Blind/stand near feed pen

[peterp63]

What are your thoughts on placing blinds/stands near your feed pens? Some think you should never kill while in the feed pen because the deer will "get smart" and not come back. Others say the deer are too spooky near the feeders, so more difficult to draw back. We have had success hand corning 50-100 yds from the feeder to where our stands are placed.

[peterp63]

And then you could do this (Smart's feed pen, I believe):

[rladner]

Only reason I feed them is to shoot them.

Can't get smart if they are dead

[rladner]

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[DRT]

I don't shoot does at the pen. Hand corn (road feeder) at other stands for doe. Save my pen for the trophy.

[bphillips]

Ill shoot em wherever they give me the best shot.

[AntlerCollector]

I put my feeders out there so I can kill the deer when they come to eat

[ttu1997]

We have feeders that we hunt at approx 35-60 yrds away then we have a centrally located protein feeder we do not hunt near. Older bucks get smart and avoid the feeders once pasture traffic and shooting begins until rut then they check them out but don't usually feed, they just pass by.

We don't do a lot of shooting (guns or bows) on our ranch and we tend to walk in and out depending on conditions/which kid goes etc.

It is interesting to see blinds setup on the pens like the one posted, I like when my neighbors hunt this way. then they complain that they aren't seeing deer.

[flywise]

Some folks think deer have brains like humans and can think logically
I have killed deer in the morning and the afternoon on the same day several times

[AntlerCollector]

Some folks think deer have brains like humans and can think logically
I have killed deer in the morning and the afternoon on the same day several times

I've killed a deer that was standing over a gut pile of a deer I killed 30 minutes before

[flywise]

I've killed a deer that was standing over a gut pile of a deer I killed 30 minutes before

[stxhunter]

I've killed a deer that was standing over a gut pile of a deer I killed 30 minutes before

Shot a doe last year with my rifle, within a couple minutes had a buck come up and check her out. Shot him where he stood. 2 deer down within 5 minutes and still had deer feeding on the road.

Not saying deer don't get smart, but I think sometimes we give them too much credit!

[KLWoodall]

Shot at feeder and never notice decline in numbers. Depends on total pressure I guess.

[bphillips]

Some folks think deer have brains like humans and can think logically
I have killed deer in the morning and the afternoon on the same day several times

Yep


I made a bad shot on a buck a few years ago that was directly under the feeder. Later that year I killed that same buck under the same feeder

[bloodstick]

Hunting in Uvalde 4 years ago, i shot a cayote and let loose 3 more rounds at the rest of the pack as they ran off. 5 minutes later, i shot a doe stading over the yote looking at it. Not 10 minutes later, i had several bucks in the field with the dead doe and yote. You never really know whats going to happen. The buck in my avatar was one of them