjoy the show.

@patrickgibson2828 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Ontario it can be -30 for 3 months straight and we get an average of 140 inches of snow a year and are deer seem to survive just fine yes we probably have a higher winter kill then most places but they make it threw the winter with no food plots or feeding they live off of the trees wish I could send pics of the cedars and willow trees they eat right to the ground and as high as they can reach. And they always have winder yards deer travel as far as 30 plus miles to be in the winter yards

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Patrick Gibson, first off thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and for watching the show, we really appreciate that! Those conditions sounds pretty intense relative to Iowa but like you said, they're probably more acclimated for that than herds that live further South. Much like you said about the cedars, we noticed that more this past month than I can remember in recent memory. As high as they could reach, they were browsing them to the branch. Have a great week!

@patrickgibson2828 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos you are probably correct in are deer are probably more acclimated to are conditions they yard up and keep the trails open you hardly see and tracks off of the main trails systems also make easy pickings for the wolves and yotes as well 2 years ago they estimate that are herds took as high as 60 % winter kill not cause of the heavy snow cause of a huge ice storm on top of 4 feet of snow. Big tag cut backs and are deer recover fast it is truly amazing what they can go through

@stevedenoyer5956 3 жыл бұрын

How did deer survive all these years without human intervention? I understand what you’re saying but if we supplement their feed won’t they’ve become reliant as a species long term? Idk I’m on the fence with that, seems like they would be stronger without. Don’t get me wrong I love deer and want to protect the resource but they can survive on their own. Mother nature has a way of taking care of things.

@johnbracewell3700 3 жыл бұрын

in most parts of the country they use to be way less deer, human intervention allows for a much larger deer population. nature itself can only provide for so many

@stevedenoyer5956 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbracewell3700 nature will adjust for over population, EHD/CWD etc...

@stevedenoyer5956 3 жыл бұрын

States need to allow more habitat improvements in these Harding areas of the northern states. Create more natural feed.

@stevedenoyer5956 3 жыл бұрын

Yarding areas

@whitehondarider22 3 жыл бұрын

And then close those sections off from no hunting to create sanctuaries

@thetrooper1061 3 жыл бұрын

Dont out out corn it's got no protein. Deer will starve eating it. What do you prefer to plant for late season? Corn..... Ok

@collinshields1244 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to Owen reigler?

@rileysteffensen7270 3 жыл бұрын

Is bill gone for good?

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Riley Steffensen, first off thank you for taking the time to watch the show, we all appreciate the support. To answer your question, Bill decided to stop filming his hunts and activities. So the short answer is yes, as far as the show goes Bill has moved on. We still hope to in the future partner together in some form whether that be the Podcast or something else. We're excited to continue the legacy of Midwest Whitetail for all to enjoy for the years to come. Have a great day!

@PAKraig 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one. I didn't expect to see him a LOT this season, but I didn't expect to not see him AT ALL. 😕

@nxtleveldeersupplementsllc4571 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to hopefully talking to you guys at the Iowa Deer Classic. Supplemental feeding can be a real tool in a management plan. But there is a ton of poor information out there. This guy is spot on and sharing information that is refreshing to hear. Great video!

@johnhiggins39 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for the work enjoyed watching bill I thought his last couple vids he did where so interesting

@noro305 3 жыл бұрын

@@MidwestWhitetailVideos heck, he could have done a farewell video!!

@melissabarrett681 3 жыл бұрын

Who is the taxidermist?

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Melissa Barrett, first off thank you for taking the time to watch this week's show! The taxidermist we use is named Brian Reinertson and he operates out of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Have a great week!

@mattclark7363 3 жыл бұрын

Where is bill? About to loose a long time fan. If bill is quiting he should find better replacements.

@MidwestWhitetailVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Matt Clark, first off thank you for taking the time to watch the show this week despite you not enjoying it. To answer your question, Bill stepped away in August of 2020 and decided to not film his hunts. As far as your comment about finding better replacements, everyone on the show has been a part of the team since 2017. We’re committed to continuing the legacy of Midwest Whitetail for the years to come. So, what would you like to see us improve on? We’re always open to suggestions. Have a great rest of your week and good luck if you hit the woods!

@ricklenore1400 3 жыл бұрын

I wish Bill would've done a farewell video, but to say that he should've picked better replacements is absolutely ridiculous. The hunts that Jared and Mike pumped out this year, and the deer they harvested were nothing less than Midwest Whitetail amazing. Keep up the good work guys!