Ani-Logics Outdoors

Spring is here, and this is normally a time of abundance in terms of nutrition for deer. Although green forage is popping up everywhere, it’s not all created equal in terms of benefitting your herd. Many areas are greening up with cool season grasses that are high in fiber and low in protein which makes them undesirable to deer. In any area with these types of grasses, a cool season perennial forb will be better suited to improve the available nutrition to your herd. 

Pro Clover is perfect for converting grassy areas into beneficial food plots. It has a blend of highly nutritious and fast-growing clovers and is easy to establish. Another great option is the Clover Plus Alfalfa which really does well in areas where moisture may be limited, such as on the top of a ridge. If you are planting in an area with less-than-ideal sunlight, Clover Plus Chicory is a great option as it can grow with as little as 4 hours of sunlight per day. If you want something that is extremely drought tolerant, consider Holy Clover which has a very deep taproot, and grows like alfalfa with many small leaflets that deer prefer. All of these perennial blends have great browse tolerance, meaning they are great for smaller food plots tucked close to bedding areas. Tiffany Lakosky was able to harvest one of her biggest bucks over a Pro Clover field this fall.

As the soil gets warmer further into the growing season, Pro Bean Blend offers a perfect combination of green forage in the summer plus high energy pods in the fall and winter. It contains a blend of 5 different maturities, which means that some of the beans will grow tall and stay green until the end of the growing season, while others will focus on pod production. The Pro Bean Blend is also glyphosate tolerant so if you have a weed issue you can spray this plot during the growing season.

If you really want to maximize your herd’s potential and ensure that nutrition is not a limiting resource, supplementing their diet with protein feed and minerals will help ensure deer are as healthy as they can possibly be. All Ani-Logics Outdoors feed and minerals contain Ani-Shield TX4, which is a proprietary health pack containing essential oils, probiotics, chelated micro-minerals, and vitamins that work to boost immune system function. The founders of Ani-Logics Outdoors were struck with a massive outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in 2012, and they created this health power pack in response to not having a scientifically formulated additive in the market that was developed specifically with deer in mind. They used essential oils that have been proven in the lab to kill the virus when they encounter them.

Research at Ani-Logics Outdoors has uncovered deficiencies in the diet of free-ranging deer by studying liver tissue analysis, which offers a snapshot of mineral intake within the previous 4-6 weeks of harvest. Across the range of white-tailed deer, they are always missing some form of micro-mineral; that is why the nutritionists have focused their attention on filling these voids. If you have questions as to which Ani-Logics Outdoors product is right for you, feel free to reach out via the contact us page.