I have just returned from a day at the camp. I was planning on staying later but we lost power last night and it still was not back up by mid-afternoon today and no timetable of when it would be back up so we decided to come home a day early.
In any case, I was able to bring in a load of food for any deer still remaining in our area. There is still quite a bit of snow but I was able to get back to where I had left food a few months ago. Here is a picture of what used to be a full cedar which has since been eaten away to just bare branches. I wish I had a picture from when the tree had first fallen so that you could see the difference from then until now, but I don't, so here is the aftermath.
In any case, I was able to bring in a load of food for any deer still remaining in our area. There is still quite a bit of snow but I was able to get back to where I had left food a few months ago. Here is a picture of what used to be a full cedar which has since been eaten away to just bare branches. I wish I had a picture from when the tree had first fallen so that you could see the difference from then until now, but I don't, so here is the aftermath.
As you can see, there isn't much left of this tree, but trust me, there used to be full branches everywhere before the deer got at it. I decided I would just throw my feed right here on the side of the trail for now but will make a proper feeding site later in the spring.
Here is the feed that I have used thus far, I believe it is locally made.
Here is the feed that I have used thus far, I believe it is locally made.
You can see that it is much more grainy than a corn-based feed, which I have read is better for the deer and from what I have seen thus far the deer seem to like this more than just corn on its own, but again time will be the test.
All in all, I was just glad to get up there and get some food out. It will be a few weeks before I can get up there again and hopefully all of this feed will be gone by then, hopefully because of the deer. I plan on bringing more up during that next visit as well and maybe even getting the trailcam up for a bit.
All in all, I was just glad to get up there and get some food out. It will be a few weeks before I can get up there again and hopefully all of this feed will be gone by then, hopefully because of the deer. I plan on bringing more up during that next visit as well and maybe even getting the trailcam up for a bit.