James , those two bucks must be an exception to the rule! I' ve hunted both ways for many years and have never had a muture trophy class buck come to a feeder or bait pile during legal hunting hours. I' m sure it' s possible but I' d bet if a survey was done , the overwhelming majority of baiters would say they never had the opportunity to harvest a trophy buck over bait.
Did you harvest those bucks with their nose in a feeder or did you harvest them on a travel route to the feeder?
If you' ve harvested bucks that big without the use of bait I bet I know which one gave you the bigger satisfaction.