Hopefully what you are saying Caribou about it is the same for ours, as we have never been there when it was time for it to go off. We did notice that it has not really needed to be filled up, though it was lower than when we first filled it. Guess i need to make it a point to be sitting there when the timer goes off and see what it does. It not throwing would explain why that feeder/feed pen is the only one on the property that since we got it in September, has never had a deer on its camera. I finally moved the camera after the third time checking it with nothing on it. In fact, the spot i moved the camera is about 100 yrds behind the feed pen in an oak grove that has a lot of scrapes and we are seeing all kinds of deer there, so i know they go by it. Just need to see if the feeder is throwing as acorns will be getting old before too long.
Just to confirm what I said, I hunted last night, feeder threw at 6:00. Then went to fill the feeder up after the hunt. It showed 0 lbs on the readout, but still threw.