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Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
#4707006
10/31/13 05:06 AM
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Texas Dan
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Know anyone who always believes it's necessary to reset the clocks in their feeders with the change back to Standard Time?
So let's have some fun.
If you don't change your feeder's clock from its current setting, will your feeder go off earlier or later according to your watch that has been switched back?
"When the debate is lost, insults become the tool of the loser."
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Texas Dan]
#4707009
10/31/13 05:11 AM
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rifleman
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Earlier, of course. Dang thing will magically change from throwing at 7:40 to throwing at 6:40.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Texas Dan]
#4707013
10/31/13 05:15 AM
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MarkE
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I really have known a guy who went out the day before just to change feeding times on his feeders due to the time change.....MERCY!
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: MarkE]
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10/31/13 10:18 AM
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twinbubba
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All my feeders have Atomic clocks on them.............JK
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: twinbubba]
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10/31/13 10:30 AM
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aeb
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I don't change mine. The deer will get used to it after a few days like I do.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: aeb]
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10/31/13 11:28 AM
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decook
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It only affects deer with watches.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: decook]
#4707227
10/31/13 12:09 PM
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stxranchman
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I keep mine on the standard time year round.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: stxranchman]
#4707282
10/31/13 12:33 PM
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Novemberyet
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My deer read the TPWD handbook and so this year they know when the time changes.....I've trained them well.
All seriousness: I have mine set for early December and let em run.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Texas Dan]
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10/31/13 01:02 PM
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Jerimy
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Why touch it....it goes off about daylight and about 30 mins before dark. 
Last edited by Jerimy; 10/31/13 01:03 PM.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Jerimy]
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10/31/13 01:05 PM
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BlackSnake
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I do it just so that when I do go check my feeder, the time is correct to my watch.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: stxranchman]
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10/31/13 01:36 PM
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spibiggie
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I keep mine on the standard time year round.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: stxranchman]
#4707463
10/31/13 01:36 PM
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Core-Lokt
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. I do, too.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Core-Lokt]
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10/31/13 01:52 PM
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DQ Kid
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. I do, too. This gets to be slightly harder if you are running the analog timers with only hour increments to set time and throwing times. In that case, I keep the throwing at 7AM and 6PM but only set my timer clock back 30 minutes instead of 1 hour, thus effectively throwing at 6:30AM and 5:30PM. I've tried leaving the times alone with these analog timers and it does not work.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: DQ Kid]
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10/31/13 02:04 PM
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Krayton K
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This one always confuses me! I will have to drink a beer and think on it!
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Krayton K]
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10/31/13 02:28 PM
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B-Man
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I throw at 7:00 & 4:00 on one and 7:30 & 4:30 on the other in the same area. Don't change the feeder times but change the camera times for obvious reasons.
I love to watch them running from one to the other. Keeps them around longer.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Core-Lokt]
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10/31/13 02:29 PM
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BMD
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. I do, too.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: BMD]
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10/31/13 02:38 PM
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DANIEL32
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I usually just change mine after the morning hunt on Saturday.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: Jerimy]
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10/31/13 02:50 PM
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Triplesnake
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Why touch it....it goes off about daylight and about 30 mins before dark. Exactly! I'm the one who manages the feeder timers for all of the feeders on our lease, so when the guys ask what time they will go off, I have to tell them "Around daylight, and about an hour before dark." If I try to tell them clock times, they start getting confused.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: DANIEL32]
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10/31/13 03:01 PM
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ANEWS
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I usually just change mine after the morning hunt on Saturday. ... I usually do the same and change camera time
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: stxranchman]
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10/31/13 03:10 PM
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MikeC
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. This
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: MikeC]
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10/31/13 03:12 PM
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Weegs
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. This This x2 Makes life really simple....
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
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#4707893
10/31/13 03:28 PM
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Sun up and sun down, clocks don't keep track of them.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
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#4708330
10/31/13 05:15 PM
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specks n sprigs
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Lmao I got in a heated argument about this very subject with a guy I hunt with last weekend. He was so worried about setting his feeder timers back and I asked him why? Just leave them alone, the sun is doing the same thing its just the time on your watch that is changing. We went round and round about it for probably thirty minutes until I just finally said fine, do what you want. Then he said I was a D.A. for not changing mine. I could only laugh. Oh and this guy is like 20 years older than me, I guess that's just proof wisdom don't always come with age.
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: specks n sprigs]
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10/31/13 08:46 PM
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82Ag
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I'm with the crowd that just leaves mine on standard time year round. Never change the clock unless a battery goes dead and I'm forced to. This conversation does make me wish they could have really perfected the old photo-eyes that went off at sunlight and then again 8.5 hours later. No clock, no guesswork.....but, empty barrels after lightning storms, premature spinning when hit with flashlight, clogged eye due to corn dust.....you remember the issues. Good luck to everybody this weekend!
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Re: Feeder clocks and the switch back to Standard Time
[Re: stxranchman]
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10/31/13 09:51 PM
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Slow Drifter
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I keep mine on the standard time year round. This^.
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