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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7304812 10/04/18 04:33 AM
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About 8500 acres, 17 2000# protein feeders and 25 1000# corn feeders.
Our feed bills are fun.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7304826 10/04/18 08:23 AM
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6000 acres in north east Texas, no feeders. 4 properties in south central Oklahoma where we hunt the most, about 2000 acres, no feeders.
Most we will do is hand corn an area once in a while. Shot my biggest to date last year on a property we put out no corn on, no crops, just some bermuda grass and very little timber, 200 head of cattle fed with round bales.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7305114 10/04/18 05:40 PM
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I run 5 on roughly 350 acres. I have two blinds and run 3 at one and 2 at the other. I like two feeders per area for contingency purposes. Nothing worse that going to hunt and finding that you’re feeder has been down for weeks.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7305129 10/04/18 05:50 PM
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We have 10 free choice protein feeders, 5 free choice cottonseed feeders and 37 corn feeders on 7000 acres.We fed 30 tons of protein since January.

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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7305373 10/05/18 12:05 AM
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Crazy all the posts with feeders for every 50 acres +/-.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: txbobcat] #7305474 10/05/18 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted By: txbobcat
Crazy all the posts with feeders for every 50 acres +/-.


Every place is different, depends on the ground. Some of the areas that I hunt is Thick Thick brush country. In thick country there’s nothing really crazy about one feeder per 50 acres.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7305484 10/05/18 01:38 AM
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One of the tracts I hunt on is 120 acres. We have 2 blinds with 2 feeders on each separated by a pond. Most years we are in drought status. Those extra feeders are a huge benefit to wildlife when the ground is dried to a crisp, along with the water up

One of the best properties I’ve ever hunted was a thick 50 acre tract that had 2 blinds on it, with 2 feeders on each blind with a small pond. What works in deep S Tx does not work so well in other parts of the state that gets rain all the time.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7305517 10/05/18 02:32 AM
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Hill Country you can put 2 on 50 acres and because there are so many deer there will different deer hitting each. Can easily have have 20-25 deer coming in and out of a 50 acre tract (1 deer per 2-3 acres). I hunt another place in South Texas and there is only about 80 deer on 800 acres (1 deer per 10 acres) so feeders are spread out (Have about 5). If 2 were put on 50 acres in OUR South Texas Place you would get the same deer.
































































































































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Originally Posted By: HLo

Hill Country you can put 2 on 50 acres and because there are so many deer there will different deer hitting each. Can easily have have 20-25 deer coming in and out of a 50 acre tract (1 deer per 2-3 acres). I hunt another place in South Texas and there is only about 80 deer on 800 acres (1 deer per 10 acres) so feeders are spread out (Have about 5). If 2 were put on 50 acres in South Texas you would get the same deer.

That’s a broad statement about S Tx, and incorrect for many areas.
































































































































Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7592656 08/29/19 10:29 AM
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I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.

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Originally Posted by BestGuru
I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.

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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: BestGuru] #7592699 08/29/19 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by BestGuru
I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.


Wow first post hammer Obviously a serious hunter and conservationist bs whip


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: Stub] #7592708 08/29/19 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Stub
Originally Posted by BestGuru
I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.


Wow first post hammer Obviously a serious hunter and conservationist bs whip

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Originally Posted by BestGuru
I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.


Wow first post hammer Obviously a serious hunter and conservationist bs whip

X2..love all the technical jargon of him trapping a couple of deer and his wife trapping one.


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: Mr. T.] #7592781 08/29/19 01:27 PM
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I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.


Wow first post hammer Obviously a serious hunter and conservationist bs whip

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Originally Posted by BestGuru
I put 1 feeder trough near the house so as not to go far and one after a 100 acres. For a day, a maximum of 2 deer was trapped by me and 1 by my wife. Found some reviews on deer feeders. Now I'm testing the new Moultrie Pro Magnum Hanging Deer Feeder. While I like it.


Wow first post hammer Obviously a serious hunter and conservationist bs whip

X2..love all the technical jargon of him trapping a couple of deer and his wife trapping one.


Is this what all those how to become a millionaire YouTube videos does?

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7592797 08/29/19 01:49 PM
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9000 acres - 26 protein stations free choice - around 60 cottonseed feeders free choice - around 35 corn feeders - we feed 50 tons of cottonseed per year and 70 tons of protein on average each year.


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7592807 08/29/19 02:03 PM
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I was on a 400ish acre lease up in Baylor County for a couple of years, but the main hunting area was about 250 acres. Other hunters on the lease had been on it for several years before I joined and they had 9 feeders placed and suggested I add at least 2 more. I thought this was too much and we would have been much better served backing that number down to maybe a strategic 5.

I bought a place on the smaller size about 5 years ago and have two feeders running year round, but know if I sling for more than a few seconds a days each, all I am doing is fattening the raccoons, so I feed for 2 seconds each in morning/evening. I almost never have two hunters out at same time, so have options on where to hunt based on wind, time of day, pressure, etc. This seems to work for me and I almost never fail to see deer on a sit.


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7592830 08/29/19 02:32 PM
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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7592860 08/29/19 02:53 PM
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100 acres, 3 feeders.


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7593187 08/29/19 08:32 PM
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1100 acres - 10 stands, 6 protein stations, 7 cotton seed hoops and 12 feeders with one being at the main house for visitors who do not hunt.

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7593596 08/30/19 04:17 AM
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1,800 acres and I’ve got 11 protein stations and 15 corn stations

Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7594485 08/31/19 03:40 AM
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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7594944 08/31/19 10:44 PM
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I run 6 feeders on 144 acres. 4 Spin feeders w/corn, 1 spin feeder with DoubleDown protein and 1 free choice feeder w/ DoubleDown protein.
(1 blind w/ 1 corn spin feeder and 1 DoubleDown spin feeder) (1 blind with 1 corn spin feeder and 1 free choice DoubleDown) (2 blinds with corn spin feeders only)
Over the past 20 years, the success rate has been about the same for every blind.


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Re: How many feeders do you run/acres? [Re: spoon33] #7595275 09/01/19 01:40 PM
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2 feeders and blinds on 175 acres, 2 feeders and blinds on 120 acres separated by a small lake and creek. All blinds set up for north/south crosswind shots.

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