Posted By: HogTacker83
Slingin' Corn - 10/16/06 03:34 PM
Well this is the first year I've ever had my own feeder up at our family's place. Its a moultrie and I have beefed it up woth supports and a few other things. My problem is, the family went out this weekend to refill feeders and check on the place. My feeder was filled with approx 6 40lbs bags of corn 2 weekends prior and it only took 1 40lbs bag to fill it this weekend. There was still a few pieces of corn laying around like it is still feeding and there were lots of tracks so its getting eaten. I guess I'm only feeding 20lbs a week. Sould i be feeding more? say twice as much? I have the ability to go out there once a month at the very least as it is only 3 hours away. What would you suggest? Thanks in advance for the help!
Derek
Posted By: jbhlsu
Re: Slingin' Corn - 10/16/06 03:48 PM
That is all you need man!!! It will get to be a headache and expensive...All corn is is carbs..It like candy!!!
Its really personal preference. I hunt with guys that have their feeders going off for 12 seconds, 4 times per day. While I feed for 6 seconds, twice a day.
Posted By: huntingpj
Re: Slingin' Corn - 10/16/06 11:03 PM
Depends on the amount of deer coming to the feeder. Try to get away with a little as possible, then if it is scraped clean turn it up a little more. I hunt in West Texas and when my feeder goes off they eat until its gone. During hunting season I feed twice in the moring and twice in the evening. Just because once its gone the deer are gone.
Posted By: HWY_MAN
Re: Slingin' Corn - 10/17/06 03:53 PM
I feed 1200lbs a week, just broadcast it out on the ground. What the deer don't eat, the quail get. I feed them all i can, don't want them wandering over to my neighbors property.
Posted By: cj7zrcool
Re: Slingin' Corn - 10/18/06 04:46 PM
IMO, with corn, you are just trying to attract them, not feed them. I throw 4 seconds each @ 7 & 8 AM & 4:30 PM.
If you were talking about protien pellets or something with a lot more nutrition than corn, that you are actually trying to supplement their diet with, then you might want to throw more than that, but that's just me.
Thats alot of corn. Do you buy it in bulk?