@Anastasis what county is your place in? What is the soil type that the coastal field is growing in? The reason I ask is that fall overseeding some of that coastal field might be a great option for you. Happy to discuss that more, but for protein supplement, cottonseed or protein pellets can work great. Last I checked, they were about the same price in my area (by weight). I’ve seen some places feed both, which isn’t a terrible option either. Cotton seed can be fed pretty simply by just dumping it in a ring of wire net that is inside a barbed wire feed pen and secured in place with a t-post. Obviously it gets wet in the rain, but it doesn’t seem to matter. If you don’t want it wet, there are feeders available that keep it dry, or you could put something over the wire net ring. Alfalfa bales can also be fed simply in a similar manner, but are about the same cost as protein pellets by weight the last time I checked in my area. I started feeding pellet protein almost twenty years ago, and I like timed protein feeders that will allow you to control time of access to the protein and quantity of consumption. Feeding in the winter through spring green up is great and then during a hot dry summer feeding will help with body condition and antler development. Free choice protein feeders are less expensive, but you can go through a lot of protein really fast and it can get fatiguing to the wallet and the psyche feeding that much protein to low fence deer. I really like All Seasons feeders: