Back to the original question........ I usually put mineral blocks and feed out staring in april or may. Then around september 1st start feeding corn and pellets. I personally don't hunt over my feeders, but to each there own. I do hunt on trails leading to the feeder, don't see this as being any different as hunting trails leading to food plots, bean fields, or wheat fields! As far as being able to shoot any buck at any time, nothing could be further from the truth. I get several pictures of different bucks at the feeders and quite often never see the deer during daylight hours. More often than not, i think the feeders in my area turn the deer nocturnal since they can come out in the cover of darkness to eat. All the deer I have shot in the past several years have come during the rut when the deer were either following a doe or cruising looking for a doe. And, lastly, this past year was the first time that i actually shot the buck that I wanted to by the pictures i got from my feeders.