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 feeder hunting
#3561704
09/11/12 06:41 PM
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Hooligan
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gonna get a lot of flack for this I'm guessing but I don't get feeder hunting. Especially when people who are anti high fence hunt over a feeder. Is it still hunting when you can nap until you hear the dinner bell spin to wake you up as the deer walk in to the picnic.
Not saying I don't agree with supplemental feeding but just don't find it very sporting to sit in front of a feeder and "hunt" over it.
Militavi Non Sine Gloria
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3561742
09/11/12 07:02 PM
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hornedfrog
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Our lease (and many if not most) hunting from a stand is for safty as much as anything. 6+ guys hunting spot and stalk on 1,000 acres would be a huge safety concern. The feeder hopefully draws in deer to your area. Without the feeder you would likely sit in a blind all day and not see a thing. I enjoy spot and stalk or sitting under a tree, but can only do that when at the lease alone.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: hornedfrog]
#3561769
09/11/12 07:12 PM
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Rob Lay
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you can't argue that hunting under a feeder is harder than not. maybe some argument that big bucks don't hit feeders. each hunter has decide their own ethics all under the laws. high fence, feeder, food plots, rifle/bow, long distance shots, rut hunting, rattling, scent attractors, grunt calls, public DIY, etc.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Rob Lay]
#3561881
09/11/12 07:53 PM
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Sir_Hellraiser
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you can also say using a rifle to hunt is not much sport either. since you can shoot a deer over a 100 yards and such. But if you break it down you can do the same thing with a compound bow versus a traditional bow and what not. You just have to do what you feel is right and not worry about others.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Sir_Hellraiser]
#3561921
09/11/12 08:08 PM
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toolman
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Don't know about everyone else, but the deer don't "come running" when my feeders go off. Everyone acts like they are a bunch of trained lab rats, but I've some of our feeders pile up corn for several days in a row and then all of a sudden, they'll start hitting it again but not right when it goes off. I've got almost pics from one feeder last week that doesn't have a single daytime picture on it. I generally shoot most of my deer along the edge of the field rather than under the feeder, but the feeder is there to get them into the field where they wouldn't normally be.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: toolman]
#3561939
09/11/12 08:14 PM
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caldwelldeerhunter
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Don't know about everyone else, but the deer don't "come running" when my feeders go off. Everyone acts like they are a bunch of trained lab rats, but I've some of our feeders pile up corn for several days in a row and then all of a sudden, they'll start hitting it again but not right when it goes off. I've got almost pics from one feeder last week that doesn't have a single daytime picture on it. I generally shoot most of my deer along the edge of the field rather than under the feeder, but the feeder is there to get them into the field where they wouldn't normally be. x2 They just have not figured out the dinner bell I guess, same at my place 
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: toolman]
#3561941
09/11/12 08:15 PM
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hook_n_line
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Same here toolman. Deer on my place are most likely to be seen in the creek bottoms. Once every few days they come out and eat whatever the hogs left behind. We see more hogs at the feeder than deer.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: toolman]
#3561942
09/11/12 08:15 PM
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Txduckman
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I don't hear the feeder go off most of the time. Wind blows a lot. Then we just hope we see something. Guess I need to find one of them dinner bell leases.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: hook_n_line]
#3561946
09/11/12 08:16 PM
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rifleman
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if the wind is blowing out of the South, I can't hear my feeder for it to wake me up 
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3561971
09/11/12 08:24 PM
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Grosvenor
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The simple truth is that it's legal and it helps us to see more deer.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Grosvenor]
#3562000
09/11/12 08:33 PM
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Jimbo
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We've got a huge amount of oak trees and when the acorns fall the corn just piles up under the feeder. When that happens we hunt the trails leading to the oaks so I guess some would think that is unfair also.
This year we have absolutely no acorns and the deer are really hitting the feeders hard.
I say take advantage of it while you can, since it's not always that way.
The game camera really is an eye opener and I see more bucks and quality bucks that I haven't seen before.
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Jimbo]
#3562006
09/11/12 08:35 PM
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rifleman
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I actually have feeders out to give the deer something extra to eat. Don't really care if it's daylight or dark that they;re doing the eating. It's kind of like dogs and/or cats, if you like them you make sure they're fed something.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Grosvenor]
#3562008
09/11/12 08:35 PM
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kmon11
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Its legal and everyone has to decide ethics for them selves. I often hunt near feeders but sometimes it may be 2 or more days between visits by deer to those feeders. Is it any different in hunting feeders and hunting food plots or acorn dropping oaks, IMO no. I haven't seen deer come to a feeder right after it went off since the lease in Lampassas county in 1994 and sometimes they still did not showup there except a few does which are good bait to have around for the bucks to showup.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: kmon11]
#3562013
09/11/12 08:39 PM
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kmon11
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On one of the places I see a lot more deer away from the stands and feeders than at them. Have even dumped out some corn on the ground near a stand that was gone the next day with 4 different deer seen eating it, this was in late season when corn was building up under the feeder.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: kmon11]
#3562019
09/11/12 08:40 PM
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Jimbo
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OP...If you really want to be "sporting" try using a rock to hunt with!....Post pictures and we'll all tell you how wonderful you are! Why do I get the feeling you are just 
Last edited by Jimbo; 09/11/12 08:43 PM.
Thursday at 12:45 PM
#33
Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: kmon11]
#3562020
09/11/12 08:41 PM
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rifleman
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^^ that's how our place is. if you dump 50#s on the edge of the field away from all the feeders a lot of times they'll have it cleaned up by daylight.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: rifleman]
#3562077
09/11/12 09:03 PM
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buck-snort
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I usually don't shoot the deer that come running to the dinner bell. But then again I am the guy that liks to fish with "bait". Pretty sure I would have a good chance getting skunked if I dropped a empty hook in the water.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Jimbo]
#3562191
09/11/12 09:47 PM
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Hooligan
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OP...If you really want to be "sporting" try using a rock to hunt with!....Post pictures and we'll all tell you how wonderful you are! Why do I get the feeling you are just Yeah I was just bored in class and was curious as to the responses I'd get. I'm not knocking it at all or saying its unethical. I never really thought about the acorns/food plot being similar which is a good point.
Militavi Non Sine Gloria
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3562214
09/11/12 09:56 PM
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BBD84
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I don't hunt over the feeders I hunt over the does that come in and bring daddy in for my over scoped and over gunned self to let loose or my bow.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3562218
09/11/12 09:57 PM
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Palehorse
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Hunting under an oak is the same as hunting over a feeder, if the oak drops it's acorns at exactly 7:00 AM every day.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3562219
09/11/12 09:58 PM
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DFWPI
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Okay, don't have to say anything now.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Hooligan]
#3562242
09/11/12 10:06 PM
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RICK O'SHAY
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gonna get a lot of flack for this I'm guessing but I don't get feeder hunting. Especially when people who are anti high fence hunt over a feeder. Is it still hunting when you can nap until you hear the dinner bell spin to wake you up as the deer walk in to the picnic.
Not saying I don't agree with supplemental feeding but just don't find it very sporting to sit in front of a feeder and "hunt" over it. I TOTTALLY AGREE... but I do it any way. On our place you probably wouldn't see anything if you didn't hunt the feeders. AND I'm getting old enough that I really appreciate having a comfortable chair to sit in with a heater if needed. I spent MANY years hunting on foot and sitting on rocks and in trees freezing my butt off. I remember when I didn't even know what a feeder or a blind was.
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ATTENTION: Your decision should NEVER be based SOLELY upon my advice, recomendation, or opinion.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: RICK O'SHAY]
#3562268
09/11/12 10:16 PM
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Jimbo
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I'm starting to agree with the OP.
I think that this season I'll take one cartridge to the stand and while it's still dark I'll toss the cartridge over my shouldler just before I crawl into the stand.
If I see a good buck I'll have to quietly crawl down and look for the cartridge, and if I should find it I'll then have to quietly load the rifle, crawl back up into the stand and hopefully the deer will still be there where I can get a shot off.
It should work since those deer won't hardly run off from a feeder!
Thursday at 12:45 PM
#33
Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: Jimbo]
#3562325
09/11/12 10:32 PM
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toolman
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I'm starting to agree with the OP.
I think that this season I'll take one cartridge to the stand and while it's still dark I'll toss the cartridge over my shouldler just before I crawl into the stand.
If I see a good buck I'll have to quietly crawl down and look for the cartridge, and if I should find it I'll then have to quietly load the rifle, crawl back up into the stand and hopefully the deer will still be there where I can get a shot off.
It should work since those deer won't hardly run off from a feeder! Be sure to toss that round in the area where you go #2 to make it more of a challenge...
Old age ain't for sissies!
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Re: feeder hunting
[Re: toolman]
#3562444
09/11/12 11:14 PM
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senko86
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I completely agree... I hunt out west and we've got maybe about 1" of rain alllll summer, maybe!
But I heard the deer out there love dry burnt grass and chewing on dead mesquite limbs so ima rip my feeder batteries out next time I'm up that way
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