Several years ago, I got a feeder for Christmas. While baiting isn't legal here, the main reason I wanted a feeder was for my trail cameras. Well, we had it out for a long time and I can count on one hand the number of deer I got a picture of at it. The raccoons sure loved it, but they weren't the target animal. To this day, I think the reason most deer avoided it was simply due to its location; it was kind of out of the way from where I most often saw deer. That, and the abundance of row crop fields around our farm ensured the deer always had an abundance of food.