Bob,

I have a gravity feeder with 200# of double cleaned shelled corn out right now in the middle of a BioLogic food plot. It will stay up well into the summer to help the herd through the winter. The main reason I have it up is the lack of a acorn crop this past few years has been tough on the herd. The corn is all gone now, and there is very little left to eat for the deer, so I help out in any way possible.

Now, as far as this feeder pulling deer off other property and getting hit hard, that is hardly the case. The deer move into the BioLogic and will just get a little corn then feed on the BioLogic. This feeder does get alot of use from squirrels, birds, and raccoons though.

As far as attracting predators, well, this isn't much of a problem around here. There are some coyotes around, but the farmer up the road hires guys to trap coyotes off his land and in the past couple years, the coyotes are all but gone! Also, this feeder is located literally in my backyard as the back part of my yard has been turned into a foodplot!

As far as disease goes, this is something that is impossible to prove and impossible to find un-true. Deer congregate in many areas (stageing areas, fields, ect.), not to mention in the winter they usually yard up in large groups!