Some of our secrets to growing Monster Whitetail Deer on The Mendota Ranch

It is not easy to grow a monster deer on a low fence ranch. Here are some of the things that we do. This is how we manage the population and what we feed.
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Mendota Ranch is a working ranch in Canadian Texas. Established in 1907 and owned by the Abraham family since 1994, Mendota Ranch operates a commercial cow / calf operation, and raises working ranch horses and cutting horses. Mendota Ranch also serves as a location for Sniper training for multiple defense organizations. The Mendota Ranch offers a:
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[@2141duckhunter]

Been a Texas deer hunter my whole life and have learned more from your videos over the last year than I’ve learned in my lifetime. Ranching experience vs “Hunter” experience is much appreciated. Growing up we’ve always fed corn and will continue to, just won’t be using it in our protein feeders anymore. Never knew that could be a problem. And, never thought about moving our feed pens due to contamination. Great insight! Thanks for putting all the work into your videos and please keep them coming.

[@DustyReinsStories]

Great wildlife and land management applications and stewardship brought out well in this video. I have added it to my Ranch Life playlist on my channel. And yes, a live stream during the feeder use season would be a good draw for new and regular viewers.

[@themendotaranch]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ricklaguna4999]

Thank you for what you do ,I am 60 years old and an been hunting all my life I love when I see and hear of ranchers managing the deer herds great job look forward to watching more you tube videos on you.👍

[@stanleyhall2793]

Very informative, so keep posting these types of videos as well.

[@Bustayote69]

I love watching the deer videos... Big Bucks are just a bonus. I use to watch a Live Feeder Cam on a few websites for hours this time of year and loved seeing what all comes to the feeders. You never know what may show up. Thank you for sharing your videos. I really enjoy them~!

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks 👍

[@judyvanwinkle2215]

I enjoy your shows. Explaing the different things you do. Thank you for all you are doing.

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks for watching!

[@laurietrefethen643]

Thank you for the interesting information, very educational. Love your videos.

[@dawnbeaird5183]

I find all your videos very interesting. Thank you, Jason.

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you like them!

[@susandowdall4372]

You amaze me every day I see a new video. I am letting you know that I would love to see more about your deer. Thank you

[@themendotaranch]

You got it!

[@leebailey3195]

Thanks so much for sharing your fantastic operation and your management process/program really works! Would love to see the other deer videos!! Thanks again and appreciate it greatly. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@themendotaranch]

More to come!

[@lbarney56]

Great work. You are right, one has to have the heart for the deer to manage them well. Thank you for sharing.

[@themendotaranch]

Yes, thanks

[@jenniferervin4639]

I’d love to watch a live feed from a trail cam on your channel. Thank you for this video and explaining some of the things that go into managing your deer population.

[@15bowtie52]

keep all the videos coming, good sir!! do love seeing mendota max.

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks, will do!

[@diannascarborough5368]

I learn something new in all your videos, keep them coming.

[@themendotaranch]

Glad to hear it!

[@Amado910]

Love the deer videos, keep em coming .

[@ednachamblee4211]

Good job with the deer. More deer please.

[@pamelabuchanan6710]

Love seeing the deer!

[@fragelicious]

Everyone likes this view of a life. Thank you.

[@tenishabaker6986]

Love the video more please and when this covid goes away l would love to visit your ranch 🥰

[@karenb2057]

Really interesting video. I really enjoy watching deer and it makes me happy to see the way your ranch is managing them so well. Mendota Max is amazing! Would love to see more cam videos!

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks for watching!

[@julieferris3277]

Love to see more

[@kristacates9064]

Very cool video! Thanks for the learning opportunity!

[@themendotaranch]

You bet!

[@davidrobins4025]

Very interesting visit.

[@bastropplant5592]

love watching deer also.

[@joedavila8706]

Love all your videos!

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you like them!

[@kevintate6177]

Awesome, keep up the good work

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks, will do!

[@kimwiggins9655]

Very interesting stuff man!!! 👍🏾

[@davidhoffman8072]

Would enjoy seeing some of that trail cam stuff. Appreciate the effort and the time Ect you take to make these videos. Like the fact that that your content is so broad. Haven't seen anything that I wasn't interested in. Bravo Zulu!!!

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you like them!

[@Lucontheman]

Very interesting, more please

[@stephaniemetts4788]

Wow Jason that’s a big deer’s 🦌

[@dakota5805]

Yes more deer videos please

[@diamondhead203]

The knowledge and know how to operate a ranch of this magnitude is impressive. Very interesting to see videos like this. I’m like you, I love big deer, but don’t care to hunt them. They should be appreciated and respected and allowed to keep the herd growing. But that is just my opinion. Great video!

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jaywing1277]

Live stream would be great. I would watch a lot of that!

[@brandeissports3436]

I like watching deer videos.

[@themendotaranch]

Me too!

[@shaunroberts9361]

Right on . Like your theory for sure.

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks!

[@Rustyramoutfitters325]

good stuff

[@francesboulden8491]

Would love to see more deer videos

[@mikewatkins1197]

Great interesting video

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@swkansasfarming1599]

Good stuff brotha keep it up !!

[@themendotaranch]

Appreciate it

[@shawnpower6206]

Would love to see more deer.

[@brentking9263]

Awesome video

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@vicwilder2524]

@arms family and @keepin it dutch.. i think the woul like this video. You are very interesting

[@cowpuncher1]

Thank you for your knowledge, I'm always looking for knowledge weather it be the ranching or wildlife management. It would be neat to se some of your survey work from the air and some of the undesirable traights you look for in management deer. Its very suprising land owners that would rather have paid hunters that are hunting those antlers instead of letting some one come in to cull and give kids opportunities and that just want something to eat and have that relaxation that comes with hunting. Thank you, Brian Brown

[@themendotaranch]

You are right on the money!

[@pappytrapp7805]

I never hunted before, would love to try it.

[@StarOne311]

Wow!! You do everything! That is a lot of acres you have. I enjoy watching those nights time Deer eating. Look at that rack!! Impressive. No on Instagram but on KZbin. I need to send my Husband there. Thanks for explaining. Big Hugs from Northern Idaho> Deborah & Paul

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks, you too!

[@leliacogar9051]

Don't eat dear meat..but I love looking at them..yes start a stream..if it isn't too much work for you..Love watching your videos.❤🇺🇸

[@TJBOOKS62]

Great video

[@TJBOOKS62]

Content

[@themendotaranch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sukochilee4770]

Yet another fascinating video. So, if we want deer to come into our property, so we can watch them (would never kill a deer) tell me what we should feed them and where we should get it. Would love game cam videos!

[@themendotaranch]

If you want healthy deer, you need to feed protein. Purina sells a good protein. Your local feed store would have it.

[@robbiebowie6505]

Would love to see videos of the deer.

[@patmccauley930]

It is informative to hear the real side off deer management what is the most dependable trail camera in your opinion Thanks Pat

[@themendotaranch]

We are using Spartan right now. Stay tuned...

[@paulblake4634]

Jason it was good to hear your experience on your deer herd and not feeding corn, moving feeders and panel use, good common sense methods I hope to implement on our land we have acquired the last couple of years, we have a lot more hogs than you but that isn't a plus for sure.

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks for watching!

[@ldtenenoff]

yes sir would enjoy watchin some of gods dreat creatures eating and just plane bein deer thanks man for sharin ur life with us

[@stephbrandenburg9957]

Only deer I've seen up close..wear a bomber jacket saying flight school. Plush!

[@willisdockery3972]

Live stream would be great

[@shotgunbettygaming]

Snatch snatch snatch...LOL! I love that you want deer on the property. So many people consider them a nuisance. I noticed y'all don't seem to be houseplant people, which leads me to wonder if you've got a garden of sorts? You've got the perfect property to set a Food Forest up and I'm curious if you've ever thought of actually planting a browsing area for the deer? (if anything to keep them out of a possible garden) I don't know what kinds of vegetative goodies are natural to your area as you wouldn't want to introduce an invasive plant, but sticking some plant seeds in a bird feeder or making a suet cake out of fertile seeds is a good way to distribute them property wide. Permaculture is your friend and animals are a part of that perfect system.

[@themendotaranch]

They browse on our alfalfa fields.

[@BruiserTU]

Jason, Maybe you've covered this in another video but what is your educational and work experience background? I find your base knowledge of all the intricate areas of the ranch very fascinating. That may come from living and growing up there but it seems to be much more. Some people have a natural gift of intelligence and information absorption but others (me) have to work very hard at it. How about a video about your story?!?!

[@themendotaranch]

Great suggestion! Don't confuse the education with intelligence. I am always trying to learn and surround myself with really smart, hardworking people.

[@Ninoy2059]

Great Video and by the way there was a quail in the back seen. Thank you

[@beerandon101]

You should be on tv bubba!!

[@themendotaranch]

Thanks

[@johnmccaughan4195]

A lot of us like to watch feeder cameras. All kinds of interesting things happen there.

[@themendotaranch]

Yes!

[@dohio3042]

Do the live stream !

[@michaelhowell1224]

Put some more of them big bucks on for us to enjoy 👍👍

[@shaunroberts9361]

Yes. Like your videos On your massive bucks

[@1lesa242]

It would be super interesting to see ai techniques with deer.

[@jennlee7767]

Yea I love see your technique on how you clone them

[@ronnybaize]

Thank you for CORN comment. I have been saying that along time. Corn over all is bad

[@leebasey8304]

Would be neat to see some camera shots. I had a South Texas ranch which was mostly high fenced. Almost like pets. I was more interested in watching them grow than shoot them.

[@dylanhoward6119]

More videos please

[@willblackerby9055]

Hello. What was the name of the protein feed you use for your deer? I have a lease in Menard County and we’ve been using Purina Antlermax for years but it’s gotten so expensive. I’d like to try your feed if it’s available at the feed store in Menard that I use. Thanks. Love your videos. 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@shawncook6268]

What is your long range guns manf. Cal. and optics I really love the deer vids

[@themendotaranch]

The one I'm shooting now is a Surge 300 Norma with a Night Force scope with Trimmer 3 reticle. Thanks for watching!

[@JerryDLTN]

I was amazed to to have read (about 15 years ago) that TN has ~800,000 deer and ~160,000 are killed per year from hunting and road accidents

[@bbsnowman1026]

Thanks for the video ! Do you have a runway on the ranch for guests to fly into?

[@themendotaranch]

The driveway serves as a helipad.

[@nedrakrodgers7976]

Where in Amarillo can I get wheat mids and is it only bulk ??

[@CACOOK-fk1rc]

P.S.- love to hunt there! Lol

[@JerryDLTN]

I watched the last couple of videos where you were talking about the weather (and your ice storm) and was wondering why such the difference in weather from Nashville, TN since we're at about the same latitude....you're 2,000 feet higher in elevation.

[@themendotaranch]

It just dips down,, maybe the lower humidity. I'm not sure on exactly why.

[@michaelmcgee8011]

How do you mitigate the feral pigs? Helicopter management? Are they a huge problem in your area?

[@themendotaranch]

They are not a huge problem in our immediate area. They are just south of us, though. They are coming! They are shot from the helicopter and on the ground. I shot one last night from 1000 meters on the ground.

[@blazn469]

Low fence ? Can the deer 🦌 jump over those white pen fences, or are there lower parts to the pens ?

[@blazn469]

Ah, re-watched the night vision of Mendota Max, saw one in the background jumping

[@aremedyproject9569]

The feed is wheat tips? I couldn’t understand though I listened three or four times. Looks like it’s pelleted.

[@themendotaranch]

Wheat mids. Creep feed is also a close option.

[@gaelewis6623]

I've been feeding corn and would like to the name of feed your feeding and ware to purchase it cause I didn't no corn was really bad for dear?

[@calvinkoontz485]

What's the name of that feed? And or place you purchase it from?

[@themendotaranch]

Wheat mids. I order from my local feed store.

[@shaunroberts9361]

How about Mandoda BULLWINKALE....

[@p0llywillis806]

That's very interesting. You are an fascinating person!! I just love your videos!! You just have to show us a video on embryo transfer and artificial insemination on deer!! That's gonna be interesting!!

[@themendotaranch]

I did one and it got blocked!

[@p0llywillis806]

@@themendotaranch well damn!!!

[@braxtonroberts4189]

You look so extremely familiar

[@kelceadowning2243]

I can’t find any wheat midds, do you know where I could get some plz?

[@themendotaranch]

I buy mine from a commodity barn. Frontier Trading. Guthrie Oklahoma.

[@masonberry9830]

Hey where can u feet that feed

[@themendotaranch]

I order from my local feed store. Wheat mids

[@collintyrrell1123]

What is It that you’re feeding?

[@themendotaranch]

Wheat mids

[@caroltillapaugh7561]

How do you keep someone from shooting Max?

[@themendotaranch]

He never leaves the ranch. 26k acres

[@ramrodfishingoutdoors8155]

Very interesting I’d love to see you flying around in that helicopter counting all those animals and do you have elk on your ranch 👍🤠🦌🦃🐴🐇🙏🏻🇺🇸🔫

[@themendotaranch]

The counting video is coming! We occasionally see a stray elk!

[@justinwilkerson7962]

what is your buck to doe ration out of 150 deer?

[@justinwilkerson7962]

ratio

[@themendotaranch]

It is about 50/50

[@robingutierrez2351]

How does one start a deer ranch

[@themendotaranch]

Buy a ranch

[@claynceli2387]

How is it to shoot a buck or doe I always wanted to shoot me one

[@eddiefuentes3592]

Wheat mids ? And where can I buy this

[@themendotaranch]

They are a bi product of a flour mill. Start at your local feed store. See if they can get it for you. Most creep feeds are made from wheat mid so a creep feed may work for you.

[@ronaldpoole1298]

also call mill run best part of the wheat kernel

[@marthamoss3932]

deer videos

[@jamesbrock2941]

Makes a lot of sense also by taking the mature deer you're ensuring its Bloodlines been passed on but you're also ensuring that signs aren't breeding mothers that way you know we don't get no inbreeding I mean here South Carolina it got your system got so out of whack it's not funny I mean we got those where the only way you used to tell a doe here with seeing in a wreck on them or not rack on them you know that's big dose and mature bucks but when a rabbit head deer where they've been too much inbreeding in their heads and necks or two small is bad genetic material and overcrowding

[@themendotaranch]

You are right on the money!

[@jamesbrock2941]

My goal is meet I trophies nice butt my goal was mainly to eat feed my family down here South Carolina rdr2 don't grow that big because South Carolina game and what they brought into mule deer but if I took them as trophies and they didn't have time to pass on the genetic material and too many people here won't trophy dealers instead of weaning out the Kohl's take me home first and let them bucks pass on their genetic material

[@miked2329]

Wheat what?

[@themendotaranch]

mids. I order from my local feed store.

[@carolynroth7373]

I really thought my dad taught me all the important 411 about deer. I tip my hat SIR, you win.❣❣❣ Browse line, your choice of feed, the astounding size of that buck. You coulda knocked me over with a feather. Steve Isdahl ( howtohunt.com ) and you have cornered the market on this subject. Everytime I watch your channel I find tidbits and piles of serious know how, i wasnt aware of. 🤠😇🥰👋👋👍👍👍👍👍👍❣❣❣❣ You are SCARY SMART, WOW❣🤠

[@themendotaranch]

Thank you! Keep watching!

[@marcussanchez4278]

I’ll bet not having noobs shoot them all as 3 yr olds helps a ton

[@ladybuggsingleton5572]

So you dont hunt tgecdear you just feed them..that's interesting..I thni you might be a good Nature type guy like Grixxly Adam's but much better looking..

[@jamesbrock2941]

There shouldn't be shot until they passed on their genetic blood bloodline for I don't know 4 years and then need to taken I believe in from that point on you know you can take that book but he has to pass on his genetic material first

[@stephenwhittier6439]

DONT DO INSTGRAM...

[@Thegoatt84]

Why not?