Welcome to HNI and hunting. At first it seems like a lot to learn but the learning curve is usually pretty steep. Stick around here and keep asking "stupid questions", there are a lot of really talented hunters on this site. And just like me, the majority don't believe that there's any such thing as a "stupid question", and we're glad to try and help anyone who has the willingness to learn. You're in Georgia so feeders are allowed for deer hunting, get several automatic ones that can be set when to go off, and how long it should stay on while feeding. Most people set it to go off in the morning after the sun is up, and again in the evening maybe an hour before it gets dark. Someone was saying just this week that they feed heavy until game starts using the feeder, then they cut back after all the little critters know whats going on. If I remember right he set the feeder to feed for like 15 or 20 seconds everytime it went off. It gets everything with a stomach coming in trying to eat. Then a couple of weeks before the season cut the timer to a 2 second feed. Now the deer and hogs will learn that they must get there as it's going off if they want to eat. Once the squirrels, songbirds, doves, raccoons, opossums, rats, rabbits, grouse, quail, turkey get accustomed to feeding, the deer will learn that if they want any they need to be there where it goes off. Good luck hunting.
