feeder question
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 53

with the high prices of gas and the distance i travel to feed
i decided to try a feeder. just wondering when most people
want their feeder to dispense. at times you plan to be
hunting or when you arent. any suggestions appreciated
i decided to try a feeder. just wondering when most people
want their feeder to dispense. at times you plan to be
hunting or when you arent. any suggestions appreciated
#2

ORIGINAL: huntin_nc
with the high prices of gas and the distance i travel to feed
i decided to try a feeder. just wondering when most people
want their feeder to dispense. at times you plan to be
hunting or when you arent. any suggestions appreciated
with the high prices of gas and the distance i travel to feed
i decided to try a feeder. just wondering when most people
want their feeder to dispense. at times you plan to be
hunting or when you arent. any suggestions appreciated
But if you must have a feeder,
I would say have it go off the times that you will be hunting.
JMHO
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#5

You need to have it set to go off about 45 min. to an hour after you get in your stand. During Oct. before the time changes, I usually get in my stand in the morningabout 5:45 and my feeder is set for 6:30or 6:45. In the evening I usually get on my stand at 4:45 to 5:00 and my feeder is set for 5:30 or 5:45. I actually don't hunt my feeders very often. I have them set up mainly to let friends hunt who don't get much time to hunt and to feed the few turkeys I still have on my property. When I do hunt a feeder, it's with bow only and I'm trying to take a doe.
#7
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 45

feeders can transfer the disease cwd food plots can't stay away from yuppie seed like biologic, QD management and any thing with the picture of a 20 point buck. go to your local agway and get a clover, alfalfa, timothy mix for 1/2 price.
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#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166

My opinion is just opposite. I like to set mine to go off around 2:00 in the afternoon. If I have it running twice it goes off about an hour before daylight and about 2 in the afternoon. I don't like it going off when I am there.
#9

ORIGINAL: isatarak
My opinion is just opposite. I like to set mine to go off around 2:00 in the afternoon. If I have it running twice it goes off about an hour before daylight and about 2 in the afternoon. I don't like it going off when I am there.
My opinion is just opposite. I like to set mine to go off around 2:00 in the afternoon. If I have it running twice it goes off about an hour before daylight and about 2 in the afternoon. I don't like it going off when I am there.
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: NW Oklahoma
Posts: 1,166

I don't like the feeder going off while I am there. Spooking deer going in in the morning is always a problem no matter when the feeder runs. Most of the deer I see in the morning are 1 to 2 hours after daylight. Anyhow, to each his own I guess. I have been doing it this way for years and it works for me.