Now THAT'S an odd breed.

We’ve hunted in Missouri on invites from the farmers and 1 older guy asked why in the world would we come up there. Then he talked about all the Texas Hunting on TV where big bucks regularly walk out and start eating corn. I told him it’s not like that everywhere and I couldn’t afford those type places.

tis why i switched ta hunting WMA's.

As pappy once said, what once was the price of a Gov. Foodstamps, has become a Richmans sport.

the fly fishermen, tis more like the bow hunter, makes his own lures, (usualy), goes out, pays attention ta surroundings pics best spot. & enjoys the piece full surroundings of mother nature.

Turnement fishing better fits what OP is trying ta get @ in this thread.

It also like buying cars, trucks, houses, camping, & places ta eat, shop for cloths.

All about the big 🫎 buck$.

some people getting thar feelings hurt by simple thread.

The photo section. Lots of posts asking, age ? Score ? Is he shootable ?
Looking for approval. Ta me all deer are trophies.

i go on thar another, & yes admire, the photos. Thars a deer farm, just down the road.
Often drive bye, take photo's.
Window shopping.

Here hunting is more about ing & chilling. Yes it's changed, in-line muzzleloaders mostly.
Greater range & accuracy. Seeing more box stands. It's all hunting.

Best wish's on up coming hunting.

selective take is the foundation of sustainability.

Figured you ta be one of the ones that gets thar feelings hurt by low- income workers post.
Ya'll say it's our fault. Yet truth is its whiners' crybabies like ya'll for high price living.

Beat wish's on your hunting.

Lol. Facts arent feelings. Sensitive apparently defines you. It appears your self imposed Socioeconomic status defines you too, although no one asked or hinted to it.

sensitive definitely define you.
Just mentioning facts about low-income workers vs. middle & upper
gets your panties wadded up.

Again Best wish's on your up coming hunting .

all this because I posted:

“selective take is the foundation of sustainability.“


who is sensitive?

If I'm in camo, I'm hunting...whether over a feeder or not!

"But for those that are hunting that trophy buck, does hunting at a feeder still give you the same sense of pride when killing that deer?" was the original question. Where I hunt, this doesn't happen. Trophy bucks don't come to our feeders during hunting light. When I am hunting my set up that has a feeder, never seen a mature buck at the feeder. The old, mature, big buck I killed two years ago had never been seen live or on camera. He was trailing a doe. I had another, a real beast of a buck on one pic at the feeder at night, never seen live or on camera again. The one I killed last year was on a doe during the rut, never seen at the feeder. We hunt a huge panhandle ranch with very low pressure. The bucks are wary. I use a feeder to keep does around. If I have a trophy buck near my feeder he's not there for the corn. I'll never know for sure because he'd be dead before he got within 100 yards of it.

it all started with you refuring ta my post ta batman.


big guy.. Best wish's on your hunting adventures.

He's like Snots, once he gets up on your leg it's best to just let him finish.

Ahh he has the Mississippi leg hound in him!

'little bit, yeah.

If the ranch is big with low pressure, why are they so wary?

I wondered the same thing.

so you are being ultra sensitive. Now we are getting some where crabby pants

What about us night hunters somebody is always bashing us cause we us to bright a light

Is shooting a buck that's chasing a doe really hunting? 😎

It's 30k acres, we hunt one side of the river that's 17k. There's one ranch hand that works the whole place other than seasonal works 2x per year that last 4-5 days. A lot of the sections can go months without any human intervention at all. When I say pressure, it's pressure in general from human activity. The deer, especially the mature bucks that we NEVER see other than the rut, seem to be most sensitive to noise. They are just not accustomed to human scents, noise or sightings of vehicles. We see hogs from a Ranger, they're hauling [censored], deer the same way with exception to the mule deer does. My approach to my hunting set ups, the last mile is most often on foot. When I take my very quiet daily driver truck over my Ranger, I see a greater amount of deer once set up every time.
I've hunted North East Texas (Red River County), the Hill Country, Young County, Wise County and Foard and Hardeman County. This ranch, the deer don't have enough exposure to human activity to be comfortable with it. That's my belief.

How fast is he running?

I hunted a ranch a few times that was, for all intents and purposes, abandoned. Very few people ever set foot in there (occasionally a gauger went into check a well) It was high fenced, no feed whatsoever, just what they could scratch out from the brush. No blinds, no hunting pressure. Deer knew when you came thru the gate, they were very sensitive to vehicles and foot traffic.

Another ranch about 45 min away, same scenario. Only people they ever saw was the gauger and he only went to the first 1/3rd of the ranch. Deer would stand there and look at you, no fear whatsoever.


Two almost identical scenarios, two very different responses from the deer.

Thats interesting.

A dumb family of deer and a smart family living close together; happens with humans also.