ORIGINAL: Rory/MO
Ok, and so does foot plots, ponds, ag. fields, thick cover, the list goes on and on.
Food plots are not an ever ending supply of feed for animals in most cases, they are subject to weather conditions, unlike a feeder.
I find that hard to believe, I'd actually love to see some statistics on that.
To claim it doesn't up the hunters odds in all most all cases is ridiculous, if it doesn't then why bother messing with a feeder if its not increases the odds.
I don't buy that one bit. Where do you think they're going to be more relaxed, a food plot planted months before the season, or a pile of corn thrown out days earlier?
The use of food plots and timed feeders are not the same thing. Nor is throwing out a handful of corn and keeping it replenished. It the animal has not been bothered at these sights, of course they are going to be accustomed to a false security there.
Not at all. You still need to be in the right area. Food plots, ag. fields, and thick cover created by man are all artificially set up by man. They must be lazy too.
Again not comparing the same things in my opinion. Planted food plots, ag fields and thick cover are subject to weather and seasonal changes or harvest in some cases. Self feeders are not.
You can still do your homework and bait. Wait no, everyone has to hunt the way you do
Sure you can, but you can also place a feeder in an area that meets some of the normal cover requirements for deer that may not hold a good population now due to lack of a food source. The deer will find it sooner or later and then be drawn to this area on a regular basis as long as that food source is there and maintained. Once a food source depletes itself under normal conditions, due to over browsing or seasonal change the animal moves on to another source. This never happens with a feeder.