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Do spinner feeders spook deer?
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:17 pm
Thinking about setting up a couple of automatic feeders on my lease this weekend. I've always used a bumper buddy on my 4wheeler to throw corn. Due to time issues I would like to set up feeders and only have to fill them once a week. Do feeders tend to spook the deer?
This post was edited on 9/12/13 at 8:19 pm
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:18 pm to dpark
No they don't spook them. Actually the opposite, kinda like a dinner bell.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:20 pm to dpark
Nope
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:21 pm to dpark
I set up a feeder two years ago and the deer never came out during daylight hours. The corn would be gone every morning but I never saw a deer at the feeder during the day.
Southeast La BTW
Southeast La BTW
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:33 pm to Nodust
Watched a doe hall arse two years ago when a feeder went off.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:34 pm to 4WHLN
this is my concern seems some have luck with them and others dont
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:38 pm to dpark
I think in drier climates with less food available they work better. Where I hunt there is so much rye grass and other stuff around to eat they ain't that hungry.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 8:44 pm to Teyeger
quote:This has been my experience
No they don't spook them. Actually the opposite, kinda like a dinner bell.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 9:14 pm to Thunder Tiger
In my experience it depends on how you use it. If a deer is under the feeder when it goes off then yes it's going to scare them. I've seen them run off and at times come right back. What I've learned to do is only let if go off for a few seconds just before daylight. This allows them to eat all day but most of the corn is gone by nightfall. It produces a pattern where they know if they want to eat it only there during day light. It's worked for me. I also have stands where I dump corn. If it gets to a point where I am not hunting a stand I turn that feeder off and only run the ones I'm hunting. I killed 3 deer last year 2 of them with my bow following this. Missed one too.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 9:15 pm to dpark
Nope
Posted on 9/12/13 at 9:45 pm to dpark
Pavlov. Google that dude.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 9:47 pm to dpark
I know I didn't get one day picture from August through mid January last year feeding with one.
Place I'm hunting is nocturnal anyway but I've never heard of going an entire season without a day pic. I'm probably the only person in Louisiana history.
Place I'm hunting is nocturnal anyway but I've never heard of going an entire season without a day pic. I'm probably the only person in Louisiana history.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:13 pm to dpark
It may spook them at first, but eventually they learn it's a dinner bell.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:14 pm to Hurricane Mike
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I'm probably the only person in Louisiana history.
Same problem here.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:21 pm to dpark
It honestly depends on the deer in your area. Maybe inquire into what the other hunters do. In some areas, yes the come like a dinner bell. But in others they will run from the noise.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:22 pm to T Ba Doe Tiger
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Pavlov. Google that dude.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 11:43 pm to Nodust
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Same problem here.
The crazy thing was no one was in my area. I was in school in BR and hunted maybe 2 weekends before thanksgiving and the deer still didn't show up during the day. Meanwhile across the road on my brothers lease they were slaughtering them
Posted on 9/13/13 at 12:00 am to Hurricane Mike
Just start them in the Summer, and they'll be used to them. If you wait till the season, in pressured areas, it'll scare the crap out of them...
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