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Post by osprey on Dec 11, 2013 8:12:37 GMT -5
These dang deer are getting way to smart. I've got one little spot I hunt where I run a feeder, a backyard of some friends where they want deer killed becuase they eat all their yard plants. Great little funnel, but gotta have something to bring them out of the surrounding thickets while it's still daylight. Anyway, the feeder I run holds 200lbs of corn and will last 2-3 weeks at the rate I have it set. Except the deer have learned to reach up and lick corn off the spinner plate! Have plenty of pics and sightings of them doing it, so they've known how for some time. With the cold weather and a lack of field crops around that area this year they must be standing there all night licking corn off it - 200lbs gone in FOUR NIGHTS!!! I'm going to have to deer proof my deer feeder.  |
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Post by BIG FOX on Dec 11, 2013 9:10:46 GMT -5
HAHAHAHA the feeder I have in my backyard has a nightly raccoon visiting it.. 100's of pics of him sitting on it and spinning the corn out for an hour a night.. The squirrels clean up what he doesn't get. I may have to go night vision on him to get him.. He is slick but the deer thing makes me laugh.. PARTY ALL NIGHT.. Osprey is providing the snacks...
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Dec 11, 2013 9:36:01 GMT -5
Sounds like you need to raise it up a little higher. Whenever I put up a feeder, I like to get it pretty high up to spread the corn further as well.
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Post by Bartman on Dec 11, 2013 13:10:54 GMT -5
Sounds like you need to raise it up a little higher. Whenever I put up a feeder, I like to get it pretty high up to spread the corn further as well. This. I had the sika doing the same thing last year. The trade off is that you'll need a step or the back of a tRuck to fill it. |
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Dec 11, 2013 13:54:39 GMT -5
When I use a feeder, I leave a 6 foot stepladder somewhere nearby.
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Post by osprey on Dec 11, 2013 18:48:27 GMT -5
I'm already using a 6 foot ladder to fill it, if I raise it another set of leg additions I'll need a 10 foot ladder! I've already taken the best buck I had on camera down there and two does, I think I'll just put what's left on a forced hunger strike until next fall...
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Post by brettgerhart on Dec 13, 2013 13:12:05 GMT -5
That is a funny story! I am actually looking into getting a feeder. Can anyone give me a suggestion on what to get? I am lookng for something that holds about 200 lb and I can set how much is kicked out and at what times. Thanks in advance!
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Post by osprey on Dec 19, 2013 18:59:43 GMT -5
Brett, just saw this. Mine are $99 walmart specials, but they have timers and you can set how long they spin to control how much corn you put out. At least that's how it's SUPPOSED to work!  |
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Post by brettgerhart on Dec 20, 2013 13:32:39 GMT -5
THanks OSPREY! I appreciate it!
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Post by osprey on Dec 20, 2013 17:12:44 GMT -5
And they'll hold exactly 2 100lb bags of corn! Mine have lasted 5-6 years so far, although I normally start with new rechargable batteries each season.
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