The Importance of Water for Deer: How 'Wild Water® 100' Systems Can Help

Like most animals, deer need a consistent water source to function properly. Deer are in-tune to what their body needs and they know when something isn’t right. If their gut or other body functions feels sub-optimal, they recognize that they don’t feel good and seek out ways to fix it. That’s where the Wild Water® Systems come in. By placing our systems around your property, you’re giving the deer herd consistent access to the water they need and they’ll start to associate your property with vital nutrition.

Wild Water® Systems

Our Wild Water® Systems come in 50-, 100- and 300-gallon options. The Wild Water® Bladder holds 100 gallons of water, so you can easily fill up any of our systems in anywhere from one to three trips. The systems have either one or two troughs, each 2-3 feet long. The tanks have a self-regulating valve that opens up and releases more water when it senses the trough is empty and shuts back off when it’s full. The regulated tank and the long troughs allow multiple members of the deer herd to drink water at the same time, encouraging more members of the herd to visit your property. Keep in mind that you want to keep your hunting area with your Stump blind near the source, but not on top of it. Set up your blind where you’ll catch the deer crossing through to the water without jeopardizing the safety of the water spot itself.

Wild Water® Mineral Supplements

In addition to creating a dependence on the water system, you can also take it one step further and add our Wild Water® Mineral Supplements to your water tanks. The supplements are packed with the vitamins and nutrients deer need to stay healthy. They come in flavors that deer will love, so on top of the dependence on the nutrients, they’ll develop a dependence on the flavor. The supplements come in Natural, Apple, Grape, Vanilla, and Persimmon, all flavors that will entice a deer. They’ll eventually associate the water system with the fact that they felt better.

The supplements also provide the nutrients that will help promote antler growth. Calcium is a major component of antler development and it’s one of the first ingredients listed in our supplements. Deer also run a salt deficiency when they eat an abundance of natural forage during the spring and summer months, so the salt in our supplements helps replenish their levels. The deer will also be addicted to the taste of the salt as well as its health benefits. Supplemental feeding isn’t legal everywhere. Make sure to check your state’s regulations on supplemental feeding before putting out the minerals.

Habits

Deer are known to circulate and travel to areas with consistent food, water and areas of cover. If your property offers all three, you’ve hit the jackpot. A consistent source is as important as ever as we enter colder months with less natural food options for the deer. A deer’s stomach is sensitive to diet changes as they prepare for the winter months, so if you haven’t already been feeding them or providing them water, set your sources out now so they have time to acclimate before the weather changes.

How do you use your Wild Water® Systems to hydrate your deer herd? Let us know in the comments below!