I use feeders and food plots as suplemental feeding. I also sprinkle corn down narrow shooting lanes to stop the deer for a good clean shot.
Most posts against feeders come from people from states that do not allow feeders. For the most part, these folks are talking about something they do not know about, or they were "told" about.
I've learned over the years not to lump all situations into one catagory!
Here are a few things I know about baiting:
1. As I said, on narrow lanes, it stops the deer for a clean, ethical shot.
2. Feeders are NOT deer "magnets," you cannot just put one up anywhere and expect success.
3.Unless they are starving, they will not move far to get to a feeder.
4. In our area, deer do not come running when they hear a feeder go off.
5. You are not going to see many trophys at feeders, so it is best to hunt an area, not a feeder.
6. I do not know of any evidence that feeders do cause the spread of CWD.
7. (this is my favorite!) Get this.........
Most farmland hunters don't think that hunting over a 40 acre grain field is baiting!!!!!My, my, my, I wish I had a grain field within a 50 mile radius of my hunting lease! It would be trampled by deer! But how would you "scout" a square field without getting lost?
Don't like number seven? Then don't spit in the wind! Hunt your way and I'll hunt mine, as long as we are legal, there will be no problems!
Frank