Tom (Baker Farms),

Your post suggests you are inexperienced as it relates to feeders. If you've huntedNew York your entire life, that would explain your bais toward non-baiting (feeders) as they are illegal there. It's always disappointing to see folks post such a strong opinion when their experiences are limited to half the discussion.

I lived in New Hampshire through my early 20's where baiting is illegal. I too thought feeders were non-sportsman like and made it too easy to summon deer to a specific location ("dinner bell that scatters food"). It's doesn't work like that. I've lived in a baiting legal state for 10 years and I can assure you, the deer do not show-up like clock work. I have more success intercepting a buck on a natural travel route than I do at a feeder. Also, the feeders on our property spread corn in a 15' diameter so deer are not nose to nose.