Feeding Turkeys during Deer Season

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GOHUNT

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I run two automatic feeders year round outside of deer/turkey seasons slinging a little corn out three times a day. For sure, this keeps the turkeys around on my small track of land, but not so much deer. Can I legally change the food I'm slinging more specifically targeting turkeys and not discontinue feeding program for turkeys during deer season? Maybe something like wheat grain or maybe wild bird seed that doesn't contain corn? If not these, is there anything that would be legal? Even if I have to pause this during the fall segment of turkey season that would not be so bad. I'd just like to keep the turkeys using my tract most of the year. Thanks.
 

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There is not a differentiation for food for turkeys versus food for deer. Any food that is distributed would be bait, and would prevent you from hunting within a 250 yd zone outside of the feeder. Each 250 yd zone effectively makes illegal to hunt approximately 41 acres of land.
 
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