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.
Sooner, this is a very affective tactic, we do the same thing on our ranch. We have 4-1000# bulk feedersand several timed 55 gallon drum feeders that we don't hunt within a 1/4 mile of, they are strictly for supplemental feeding but the fact that they are not pressured, in return the deer (mature bucks)are not as nocturnal.