Chris Andrews
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« on: December 02, 2010, 12:00:30 PM » |
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I was just seeing how many of you have actually seen a good buck on your feeder in daylight hours or over a pile of feed.
I have only seen a few 2.5 yr old bucks come to feed in my life.
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ArkansasSloughboy
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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2010, 12:13:48 PM » |
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Most of the bucks I've seen and heard of from friends and family came to a pile of rice bran. I have had a corn feeder running for 3 years and have not seen any bucks over 1.5 years old. The bigger ones seem to come at night.
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Kevin
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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2010, 12:16:35 PM » |
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I guess, come to think of it, I never have. Usually always a bunch of doe.
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Chris Andrews
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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2010, 02:32:34 PM » |
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My dad killed a descent 2.5 yr old, 8 pt off my stand, first day of gun season. He saw 9 bucks come to my rice bran that morning, and 3 were legal to shoot. That is the only day and few of the times I have even ever heard of bucks coming to it.
I usually dont hunt over my feeders. I hunt away from them, where the bucks would cruise looking for does.
I have a lot of cam picks of bucks on the feeder at night time.
I was just wondering if I was the only one experiencing this behavior.
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mpoor
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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2010, 02:53:54 PM » |
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By and large I agree that bucks won't come to corn feeders. But as with anything, I can think of several exceptions. I don't think the corn is the problem, I think the feeder may be the problem. I'm just guessing, but I know that this deer was seen several times in corn before it was harvested. I also know of a 10pt that was killed in corn with a bow last year. The picture I posted in the gallery is the only mature deer I have on film standing in corn, in the day time this year. I have 3 other good bucks on film, but only at night. In all these the corn was poured on the ground, not from feeders. On TV you can see good deer at feeders, but I've wondered if those were inside a fence.
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Chris Andrews
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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2010, 04:50:33 PM » |
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nice deer
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mpoor
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2010, 08:06:53 AM » |
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Oh by the way, that's not me, thats a buddy of mine.
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Wizard
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2010, 08:50:40 AM » |
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Oh by the way, that's not me, thats a buddy of mine.
Has your friend scored that buck? |
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Derrickb
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2010, 04:07:20 PM » |
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Ok so im with all of you ive never seen any nice bucks on a corn feeder.....but with that i set my Dad up witha Feeder and a spot to hunt every year cause hes kinda down in his back and low and behold what happens the big buck in those woods go to his stand for the CORN......at 8:00am i cant find a picture cause my other Labtop got stolen but it had 19 points and was huge ill go take a pic of the mount and post it though......Lucky Old Man
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mpoor
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2010, 08:25:14 PM » |
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I belive he told me it green scored, 150-155, unofficial. Said before he killed it he had seen it several times and figured the buck would go 160 class, but it is only 16-17inches wide. He had this buck at 15 yds with a bow, over corn, and got the shaky-shaky's, got him later with his rifle.  |
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BowPassion
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2010, 11:16:54 PM » |
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I have lots of pics of bucks on corn...... Not feeders just corn on the ground
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Big Creek
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2010, 09:44:34 PM » |
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I have always put my corn out by hand at mid to late afternoon. I have had alot of does come in and out during the day and night. Young bucks would come in early morn or late afternoon. The big and older bucks would come in at night unless they were seaching for a doe and would cruse the edge of the feeding area. I went and bought a feeder that would sling at morn and evening and I only had one deer come to it the whole time I used it. At my place the I have found old 4in pvc about 4ft long with a 90 on the end wired to a tree. That is what my wifes older inlaws used for corn feeders. They would place about 4 or 5 around where they hunted. silent feeder i guess.
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ArkansasSloughboy
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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2010, 06:15:47 PM » |
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I've got a pvc like that and I just can't keep it full. I don't have time to go fill it every other day. It works well though. I have put all kinds of different feed in it (rice bran, corn, sweet feed).
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Kevin
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« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2010, 07:57:07 PM » |
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I've never used anything other than the pvc pipe. Works pretty well, but yeah do have to fill it up a lot.
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Wizard
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« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2010, 08:15:57 PM » |
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I've never used anything other than the pvc pipe. Works pretty well, but yeah do have to fill it up a lot.
You don't have a tripod or hanging feeder? I now know what I am getting you for Christmas!!! |
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