How many feeders do you run?

[7sdad]

1 corn timed feeder and 1 200 lb free choice protein feeder at 2 locations.

[Mudslinger]

4 right now, but will increase to 5 next year. Have one behind the house for viewing deer. The others are within walking distance of my front door! 2 on each place, 100 acres and 140 acres.

[mikemorvan]

I run one corn feeder and one timed protein feeder x 3 feed pens, round feed pens, as large as i can make, with places cut down in the cattle panels for deer to jump in, with one of the panels as a gate to back truck into pen to fill feeders, with solar chargers on the batteries so the batteries don't run down too often, with West Texas Feeders coon cages to keep the coons out of the corn timers, Triple C timers, that's about it....

[lilavidhunter]

500 acres. 9 Hang em High corn feeders, 2 Protein Feeders.

[Sticks&Strings]

26- 2000lb corn feeders. One at each stand. About half of those have protein but they don't stay full. Can't afford to feed them unlimited. They will clean out 1000 pounds per feeder per week if we kept them full. They get filled once a month.

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[Big pig]

I have 1,000 lb corn feeders and 1,000 lb protein feeders at each hunting spot.

Running two smaller ones just gives you two chances of having one fail. In your scenario, if one stops feeding you’re still gonna run out of corn before you go back.

What? Odds of both my two feeders failing between trips is slimmer than one failing.

One morning/one evening. Corn lasts as long as single feeder twice the size. Rather have one running once a day than none running.

During season I have both feeding twice a day on opposite sides of the blind. Deer walk from one to the other, but some deer don’t.

I even have two house feeders. Some deer don’t visit both here either.

[peterp63]

For each setup I run 2-3 corn feeders out different shooting lanes, 1 timed protein, and cotton seed. The protein, cotton seed and 1 corn feeder is penned. It’s neat to watch the dominant buck push the other around but he can’t be at all feeders at once so keeps everyone within range.

[glen]

Just 1 but try to hand corn as much as possible in the areas as well. Deer seem to be way more relaxed on hand corn or road feeder than around a feeder. Plus don’t have that one deer that pushes everything away. As far as hogs it doesn’t seem to matter when they show up everything leaves.

[chillymac]

For each setup I run 2-3 corn feeders out different shooting lanes, 1 timed protein, and cotton seed. The protein, cotton seed and 1 corn feeder is penned. It’s neat to watch the dominant buck push the other around but he can’t be at all feeders at once so keeps everyone within range.

I like to run 2 that are about 70 yards apart, they go back and fourth alot. with 1 feeder the does run off and dont come back when the bucks start putting presure on

[Benno]

When I had feeders, I had 2 running about 100yrds apart. Mainly for the deer to have more room and 1 dominant doe not be able to keep other deer away. Now feeders are gone, built a large pen and just dump bags of corn in every week. Protein feeders are in the woods away from stands, I don’t hunt over protein.

[PassnItOn]

2 corn feeders at each location about 50 yds apart, one inside a pen the other no pen.

[M.LUNA]

I dont like to utilize feeders to hunt deer, and we don't typically have mature bucks go anywhere near the feeders. But I do use them for the kids and I always put up a bow stand over them for the pigs. I will pour mineral on stumps or old logs in the more secluded areas and the mature bucks and boars will periodically visit them. They have so much to freaking eat where I'm at in North TX that feed doesn't really attract them.

[SwampBuck]

Depends on location. Some places I’ve hunted you may as well not even hunt a feeder during daylight except when bucks are cruising and the does are frequenting the feeders.

Some places I’ve used up to 3 or 4 depending on the area and view just to help scatter out the deer better.

For what it’s worth, from what I’ve experienced each Buck can have a different personality to them. I’ve had deer that through the span of their years hardly showed up at any feeder. Can almost count the times on hand, then Ive had some that grew old as dirt and were always at the feeder, practically sitting under them when they went off.

[imyomama]

2 on the off season to slam pigs , only evening throw ... one at every hunting spot during season twice a day. my experience if you're hunting horns however , most of them seem to only go to feeders after season is over ... they'd rather eat acorn and pecans and chase does ... i usually hunt rubs for horns ...

[Maxlab]

1 stand 3 feeders for each sendero.