How to avoid bumping deer at a feeder?

[ExtremeHunter80]

So, my lovely girlfriend and I met right after Christmas. Her parents had gotten her a bow for Christmas. Her parents have 1500 acres in Cooke County, right on the red river; you can see winstar from out set up. Anyways, we set her up a spot about 3 weeks ago. A mishap with the cows getting in to the pin and that put the feeder out of commission for about a week. So this feeder has been throwing for about two weeks now. I've been given strict orders to let all does walk, since they seem to have too many bucks (I really was astonished when told this). But, after getting the camera up for a week, we had some pretty amazing deer coming in.

This 10:



And this 8:


Along with several others. All of them seem to be coming in right at dark and staying all the way until morning. The only day light photos we have from them staying all night and into the morning.

Which brings up the question of how to get in here without bumping anything. I am starting to lean on only hunting evenings, but I don't know if there's anything else we could do?

[Efren]

I hope you have good stalking skills. Good luck!

[Swampa]

Nice bucks!!! Adjust your feed times. Try only throwing corn in the morning to get them to come when you want

[catslayer]

Just go in evenings EARLY... all you can do imo

[dope hunter]

Set your times where it doesn't throw so much in the evening, so they won't stay all night, and then feed after daylight to try and get them coming while you're there.

[Bowdidley]

Maybe try just hunting your feeder in the evening and try setting up an ambush spot to try and cut them off between the feed and wherever you think they bed at that you can hunt in the morning...I hunt right across the river from you

[seminole1990]

Take the rule of thumb to heed: Deer feed in the evening, and bed during the day. Morning spots are in the woods as you catch the deer headed back to bed. Evening spots are feeding areas-food plots, feeders, etc. Sighting a deer at a feeder in the morning (during your sit) is usually one headed back to bed. So many years I heard--"oh they-moved early" when I would chase deer off of a plot on my morning walk. Fact is they had been there all night! Deer use this pattern often, except of course when they DONT. So much for the 100% predictability of non-humans. Use the rule to play the odds and for management of your time, NOT educating deer. Get into cover away from the feeder to catch them in daylight on their approach. Forget hunting the feeder in the morning. But when the rut hits ALL BETS ARE OFF. Go early, stay late, never sleep.