ORIGINAL: Sooner State Hunter
As a related side note regarding baiting tactics ...
My buddies hunt with an bowhunting-only outfitter in Texas (west of Waco) that employs feeders andthey haveaSTRICT rule that no one can set up or shoot a deer within 100 yds ofa feeder. The outfitter claims this practice discourages the deer from becoming completely nocturnal in there corn-eating habits.
Is it successful?Well they said they saw a ton deer including bucks around the feeders in daylight hours so perhaps it does work.
I have all of my feeders running year round setup on 3 time schedules. They go off every day at 6:30 am, 12 noon and 5:00 pm.
This encourages the deer to get there, or the coons will take all the corn if they only come at night. This really forces the deer to operate during the daylight hours. Before I started doing this, I had gravity feeders and the deer were almost always nocturnal. God, I love timed feeders.
