Forums46
Topics545,651
Posts9,824,455
Members87,647
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Can you influence deer?
#1092930
12/09/09 02:40 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
Specifically is there a way to get them to come to the feeder more during the day than night? No evening feeds? Any suggestions
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1092934
12/09/09 02:42 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 7,537
txhunter24
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 7,537 |
No evening feeds discourages nocturnal movement, yes. Other than that just keep the pressure low on your property.
Every good and perfect gift is from above . James 1:17
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1092942
12/09/09 02:44 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,259
huntindude
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,259 |
if feeder is throwing out corn or whatever, make sure it is gone by dark. If there is still corn on the ground by the time it gets dark, then lower the time it throws or set it off earlier. Best I can come up with. Good luck
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: huntindude]
#1093017
12/09/09 03:13 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
Kinda what I was thinking. There has been no shooting pressure on the lease. Well I have shot once. The rest of it nothing. We have walked it quite a bit, but you kinda have to if you aren't seeing them. Other guys have yet to see a deer. All the signs and cameras are showing about 99% of the movement is a night...for everything. I am wondering if the owners hammered this place for years before they leased it. I may just not run my feeder in the evening. It is getting kinda late in the season though so it may not matter.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: huntindude]
#1093019
12/09/09 03:13 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 754
JDavis7873
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 754 |
I can't even influence my dogs and my wife is out of the question, so I've not even tried to sway any deer.
Picture removed. clowns creep me out.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: JDavis7873]
#1093115
12/09/09 03:54 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
I can't even influence my dogs and my wife is out of the question, so I've not even tried to sway any deer.
+1
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1093573
12/09/09 06:33 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,768
killemall
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,768 |
Low spin at night and a hard early spin in am to try and keep them out.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: killemall]
#1093718
12/09/09 07:18 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 486
bigharge
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 486 |
Mix in some nicotine with your corn, that will keep them coming back!
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: bigharge]
#1093958
12/09/09 08:42 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366
Curly
Overrated
|
Overrated
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366 |
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: Curly]
#1093994
12/09/09 08:55 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
yeah i saw that. Not really my price range. thanks though
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1094023
12/09/09 09:06 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 620
DEERSTRANGLER
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 620 |
Go to a free choice gravity feeder or only throw in the AM. I've got a feeder that is free choice gravity and I never get pics at night. I don't know if they only browse the ground at night or what but it works.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: txhunter24]
#1094027
12/09/09 09:08 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,305
JDShellnut
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,305 |
No evening feeds discourages nocturnal movement, yes. Other than that just keep the pressure low on your property. #1 thing people don't do
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: JDShellnut]
#1094201
12/09/09 10:01 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366
Curly
Overrated
|
Overrated
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366 |
Maybe you could make a gravity feeder with some sort of manual lid on the opening that the deer will be eating from. Before you get to your stand for your first hunt of the day, remove or open the manual lid. Leave it uncovered all day and cover it back up when you're done with your evening hunt. Just a suggestion.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: Curly]
#1094224
12/09/09 10:10 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
Good suggestions. May just use a spotlight. Thanks
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1094258
12/09/09 10:21 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 17,104
Closed Traverse
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 17,104 |
feed earlier in the evening.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: Closed Traverse]
#1094288
12/09/09 10:31 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 8,690
Dave Davidson
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 8,690 |
You may have turned them nocturnal by all of the walking.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: Dave Davidson]
#1094303
12/09/09 10:39 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270
mmccalli
OP
Bird Dog
|
OP
Bird Dog
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 270 |
You may have turned them nocturnal by all of the walking. You know I thought about that, but it has been like that since we got on the place. Originally I thought no big deal it's the summer. I just find it strange that all deer and hogs are moving at night. I shot a buck earlier in the season (about second week) He was chasin the 4 does that normally I get on camera at night. That happened to be the one time I have seen'em moving during the daytime. It was real early. Since then nothing..on any part of the lease. I am sure the walking is not helping the situation, but what are you gonna do.
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: mmccalli]
#1094330
12/09/09 10:46 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,564
rsquared
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,564 |
i bet if you ask congress to introduce a tax on night feeding, then we can finally stop the madness of nocturnal deer.
lets get the goverment involved in this, they are sure to fix it. they fix everything else they touch.
Stuff my dad said in the deer blind
"I can dive deeper and come up drier" "did you do that?"
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: rsquared]
#1094413
12/09/09 11:14 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 43
Texas_Hunting_Best
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 43 |
i bet if you ask congress to introduce a tax on night feeding, then we can finally stop the madness of nocturnal deer.
lets get the goverment involved in this, they are sure to fix it. they fix everything else they touch. And include a "day-option" for those nocturnal deer that have trouble complying with the tax...
“I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.”
|
|
|
Re: Can you influence deer?
[Re: Texas_Hunting_Best]
#1094645
12/10/09 01:13 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366
Curly
Overrated
|
Overrated
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 20,366 |
I can't believe this thread wound up getting political.....
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|