The feeder kicks the corn out in a 12ft circle and the ground is too hard to make tracks,I have seen deer around it before and I'm sure they get some of it if they happen to be there.Sat.morning I was there and the chipmunks got it all,and they are there all day long.During the rest of the day probably 6 does visited the feeder while I was there but there was no corn for them ..I know theres deer around the aera where the feeder is ,we have managed hunting- 1000 ac.I'm simply trying to keep the ground squirrels from carrying it all off..