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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4570930" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Tks for the congrats! Still pretty stoked about this one, and learned a lot in the process. My first buck to have ever killed in South MS, and the largest I've ever seen on the hoof down here. Really cool how that buck learned to avoid hunters by bedding just off a major road and visiting a plot less than 100 yards off that road.</p><p></p><p>Was also my first time to hunt over bait (legal if it's not poured on the ground, and you have to be 100 yards away from the feeder... stupid rule I don't get, honestly- just discriminates against bowhunters). In my limited experience the past 5 weeks, I've found it to be worthless. The initial buck I targeted was hitting the feeder, but never when I was there. The buck I killed was visiting a plot with no feeder within 500 yard radius. There is some argument about feeders just make the deer even more nocturnal and harder, not easier to kill. I think there may be quite a bit of merit to this. Another factor, feeders seem to attract more hunting pressure. Most of the plots that had feeders were the ones with the most pressure on them. Corn certainly isn't a magic bullet, even in late season when all the acorns are gone and browse is limited. I will say, however, that the feeders during the season certainly help in locating bucks you want to hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4570930, member: 2805"] Tks for the congrats! Still pretty stoked about this one, and learned a lot in the process. My first buck to have ever killed in South MS, and the largest I've ever seen on the hoof down here. Really cool how that buck learned to avoid hunters by bedding just off a major road and visiting a plot less than 100 yards off that road. Was also my first time to hunt over bait (legal if it's not poured on the ground, and you have to be 100 yards away from the feeder... stupid rule I don't get, honestly- just discriminates against bowhunters). In my limited experience the past 5 weeks, I've found it to be worthless. The initial buck I targeted was hitting the feeder, but never when I was there. The buck I killed was visiting a plot with no feeder within 500 yard radius. There is some argument about feeders just make the deer even more nocturnal and harder, not easier to kill. I think there may be quite a bit of merit to this. Another factor, feeders seem to attract more hunting pressure. Most of the plots that had feeders were the ones with the most pressure on them. Corn certainly isn't a magic bullet, even in late season when all the acorns are gone and browse is limited. I will say, however, that the feeders during the season certainly help in locating bucks you want to hunt. [/QUOTE]
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