Giant Pile of Corn

[Doc Holliday]

I had a malfunction on my boss buck feeder (guessing funnel needs to be tightened) and now there is a 300# pile of corn underneath it.

Is this a problem? It is dry and there is no rain in the forecast for the next 10 days

 

[*zap*]

Set some dogproof coon traps there....

 

[dakotaduner]

They will be well fed. As will all the racoons and other ground dwellers.

 

[Achigan1]

In Texas you'd have a few hundred happy cow and feral hog pictures pretty fast!

 

[Doc Holliday]

I guess my concern is acidosis, but hopefully with the leafy forage, muscadines, and red acorns starting to fall (this is in Georgia) it will be OK

 

[Glendon Mullins]

If your concerned just take a rake in there and rake it around to spread it out

 

[dr.mooseknuckles]

I guess my concern is acidosis, but hopefully with the leafy forage, muscadines, and red acorns starting to fall (this is in Georgia) it will be OK

I wouldn’t think deer would get acidosis like cows would from eating it all quickly. I may be wrong on this however. As concentrate SELECTORS deer rumens are primed for higher nutrient/energy sources like corn.

Now a cow would be screwed if it ate all that super quick without a healthy dose of ionophores and other basic pH contents in them


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[100percent]

No worries!!! Happens all too much in bait states with little to no adverse efffects.

 

[Rich M]

Scoop it up and put it back in the feeder...

 

[Doc Holliday]

Scoop it up and put it back in the feeder...

I am 6 hours from the property, so that is not an option right now.

 

[bradb]

I have more then that under our KS feeder, feed plant spilled a bunch! Could maybe get a little molding but I wouldn't worry about it. Hell all our deer are in the milo and not eating it anyway. Waste of money right now for us

 

[Stocker]

I’m fairly certain deer won’t get acidosis.

 

[Doc Holliday]

I’m fairly certain deer won’t get acidosis.

They certainly do.

Here are some links for you if you care to be educated:

https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/Wildlife-RelatedDiseases/Pages/RumenAcidosis.aspx

https://www.buckmanager.com/2016/01/13/corn-toxicity-acidosis-in-white-tailed-deer/

https://www.northeastwildlife.org/disease/rumen-acidosis

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I dont know about the deer but ur gonna have to beat to coons off with a stick next time you go in there....

 

[Doc Holliday]

Here is daytime pic....lol

 

[Stocker]

They certainly do.

Here are some links for you if you care to be educated:

https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/Wildlife-RelatedDiseases/Pages/RumenAcidosis.aspx

https://www.buckmanager.com/2016/01/13/corn-toxicity-acidosis-in-white-tailed-deer/

https://www.northeastwildlife.org/disease/rumen-acidosis

Well that’s fine, I farm in Nebraska and have spilt 100’s of bushels of corn in areas and deer pile on them especially in the winter and I have never noticed it having any affect.

I appreciate the snarky response though.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Well that’s fine, I farm in Nebraska and have spilt 100’s of bushels of corn in areas and deer pile on them especially in the winter and I have never noticed it having any affect.

I appreciate the snarky response though.

Well I have had unprotected sexual encounters with 100s of women and haven't gotten AIDS, so I guess using your logic people dont get AIDS. Pretty ignorant of you.

Again, if you care to get educated, it occurs where there is not large scale agriculture of a given grain and it is then introduced (like in my situation).



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[Stocker]

Well I have had unprotected sexual encounters with 100s of women and haven't gotten AIDS, so I guess using your logic people dont get AIDS. Pretty ignorant of you.



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I don’t know why you would come in here looking for an answer to a question you already know.... get your shovel and buckets..

 

[Texasbuckeye]

Deer will not eat so much they would get a problem. I have had corn I put under a feeder and the deer paw at it and eat little bits but never all of it. If it’s only deer and coons, that pile could stay for a few weeks assuming it stays dry.

Now get some hogs on it and it will be gone in a day or two tops.

Bigger issue for me is why the feeder did this in the first place. I have similar feeders and never have had that happen before, unless I do it.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Bigger issue for me is why the feeder did this in the first place. I have similar feeders and never have had that happen before, unless I do it.

Only thing I can figure is the bolts somehow came loose on the funnel, and the funnel dropped all the way down. I am heading back up there next weekend so will hopefully get it straightened out