I’m thinking about using 2 of my gravity feeders to feed corn next to my protein feeders and using my corn slingers on my circle traps to keep the hogs coming on a steady pattern. I’ve done it before with the hog traps and it works well. The reason I want to take the slingers out of the feed pens is because the hogs are still working the outside of the pens because of the few kernels that are slung outside. My question is do y’all think that it would allow the deer to become totally nocturnal being that both protein and corn is available throughout the night?
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I have used both methods and found that the deer are going to eat when they want to no mater when the feeder turns on. I also noticed more deer coming to the free choice feeder. That also means filling it up a lot more. The only reason I put up a timed feeder was to cut back on the amount of corn I was buying.
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As you know Terry, we feed cottonseed year round down South. My pens are big enough that my spinners do not throw corn outside the pens. However late in the year and into Spring, the dang doves get so bad they get most of the corn, so soon as I'm done hunting, I set my spinners to go off at about 8:45PM and again about 4:45AM. This gives the deer a fair shot at it before the doves swoop in. Now about middle of September, I change my feed times for the corn back to daylight and dusk. I don't really think it changes the deer's feeding habits a bit. All this does is allow them first shot at the corn. This does work well for us because the doves are much less prevalent around the feeders.
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Originally posted by U.S.ArmyRetired View PostDo any of you guys use the Bossbuck gravity feeders? If so, how do they hold up to coons and squirrels? I thought about getting 1 for my 40 acres in Harrison County because I can feed corn, soybeans, protein anything through 1 feeder.
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