i just moved to a new lease and i got my stand set up at a 4 way.. then i went to set up my feeder and realized i need a little more clearing before i get it at a comfortable distance, but it currently sits around 50 yards from my stand.. my thoughts are to slowly move it away as i clear more brush.. what are y'alls thoughts?

50 yards is too close IMO, unless you are bow hunting and plan on chumming a little closer. Most my rifle stands are set up for a shot around 120 yards. Far enough to allow for some noise but close enough to see at low light conditions.

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I like to have more distance. If I need to cough or sneeze or whatever I don't want to blow all the deer off of the feeder. Minimum is 100 yards 150 to 200 yards is perfect.

I like a feeder to be 100-150 yards...you have to be to quite and still if it's any closer.

I agree 50 is to close..I've got one set at 110 and the other at 180.

thanks.. the furthest i'll be able to move it in the direction i currently have it is about 150 yards.. i just need to get out there and get the brush out of the way.. my main thought was to get it set up and start gettin' some attention around my area.. i'm right on the only pond with water, so i'm hopin' that helps some too..

100 to 200 yards is optimum depending of the terrain.

just do it, 50 yds is plenty far, just dont be burping farting coughing etc, just have to be a little more quiet, ive sat down behind a tree 20 yds from a feeder and smoked a hog with a bow

X2 most of mine sit within 100 yrds...i just rifle hunt pigs anyway...deer dnt seem to mind

I have one at 150 and another at 85, basically due to the terrain and habitat. 50 yds sounds kinda close but you're working with what you've got. Moving it out as you have the opportunity sounds like a logical plan.

I am getting old and I like it as close as I can get it.

100 to 160 yards for my setups most at 150

When I hunted out west, my stands were 200 - 250 yeards from the feeders. Now I'm hunting east and am only 90 yards from my feeder. I feel like I'm sitting right on top of my feeder but the deer don't pay it any attention at all.

Mine is about 50yards, but I am on really small acreage now. On a lease I'd like 100 yards + just so my approach is somewhat more manageable.

Biggest problems for me at this range is getting in and out of the blind, suppose I could hunt off my back porch to get a 12o yard deal, but that would suck..

Can you just clear the brush in a day to get you another 30-40 yards? Have/borrow a tractor? or get in a spot that can "oversee" the brush would probably be good.

Really depends on your surroundings. I have one stand that is only 60yds from the feeder but that stand and feeder are in a pretty wooded area. My other set up is 110yds apart because it is in a more open area.

mine is 200 and my fil is 300. i can make alot of noise, coughing ect...

I have a spot w/ feeder at 50 yds in a hardwood bottom with lots of brush. I have another spot on a logging road with a feeder @150. Same amount of deer come to both. Depends on the area and the amount of cover you're hunting over.

Mine is at 130, I can get away with a lot of movement and noise.

50 yards for us on small acerage. if the deer are used to people then making noises wont matter.

i have one lease thats small acreage, we all hunt over there, but everytime I gather wood I spook deer right next to the cabin, think I will start hunting next to the cabin

My stand is 12 yards away, but I'm bowhunting on 2 acres, so I don't have that much of a choice. I think that 40-50 yards is perfect for rifle hunting. If your 200 yards away you aren't even close to hunting. You don't have to be still or quiet, what's the fun in that? And I enjoy the excitment of having a stare down with a deer at 15 yards, otherwise its just sniping. That's just what I like.

so true

Distance the feeder should be is the distance you feel comfortable with for a shot.

The farther away you are the harder it is to tell what's what in low light. Make sure you have good optics.

I have done the vast majority of my hunting from a blind in the hill country that was 32 yards from blind to dead under the feeder. I only shot 3 deer at the feeder in about a 15 year span. Most were in the 50-75 yard range. On our place now our feeders range from 75-100 yards. I droped my 10x50 binoculars from my knee straight to the floor 2 weeks ago with 13 deer at the feeder 85 yards away, one of which was 5.5 YO buck and they didnt spook off,looked but didnt run.

The distance debat is just like my diesel truck gets 26 mpg and my sticker pecks out 2 foot...