Ive never personally witnessed this but have always heard that once the deer get used to the feeder noise going off that they'll start running to it when they hear it ...

Feeders not bad idea But if this is New I woulden Suggest doin it this close to season, If you would've been doin it earlier then they
d be use to noise Just Pour it on Ground

Thanks. That is what I thought myself. It was too close to the season. I've been using it for 2-weeks now, but will head up there this week to stop using it and start dumping on the ground. Like I said, I had good sign of deer in the area already. I dont want to spook the deer that are already coming.

It want take but a just a few days and it want bother them at all. You can rest assure that i am sure the deer have seen and herd the feeders before. The only thing that may spook them is it being in seen in a spot they are not accustomed to seeing one. I have killed a many of a nice mature buck under a feeder or close to one. Believe me i hunt where deer are so spooky of everything its a shame. You will do more damage going back in there taking it back apart and getting it out of there than just leaving it. But, its just my opinion.

Good luck to ya.....

Red

cuddeback

Oct bucks

cuddeback

more around feeder

spikey

Too many trips to the feeder

You be the judge

I've seen that before many times. Good looking group of bucks.

Good luck to ya!

Red

OK gang, I guess I will keep the feeder going, but also put some rice brand out as well. I figure with the feeder being out two weeks already and still have about 6 weeks left before the season opens, I should be OK. Im going put my camera out tomorrow....I'll see what I have, if anything so far.

If you get any good pics let us check em out.

Good luck Man!

I'm using a feeder here in Texas because everyone has one and its the only way to really keep them in your area.

What I have noticed is the bigger bucks tend to shy away from them during the daylight and hit them hard at night.

Definitely keeps more deer around though. I've hunted with corn and without, and definitely see more deer (does and bucks) when the feeder is throwing corn. Just don't expect the bigger bucks to just walk right to the corn and start eating. They'll keep the does around which means the bucks won't be too far away.

Only exception I've seen is the week after the rut ends, the bigger bucks tend to hit the feeders extremely hard all hours of the day. During the rut, only catch glimpses of them chasing and the does rarely stop at the feeder with a buck on her tail. After the rut, guess they're trying to replenish lost energy. Not certain, just my theory.

my experience has been that the bigger the buck, the less likely you are to see them at the feeder. Also people seem to always put a camera at the feeder and leave it there awhile. If you do get a pic of a big deer, its usually as far away from the camera as it can get and still get the corn. They see the flash (even IR) from those cameras and keep a close eye on it when they are around it and eventually shy away all together. When the acorns start falling good, they'll walk all over corn to get the acorns. If you have good signs already, and its due to some good oaks, you won't need corn to keep them coming and you just may keep the really big one from coming in for a bow shot. I try to never keep my cameras going in one place for more than 2 weeks and thats only b/c sometimes thats as often as I get there to move them. I'll move them every week during Aug/Sept if I can. Good luck to you. I hope you get a bigg'un.