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Old 12-03-2013, 07:28 AM
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Nomercy448
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Too late to do it now, since it takes a long time to execute, but one thing to try for next season:

IF BAITING/FEEDING IS LEGAL IN YOUR STATE:

Place a feeder in his path to his feeding area, and have it feeding enough that he takes notice, and doesn't need to pass it to the natural feed. You can then use the feeder to control when he's moving, or at least make as good of effort as possible to control it.

If he's moving in the early night, then have it feed just before he starts moving AT FIRST. Then as he gets more locked into the feeder's schedule, start setting it to go off earlier and earlier as time progresses. I've pulled deer HOURS off of their normal schedule, 30min at a time. You can pull coons to feed during the day doing this even (around here, that's who usually eats up the corn pile before the buck gets there, motivating him to move earlier).

If he's feeding in the late night/pre-morning, you can use the same trick, but don't make the feeder go off until later and later. To keep them from walking right past it if there isn't anything there, set it up for a short burst right before he'd pass through, then a longer burst 15min later, sort of like an appetizer course and a main entrée.

I've also used this technique to draw deer closer to a shooting position. Just move the feeder 30ft at a time.
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