Whats with deer feeders?
 

I see all you guys posting picture of deer at deer feeders and talking baout deer feeders. What is the point of these? Do you hunt over them or what? If so I wouldn't be to proud of that if I where you. Not very sportsmen like.

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RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

I use my feeder mainly for pictures, and to hold game around the area, but if it was legal to hunt a feeder here in Mo. I sure would. Whats the difference between hunting a feeder or food plot, or pond in dry weather. Have you ever made a mock scrape, you know that is about the same.

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RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

Oh excuse me i wouldn't want to be unsportsmanlike!!!!!!!
Maybe my food plots are unsportsmanlike also?
Strut basically said others that i could think about falling into the unsportsmanlike criteria.
And just for your information in my area deer pay little attention to corn or anything else if there are acorns on the ground. i guess huntin natural feeders would also be unsportsmanlike.
Got to get out the loin clothe and try and run them suckers down! WHEW thats rough not very successful but good exercise!!!!!!!!

SOUTH ARKANSAS REBEL

RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

3030, just what do you consider acceptable methods of hunting?

RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

maybe we should all go back to barefoot with spears and digging pits for the animals to fall into also.
If it is a legal method,I don't see anything wrong with it.

3030; I guess you don't like to see disable persons hunting with crossbows,or hunting with rifles where you can shoot one at 300 to 400 yards.howbout decoys for turkeys,or ground blinds,they are all legal methods to take game.
tell us what you consider the methods of "Sportsmanship" hunting.

just had to vent. just my 2 cents,there are 98 more!!!
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I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

Fair chase. Baiting is not fair chase. Making an animal dependant on food then shoting it, you guys must have poorer ethics than I.

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RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

If you believe that deer become dependant on feeders when there
is some other sort of food source than you are incorrect.
Its been my experience with feeders that in areas with alot of
choices for the deer like acorns or wheat that the deer will
choose the other stuff more often than not. I think you
would find if you did a poll, and not come on here calling
people unethical, that most of US that use feeders don't
normally hunt over them. Sure we might put a
youngster or a newcomer over one or we might have a game cam
set up next to one. As far as fair chase it seems like
you might be more worried about the poachers that do so
much damage to the deer populations.

trollers give me headaches.

RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

Would chasing rabbits with beagle dogs be fair chase, or do we need to just be able to shoot them on the jump?


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RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

I mean a truly fair chase between a deer and a
man! Would have to refer back to soarkrebel
and his comment about the loin cloth.

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RE: Whats with deer feeders?
 

Feeding deer with feeders or bait piles is legal, outside the season, in NY . . . or it was. Seems that DEC doesn't want any chance of CWD showing up in NY, so they have banned the practice.

Besides, deer tend to show up at feeders at night, when it's rather illegal to hunt them.