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As we begin to close out the winter months and look toward spring, now is a good time to start thinking about the deer herd’s health. Spring is the season for fawn births and antler growth. Late winter into spring is when deer shed their antlers and begin to grow new ones. So, by keeping your herd healthy now, you’ll set them up with a solid nutritional base as they go into this formative season.

Like many animals, and certainly many humans, deer hunker down and stay in one place to stay warm during cold temperatures. Winter can be a great time to observe the deer herd’s path because you can scout them and follow them without worrying about interfering with hunting pressure. Check out our tips, below, on how to scout bedding areas when everything is frozen.

Keeping your feeders stocked during the winter months can help provide the deer herd with nutrition when their natural food sources are unobtainable. If you continue to feed your deer herd even during the off season, you’ll keep the deer on your property and create a dependency that will last well into next season. Check out our tips, below, for how our Feedbank Gravity Deer Feeders can help keep deer close this winter.

Deer have adapted their lifestyles to accommodate the harsh winter months. Their normal food sources might be completely buried in snow, so they’ve not only adapted to eat branches and other shrubs, their bodies have become conditioned to conserve energy and not expend unnecessary calories. Below, we’ve got some ways that deer survive Midwest winters and how Banks Outdoors products can fit into that lifestyle.

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.