In north Georgia its legal to supplemental feed year round but you cant hunt within 200yds. or within sight. same with mineral sites.

South Georgia passed a law this year allowing hunters to hunt directly over bait sights.

I personly dont like sitting watching a feeder all day, after season starts most mature animals just wont come in during legal shooting hrs. "However" hunting the down wind trail leading to the bait site has been productive speacily late afternoon as most mature deer will stage just short of feeders and wait for the cover of darkness to enter bait sight.

Lots of young deer are shot over feeders every year with the hunter never knowing there was a "bigger deer" standing in the shadows waiting. That only makes them more feeder shy...some wont come to feeders no matter what..too dangerous. There are some states I'm sure this does'nt apply to (Texas being one). My experiance is with southern deer and their habitate, thick cover and lots of natural browse so a pile of corn is just not worth risking their hide over. It certainly depends on what animals youre targeting, if youre meat hunting...feeders will fit the bill..if you're hunting mature bucks...forget it, their too smart..happens every blue moon & on T.V.

I run a gravity feeder year round but its inside a 25 acre sanctuary & only go there 3 times a year to fill. I personly would rather supply them a place to feed, bed, water, safety, and hunt trails down wind leading into these areas...they will filter thru and you stand a lot better chance not getting busted. Any stand site youre hunting and fill youre walking on egg shells (spooking deer) odds are your hunting to close...back off and hunt from as far as possible & always DOWN WIND!

So I'm not opposed to hunting over bait, just saying theres better tactics regarding that bait site than staring at a pile of corn all day.