Deer Corn Breaking The Bank

There is some bad news with CNN reporting every fifteen minutes a severe drought across the U.S. is killing corn crops.

This Means:
Little Ethanol is being produced
Food Prices are going up
Deer Corn is going up..up..up

According to BusinessInsider.com a bushel of corn is at an all time high of $8.10 a bushel. 

Do the math 1 bushel = 56 Pounds @.14 a pound

That fifty pound bag cost the supplier roughly $7.20, so throw a minimum 20% mark up (If your lucky)
1 bag = 8.64 (most likely to round to $9)

My prediction is that deer corn will be sold at an average of $10 a bag or higher. 

That means that deer hunters especially in North Carolina will be hit in the wallet. This will leave you to debate is corn really worth it? 

What To Do Without Corn?

1. Hunt over natural food plots (oak/apple/pear trees, old peanut fields, etc.)

2. Hunt over built food plots 

3. Sweet potatoes 

- If you have a local sweet potato farm they have discard bins usually, ask and most likely they will let you go digging. This is a dirty and smelly process however you get free feed material. 

J.Jones