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Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 10:52 PM
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Near Dripping Springs, my Aunt wanted a feeder several years back. She's old and like to sit on the porch and watch em. I had an extra feeder and set it up about fifteen feet from the front porch. Today I went out to set it up for summer feed times at her request. I hit the test button, got the cover on, and walked to the car about twenty-five feet away. It wen off, I started the car and looked to the mirror to back out of the drive. Out of the corner of my eye I caught movement and looked toward the feeder as a herd charged in. Turned off the car and snapped a few pics. So within seconds of the feeder going off, where there were no deer, there was a herd. It's kinda foggy but there's fourteen in this pic. She has refused every request to let me take a couple but always thanks me for taking care of the feeder. 3-7-2015 / Cheers
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 10:55 PM
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Sweet any exotics ever show up?
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 10:57 PM
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 10:59 PM
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Send some of those deer up our way. Cool thing to see.
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 11:00 PM
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Sweet any exotics ever show up? Don't you see the white-bodied yellow-billed webfoot?
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 11:02 PM
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Gone to Texas
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grab a bow and have at it!
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 11:09 PM
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Or buy her a weekend getaway...
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/02/15 11:49 PM
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She tells me those are her "babies" and the answer is no hunting and that won't ever change.
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 12:06 AM
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 12:14 AM
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What Momma don't know won't hurt her.....
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 01:14 PM
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 06:09 PM
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 06:23 PM
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You got the feeder set to throw for 30 seconds
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 06:36 PM
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Thanks for the photos Dirt and for honoring her wishes. There are plenty of deer elsewhere to hunt so if they make her smile then leave them be, well done sir!
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/03/15 09:21 PM
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Nice. Sounds like a lot of the neighbors feed if they are there that quick. I've had as many as 25 deer hit my feeder at the house. I don't hunt them at the house. It would be way too easy and there's no sport in it for me. It's nice going out to work in the yard and seeing a couple of them bedded down watching me and them not feel threatened. Some leave fawns right next to the house.
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Re: Non Hunted Deer And The Deer Feeder
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03/04/15 12:58 AM
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You got the feeder set to throw for 30 seconds 8 seconds in afternoon, 3 seconds in the morning. I did modify the feed cone as a lot of corn was smacking the square tubing the barrel sits upon. I used a rubber pipe coupler and a hose clamp, dropped the electronics and motor housing down about 3". This made a huge difference in the spread radius. A 12v system, it's close to a 50' spread so the dominant does don't run off the other animals. They all have plenty of room to feed.
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