Posted By: TxDispatcher
East Tx hunters...feeder/hog question - 10/19/15 05:52 AM
I hunt in Polk County, and have a quandary. I mistakenly thought that running my feeders all year would help the deer be accustomed to them and be more comfortable. Well it seems all that is comfortable around the feeders are the blasted hogs in a 8 day period, I had over 1,100 pictures on my cameras. Only TWO pictures of deer, and those were does...the rest are hogs. The bastages are laying down under the feeders, waiting for them to go off. So I'm turning the feeders off, and handcorning on Friday evenings when I arrive at camp. But I wondered about turning the feeders on as well when I arrive Friday, and leaving them on for the weekend before turning them off after the Sunday evening hunts.
Should I even bother turning them on when I arrive? Or just rely on handcorning different areas down the lanes, and leave the feeders off completely? Anyone tried the "weekend" feeder idea before? If I had a timer that allowed certain days to set it to, that would be ideal but as it is, I'm curious as to whether it's even worth getting off the Ranger to turn it on and off, vs just spreading a bag as I drive and sticking with that plan
Anyone who's done this, chime in I'm sick of feeding hogs
Should I even bother turning them on when I arrive? Or just rely on handcorning different areas down the lanes, and leave the feeders off completely? Anyone tried the "weekend" feeder idea before? If I had a timer that allowed certain days to set it to, that would be ideal but as it is, I'm curious as to whether it's even worth getting off the Ranger to turn it on and off, vs just spreading a bag as I drive and sticking with that plan
Anyone who's done this, chime in I'm sick of feeding hogs