TYPE OF FEED: complete
FORM OF FEED: 1/8" or mini pellets
PACKAGING: 50 lb paper bags
SPECIES: whitetail deer
AGES: adult bucks, fawn

FEATURES:

• Complete pelleted21% protein diet with all the necessary ingredients for whitetail deer (concentrate selectors) and the American Elk (intermediate selectors)
• Contains sufficient quality fiber to maintain rumen or gut function
• Formulated for the adult buck or bull for optimum antler development as well as optimum growth in fawns
• Does should be fed Buckeye 17% Deer Ration (Doe & Breeder Pellets): do not feed shelled corn, horse feed or cattle feed to deer: see back of sheet for information

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS:

Crude Protein, Minimum	21.00%
Crude Fat, Minimum	2.00%
Crude Fiber, Maximum	15.00%
Calcium (Ca), Minimum	.60%
Calcium (Ca), Maximum	1.10%
Phosphorus (P), Minimum	.60%
Salt (NaCl), Minimum	.30%
Salt (NaCl), Maximum	.80%
Vitamin A, Minimum	5,000. IU/lb.
Vitamin D, Minimum	1200. IU/lb.
Vitamin E, Minimum	70. IU/lb.

INGREDIENTS: Grain Products, Roughage Products, Plant Protein Products, Processed Grain By-Products, Forage Products, Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Magnesium Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Choline Chloride.

FEEDING DIRECTIONS: Feed Buckeye 21% Deer Ration (Buck & Fawn Pellets) free choice in a weather protected feeder to bucks year around, with the most critical time being from late January when the new antler buds are developing until early fall when the antlers are shedding their velvet. Young fawns should be fed Buckeye 21% Deer Ration (Buck & Fawn Pellets) as early as possible in a creep if feasible and as the sole ration as soon as the does and fawns are separated. The higher protein will help promote the fawn's development. Bucks will normally consume between 1.5% and 3.5% of their body weight with the higher intake levels occurring in the spring and summer. Feed consumption will diminish to ver little during the rut which occurs about 1.5 months before the shortest day and lasts for about one month. Feed consumption will remain low until the following spring because of the lower metabolism during the short days when food resources are normally limited in the wild. The consumption in females and fawns will normally remain high (in the range of 3.5% to 4.5% of body weight) for about one or two months later in the fall than the bucks, but it will also decline dramatically with the shorter days. Hay, pasture or browse are not a nutritional requirement when feeding Buckeye 21% Deer Ration which contains sufficient quality fiber, but will reduce the stress from boredom. Provide free access to clean, fresh water at all times as well as Buckeye T.M. Salt with Selenium. Do not feed this product if the feed has become moldy or out of condition. This may occur unknowingly in outdoor self feeders. Please read the following paragraph for important information.

VERY IMPORTANT: In the winter months when daylight hours are short, deer will naturally reduce their consumption as their metabolism rate slows. This is their normal method of dealing with the reduced feed supply and their winter environment. The deer will appear unthrifty with their winter haircoat and their declining body weight as they partially live off their body fat reserves they build up during the spring and summer months when food is plentiful. Food consumption will decline to 1.3% - 1.5% of body weight. This is normal and is not that they are sick or that they do not like the Buckeye 21% Deer Ration. As spring approached and the days become longer, body metabolism and feed consumption will increase rapidly. Buckeye 21% Deer Ration is formulated to allow for these lower intakes with special high quality mineral and vitamins, plus adequate fiber to help maintain the rumen function. We do not recommend feeding shelled corn, horse feed, dairy feed, or other high energy feed because it may cause the deer to go into acidosis and become sick. More pet deer and deer close to urban areas are killed by well intentioned individual \s feeding unbalanced diets than die from starvation.