Has anyone ever tried a mid-day feeding time and hunted their feeder in the middle of the day during a full moon?
I do this every year. When I was in college I set one to go off at noon.. just for good measure. Well one day in December I was out doing some work on the feeder. It was unusually hot that day.. mid to upper 80s. I happened to glance back in the brush and something caught my eye. I couldn't decide if my eyes were playing tricks on me, but I could have sworn it was a big buck looking straight at me!
I finished with the feeder and went back to the house, grabbed my rifle and headed back out. I got to the blind about 12:30 and sat for a while.. long enough I was starting to doubt myself. It's way too hot.. middle of the day.. this is a dumb waste of time.. etc. I was trying to decide if i should head back to the house to cool off and take a nap when a little yearling doe came in and started feeding. She hangs around a while.. even lays down under a mesquite. About 30 more minutes went by and I hear footsteps to my right.. the biggest buck I had ever seen at the time had spotted the doe and was on his way in to check. He walked right past my blind at 15 yards, right up to the little doe. He didn't get to make any moves on her.. 50 yard shot to the lungs. 9 pts, dressed at 140lbs.. the biggest buck ever taken on our property until last year! I shot him at 2:30 in the afternoon on a HOT December day. Since then I always set my feeder for at least a few seconds.. never know when it'll help!