The easiest of those variables a deer manager can control is diet.
What to feed deer to grow big racks.
To help bucks produce bigger racks this summer provide them with protein and minerals in large quantities.
This not only helps with antler growth during the spring and summer but it also helps does that are.
We know that big healthy bucks grow outsized antlers much more often than nutritionally deficient bucks and that healthy females tend to grow bigger healthier fawns during pregnancy that in turn have greater potential to be big healthy bucks.
So if you only shoot 6 or bigger you are leaving the small spikes to run around and breed does thus depleting your chance for big racks i think your.
Sportsman s choice record rack deer and elk feed formula and antlers plus are two 20 crude protein supplements widely used by mld managed lands deer programs and hunting outfitters.
George i have raised white tailed deer before and some deer will have 8 points there first year or maybe 6 so these are what i would consider some good base genetics to build big racks.
Let s also recognize that captive deer breeders growing giant antlers on their bucks are feeding minerals to their entire herd both bucks and does.
The size of buck s rack is dependent on age genetics and diet.
So most deer will readily eat protein supplements.