How the 'Feedbank 300' Keeps Deer Close as Food Sources Shift

Deer feeders are a great way to keep deer on your property as the weather cools, crops start getting collected and the deer’s normal food sources get a little more scarce. Use our deer feeders, like the Feedbank 300 Gravity Deer Feeder, to keep the herd on your property throughout the entire hunting season.

Single-Post Design

Our deer feeders are designed on a single post. This gives the deer more room to access the feed directly underneath the feeder, without knocking their antlers on the stand like they do with a standard tripod feeder design. The single-post also makes it easy to move around your property. If you switch up the location of your blind, you can change up the location of your feeder to accommodate.

More room underneath the feeder also means more deer can feed at once. The Feedbank 300 has four ports, so multiple members of the herd can eat from your feeder at the same time. It holds 300 pounds of feed, so when you fill up the tank you’ll be set for a while, even with multiple deer eating from it. The ports automatically refill when the valve senses it’s empty. They’re also adjustable, so you can control the flow. The ports are set at the optimal height of 42 inches, making it perfectly even with a deer’s face so they’ll be able to clearly see and smell the food in the ports.

Choose Feed Strategically

It’s a good idea to put food in your feeder that isn’t as easily accessible anywhere else. For example, if your property backs up to a cornfield, the deer aren’t going to be as inclined to visit your property for corn when they have a whole field to graze on. In this case it might be beneficial to stock your feeder with soybeans, clover, or other grains that are part of a deer’s regular diet but aren’t available near your property.

It’s Not Too Late to Introduce Food

It’s important to lock in their food choices before winter. Deer will go into survival mode as it gets colder, meaning their bodies will preserve what nutrients they have and only digest things they’re used to. If you throw a curveball into their diet by giving them protein-rich alfalfa at the beginning of December when you haven’t been providing that all year, their bodies won’t know how to digest the new food, so they’ll likely ignore your feeder once they realize it’s not giving them the right food. Their bodies crave the woody browse they normally get during winter or foods they’ve been eating all spring, summer and fall.

Supplemental feeding isn’t legal everywhere. Make sure you check your state’s regulations to check the rules for your area. Once you’ve gotten the green light, check out our Feedbank 300 Gravity Deer Feeder to keep the deer on your property, even as their natural food sources change. As we know, a consistent food source means consistent deer herd visits, which is vital as we enter the rut season, colder temperatures, and the height of hunting season. It’s more important than ever to lock in food options on your property. Keep the deer fed and enjoy the season ahead.

What feeders do you have on your property? What do you fill them with? Let us know your supplemental food source tactics in the comments below.