http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/ NEWS * INSIGHT * OPINION Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:36:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-276 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:50:14 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-276 I’m new to baiting deer so am experimenting with different options. I have 17, wooded acres below my home. I created a site, putting out corn and salt on the ground. I have a trail cam posted nearby to record activity. It didn’t take the deer long to find it. I had several does and bucks visiting the site at all hours of the day. My friend suggested putting in a deer feeder that would disperse corn twice per day. I followed his suggestion and have seen a drastic decrease in deer activity. The one doe now visiting the site keeps looking up at the feeder. Kind of comical. He’s indicating that it will take awhile for the deer to become accustomed to the feeder. My fear is using the feeder at all because of the mechanical noise it makes everytime it goes off. I also had an elk visiting the site that hasn’t showed since I hung the feeder. It’s close enough to my home that I can stock the site every few days without a problem. Should I eliminate the feeder and go back to what I was originally doing? I know I lose the option of timed feeding and possibly patterning the deer but I’m leary the big bucks won’t come within two miles of a mechanical feeder unless it’s during a time of the year when they’re either rutting or there’s a lack of food. Thoughts? Thanks very much.

]]> http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-275 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:12:05 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-275 Super Site, have a nice day.

]]> http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-274 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:41:52 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-274 It would discourage nose to nose contact.

]]> http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-273 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:13:48 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-273 I think this is one of the funniest pictures I’ve seen on the internet for baiting deer. I need to get me one of those traps!

]]> http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-272 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:55:48 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-272 Pretty funny. I’m going to print this out and leave it where a guy I know who got a ticket for baiting will find it.

]]> http://sportsmansblog.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-271 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:03:17 +0000 http://sportsmansblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/how-not-to-bait/#comment-271 Controversial? I see nothing wrong with this technique. Didn’t I see these in the 2008 Cabelas catalog? Chris

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