What is to much feed?

[TalonErickson7]

I have always wondered this hunting a small property 65 acres or so.
Can you over feed a place? Say you have 3 food plots equaling out to 3 acres total and 3 feeders total. Is it possible to over feed a place to where the deer have so much food they just go nocturnal and feed at night? Might be a dumb question but I always question myself

[Flint knapper]

Grow it and they will come!

[BrandonA]

I would rather over feed than under. And an legend of TBH ( tuthdoc ) convinced me there is no such thing as a nocturnal deer. You just have to find where he is during the day.

[AntlerCollector]

If you had a 65 acre food plot it wouldn't hurt the deer. You can't "over feed" them. IMO

[Geezy Rider]

Well maybe you could, just maybe.

[Capt.Bryan]

The only problems I see with having 3 feeders running on small acreage are as follows.

1. Your playing checkers with the deer, you go to location #1 and they go to location 2 and 3.

2. The location of the 3 stand locations would have me believe there is no right wind to hunt them without blowing the deer completely off of the property. Your approach to one set may send your scent right into the bedding area for the other 2 locations.

3. I feel you would have better luck leaving half of the property as a sanctuary and hand corning the edge of a thicket or under a big oak and only hunting it under favorable wind. The second a mature deer feels pressure from you walking around to your 3 stand locations they will leave or turn nocturnal. The other half of your property set your automatic feeder up for hunting in less than favorable winds. Just make sure there is no way for them to circle behind you in your setup.

4. Read the garguy thread on pressured deer are easy to pattern and listen to everything he says and you will have better success on small property deer.

[unclefish]

The only problems I see with having 3 feeders running on small acreage are as follows.

1. Your playing checkers with the deer, you go to location #1 and they go to location 2 and 3.

2. The location of the 3 stand locations would have me believe there is no right wind to hunt them without blowing the deer completely off of the property. Your approach to one set may send your scent right into the bedding area for the other 2 locations.

3. I feel you would have better luck leaving half of the property as a sanctuary and hand corning the edge of a thicket or under a big oak and only hunting it under favorable wind. The second a mature deer feels pressure from you walking around to your 3 stand locations they will leave or turn nocturnal. The other half of your property set your automatic feeder up for hunting in less than favorable winds. Just make sure there is no way for them to circle behind you in your setup.

4. Read the garguy thread on pressured deer are easy to pattern and listen to everything he says and you will have better success on small property deer.

Agree 1000%!

I would not hunt right on the plot either.....hunt the trails that lead to it. Sounds like they've got you patterned. They've got to feel secure where they are eating so the thicker around the plot the better.

[JW]

What is to much feed?

You can never provide too much. You can provide to little in the way of sanctuary, food and water sources.

[Matt_C]

The only problems I see with having 3 feeders running on small acreage are as follows.

1. Your playing checkers with the deer, you go to location #1 and they go to location 2 and 3.

2. The location of the 3 stand locations would have me believe there is no right wind to hunt them without blowing the deer completely off of the property. Your approach to one set may send your scent right into the bedding area for the other 2 locations.

3. I feel you would have better luck leaving half of the property as a sanctuary and hand corning the edge of a thicket or under a big oak and only hunting it under favorable wind. The second a mature deer feels pressure from you walking around to your 3 stand locations they will leave or turn nocturnal. The other half of your property set your automatic feeder up for hunting in less than favorable winds. Just make sure there is no way for them to circle behind you in your setup.

4. Read the garguy thread on pressured deer are easy to pattern and listen to everything he says and you will have better success on small property deer.

Also, my two cents.

1 feeder throwing corn.

3 food plots at 1 acre each
1st plot I would run winter wheat mixed with Eagle Seed Soybeans (not production beans)

2nd plot I would run a spring plot of oats or a broadside blend.

3rd plot I would a late planting of eagle seed soybeans so that they are green in December.

The single biggest change you can make to your deer heard that you control is food plots. Improve the soil and you'll improve your deer heard and hold them.

Also, you may want to plant some radishes/turnips. Now, it may take a year or two for the deer to discover them but when they do watch out. They tear them up. The soybeans for late winter are really a gold mine.

[gusman]

Imo no you cant, maybe you need to feed more...

[TalonErickson7]

The only problems I see with having 3 feeders running on small acreage are as follows.

1. Your playing checkers with the deer, you go to location #1 and they go to location 2 and 3.

2. The location of the 3 stand locations would have me believe there is no right wind to hunt them without blowing the deer completely off of the property. Your approach to one set may send your scent right into the bedding area for the other 2 locations.

3. I feel you would have better luck leaving half of the property as a sanctuary and hand corning the edge of a thicket or under a big oak and only hunting it under favorable wind. The second a mature deer feels pressure from you walking around to your 3 stand locations they will leave or turn nocturnal. The other half of your property set your automatic feeder up for hunting in less than favorable winds. Just make sure there is no way for them to circle behind you in your setup.

4. Read the garguy thread on pressured deer are easy to pattern and listen to everything he says and you will have better success on small property deer.

Good information thank you

[ShawnG]

All makes sense to me

[d_e_smith]

Overfeeding can lead to its own set of rooting, squealing problems. Getting to where I'd rather plant a few plots and leave everything else out of the equation.

[AntlerCollector]

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From what I've been told and have read (no real world experience)... 3 acres worth of food is not much when the deer are fighting against pigs. If you have hogs (which is likely), you'll need more acreage to make a real difference in their diet. That's if this is what you mean by too much feed.

I am personally beginning to see the negative of having too many feeders. The deer simply have too many choices, which sucks if you can't fill all of the stands. Next year I'm eliminating 1-2 feeders and going back to good old hand corn.