After putting up some fencing around my feeders and seeing deer on camera being a little apprehensive about just jumping in I saw this from A&M guys and fixed my issues. Who would have thought a few inches of height would make a difference.
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I am going cut down to 28" or so on the shooting side. My ground blind is at a different grade anyway so I don't think its gonna come into play that much. Had thought about elevating my blind by about 2 feet or so with a platform but I believe I will be fine. Its a 30 - 35 yard shot so the arrow will probably arc over it pretty well. Will have to try and just wait for the right shot opportunity.
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I have not had any issues with the number of deer visiting my feeders that had a pen. I think some would say that older, more mature deer, might not come to the feeder with a pen around it, but that isnt always the case. Each deer is different. I will say that i did cut down several spots in my pen to allow fawn access and those access spots were where a majority of the deer entered. With that being said, if you have a certain spot you want deer to enter from to optimize you opportunity for a shot, I would only cut it down in 1 or 2 spots, that give you the best opportunity for the shot.
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Originally posted by J Wales View PostHave any of you fenced your feeders and seen an increase in deer numbers? A few of our spots have seen a decrease in deer numbers this year, and an increase in pigs...so I am definitely considering fencing them in.
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I fenced all of mine on three different places with hog panels. On one place, before I fenced the hogs were taking over. They would show up at feeding time and lay around for hours after eating all the corn. After I fenced them the deer were back in a couple weeks and the hogs, when they did show, would run a circle around the pen and leave. I’m a firm believer in the need to pen your feeders. All mine are 8 panels, 34” high and have no issues having 5/6 deer in them at the same time.
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