Additional paint acts as rust control..same thing with painted blinds tending to last longer. Also camo in hope that crows & raccoons don't see it. Some need to be painted if the sun hits them right and creates a glare, some deer don't like that and will blow at it...they'll do the same to the glare off a truck windshield.

I've painted mine with fluorescent orange so I could see it better in low light and fog....but I paint mine to protect it.

I have all mine powdercoated a light tan color to help with rust control, it also lets the other people on the lease know those are my feeder.

Perzactly

If a camo outfit is good enough for the camp cook it is good enough for the deer feeder!

Yep! To keep the neighbors from noticing it as easy.

I agree with painting it a bright color so it can be seen when dark! I've got a white one.

Yep painted a big ol X on mine.

Meth heads can't see camo real good when they're tweeking.

X2 on the 2 legged fence jumpers not noticing your hard earned items they thought were "abandoned" in that wood lot...

This^^^ until a lease member put a shiny lid on it that was seen from google earth because as mentioned din another thread, my place has no fences.

For most it is because they have nothing else to do.

so the hogs don't find it, even put a sign on i saying, dear korn but i don't think they can reed

And once a year, we usually re-paint our small hanging feeders. She's "all girl" so gold is the perfect color.

So others can't see it to steal it?

Dunno, but I suppose it's not any sillier than sitting in a box stand in full camo. I'm gonna paint "No Hunting Zone" on our feeders so the deer will feel safe.

Why do they sell camo boxer shorts? Hunters just love camo..

All of mine that are painted started out as a solid and just get paint added to cover rust.

This and I camo'd mine also to keep the guy on the other side of the fence from seeing it so I can hunt the fence line