Brownsville Maine Deer Food Pantry

[airedale]

I came across this live around the clock Deer feeding station in Maine a couple of years ago, when the snow gets on the ground up there the Deer hit those feeders hard day and night. Right now they are coming out pretty much at night on bare ground and not a whole lot of action during the daylight. Happened to check it out last night before hitting the sack around 1100 pm and there were some real nice wall hangers visiting those feeders.

Al

 

 

[airedale]

I like the rack on this guy. The big guys like him come out to the feeders late,

Edited December 19, 2023 by airedale

[Daveboone]

Back in the day, a lot of sportsmans clubs up in the ADKs used to maintain hay /feed lots for the winter deer, and some of the pics I saw were amazing...of course, I am sure just like in Maine, they yard up for the winter which congregates them in an area. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Use to watch " The Crush" feeder out in the Midwest years ago. This one is a much larger feeding station. Deer are far more social here. Very relaxing in front of a lit Christmas tree. 

[airedale]

 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Quite a few blue jays at the feeder this morning. The camera lens looks like a deer licked it.

[First-light]

Isn't this exactly what we are not supposed to do? 

[suburbanfarmer]

49 minutes ago, First-light said:

Isn't this exactly what we are not supposed to do? 

Its ok in Maine just not in NY..lol

 

Jokes aside i dont think they are feeding corn which causes acidosis but oats acorns etc are ok

Edited January 10 by suburbanfarmer

[GreeneHunter]

42 minutes ago, suburbanfarmer said:

Its ok in Maine just not in NY..lol

 

Jokes aside i dont think they are feeding corn which causes acidosis but oats acorns etc are ok

I've watched them fill the Trough's at around 9 am , I believe they fill with Oats , Acorns and sliced apples ! They use an ATV setup to automatically fill the Trough's !

[airedale]

There is also some kind of pellet feed mixed in, that is the first thing they go for after he fills the troughs, they are hitting the feed earlier and earlier. There were a couple of 200 pounders there last night. Usually there is a big bunch of Turkeys there, I could hear some yelping the other day but have not seen any at the feeders yet.

Al

[suburbanfarmer]

at 10:49 a doe shows up with its guts hanging out

 

 

[Four Seasons]

1 hour ago, suburbanfarmer said:

at 10:49 a doe shows up with its guts hanging out

 

 

Looks like it might be warts. Really black in color. Weird for sure. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Oats have to be crimped for an animals digestion system to benefit. I read this in the comments that their using them.

The owners sometimes remark in the comments section. Must be quite a financial responsibility to under take. Nice that their state allows it.