What you feed shapes what you hunt.
Attract Better. Grow Healthier. Hunt Bigger.
Grip Feed Co. is a family owned Alabama feed company making premium deer feed, deer minerals, and whitetail nutrition products for hunters and land managers who want to attract better deer, grow healthier herds, and hunt bigger bucks.
One bag to start the story. Another to write the ending.
Triple Grip
Attract without compromising antler growth. Fat first. Roasted. Whole grain.
Grip Grower
Advanced nutrition for antler growth, herd vitality and milk production.
Grip Grub
Deer mineral attractant for year-round herd health and site activity. Vitamins and minerals the deer crave.
The science of the blend
The blend is the point.
Corn brings energy. Protein, fat, minerals, and digestibility turn that energy into a real deer nutrition program. The blend is the point.
Full comparison: corn vs premium feed for deer
Fat first. Roasted.
Whole grain.
Fat carries about 2.25× the energy density of protein or carbohydrates, which is why high-fat deer feed can deliver more usable energy in every bite.
What the deer actually uses.
Total Digestible Nutrients is an energy measure: the share of a feed a deer's gut can actually turn into energy. Two bags can read the same on a tag and feed completely differently in the rumen.
Relative scale, not exact figures. The more of a bag a deer's gut can actually turn into energy and growth, the more of every bite works — where a compressed protein pellet loses much of its bulk to fiber the rumen can't use, a roasted whole-grain mix is built to be digested.
Deer feeding strategy is regional.
Rut timing, season length, winter severity, summer stress, natural forage, and hunting pressure all shift by state. An Alabama buck is still chasing in January while a Carolina buck is recovering. The feed program should follow the deer, not the calendar on the wall.
Alabama
One of the latest, most variable ruts in the country. North Alabama peaks mid-December into January; most of the state runs later still, into early February — so recovery feeding stays useful deep into late winter.
Alabama feed strategy East CoastSouth Carolina
Among the earliest seasons in the nation. Attraction windows open in late summer while bucks are still finishing velvet.
South Carolina feed strategy Deep SouthGeorgia
Most of the state ruts late October through November, with wide zone-to-zone swings. A heavy acorn year pulls deer off the feed.
Georgia feed strategy Deep SouthFlorida
The most variable rut in whitetail country. South Florida can rut in late summer while the Panhandle runs into February.
Florida feed strategy Deep SouthMississippi
A late, drawn-out rut like Alabama's. The Delta and Hills breed December into January while the southeast runs into February. Long seasons and heavy summer heat make feeding matter well past the peak.
Mississippi feed strategy East CoastNorth Carolina
Coastal deer rut in October, the Piedmont in mid-November, and the mountains not until early December. One state, several different feed calendars.
North Carolina feed strategy Mid-SouthTennessee
A back-half-of-November rut, and then a whole winter with nothing left in the woods. Baiting is legal on private land for the first time, under the new state license.
Tennessee feed strategy MidwestKansas
The textbook mid-November rut. What makes Kansas bucks big is the four months after it — crops off, prairie dormant, green-up not until April.
Kansas feed strategy EverywhereWhitetail Country
The classic November rut pattern. Post-rut recovery, spring minerals, summer growth, fall attraction, winter survival.
The full feed programAlways check current state and local wildlife regulations before feeding, baiting, or placing attractants for deer.
Deer minerals
Vitamins & minerals deer crave.
A hardened antler is roughly one-fifth calcium and phosphorus, and does rebuild mineral reserves through gestation and lactation. Grip Grub supports year-round herd health and keeps mineral sites active — the foundation a serious feed program stands on.
Born in Alabama. Built for whitetail country.
Grip Feed Co. is a family owned small business based in Westover, Alabama. Born in Alabama and built for whitetail country, our feed is made for hunters and land managers who know that what you feed shapes what you hunt.
