92xj Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Who hunts over a food source for deer other than a growing crop or food plot, ie. feeder, piles of food on ground, salt licks, ect...? If so, whats your success rate? How often do you hunt it? Seen any quality bucks during day light? Would you put a new member to your hunting land in the stand if they have never killed a deer before and wanted their first deer? Would you put them there in the late season after the site has been hunting numerous times before them hunting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 1. I throw corn out on the ground 2. Success rate.....meh 3. Every time I go out 4. Yes, one (several at night on the trail cam) 5. No 6. No Hunting is tough round here..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 We've got several free choice protein feeders that we don't hunt, and also some corn feeders that we do. About the only time you see any mature bucks around the corn feeders is during the rut if they happen to cruise by looking for does. They don't come to the corn feeders to eat. The protein feeders get hit hard by both bucks and does, but we don't hunt them because we want the deer to feel comfortable and safe and hit them as often as possible. Those protein feeders can really help the herd's nutrition, especially during extreme drought conditions like we're seeing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 1. Yep I put out corn here at the house. Also have salt/mineral licks but I do not hunt over them, but I hunt near some of them because they are in high traffic areas. 2. Success in seeing deer is quite good early season, then drops off alot during the rut. Best success is late season in december and January. I will have deer at the corn off and on all day long. 3. Maybe once every couple weeks until after the rut is over because Im hunting other farms. Once december rolls around, 2 or 3 times a week. 4. Not really. This is why i dont hunt the corn pile much till late season and I just want to kill a doe. I have plenty of 2 1/2 year old bucks that are decent 8 or 9 pointers come in daylight, but nothing that I consider a quality buck. Those come at night. 5. Definitely. Put my youngest brother in a stand over the corn to try and get his first bow kill. He saw lots a deer, and missed a 6 pointer. Great way to get a young kid to see deer. 6. No. There are lots of deer coming to it in early season, and Im not hunting there anyways, so they might as well hunt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Who hunts over a food source for deer other than a growing crop or food plot, ie. feeder, piles of food on ground, salt licks, ect...? No legal in MO to bait deer..... Seen any quality bucks during day light? I do dump corning during the winter months AFTER season has closed. Some but not often. Generally more after dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Not legal to hunt over bait here, illegal to hunt over corn or other food dumped on the ground or slung from feeders but people do it. Minerals are not considered bait here and are legal, I do bowhunt a corner where we have a mineral site back at the edge of a food plot and also will cover the entire field from a stand during our gun seasons when I think conditions are right for that setup. Success over food plots, I would say we do ok near the plots. Typically one of the 3 people in our family hunting will kill at least one deer near if not in a food plot pretty well every year. I was blessed to kill good for this area bucks in back to back years that were either crossing a plot or within 75 yards but not in eyeshot of one of our plots. Oldest daughter kills does in our youth hunts for a couple years in a row and we saw numerous deer over the plots including bucks that she opted to pass up. She chose not to take a deer during the youth hunt at home last fall despite having opportunities. She had her mind set on a mature buck. Usually hunt the woods in the mornings and fields where we have plots in the afternoons. Yep, seen a few quality bucks for this area during daylight in plots or staging just in the woods near the edge, usually in the afternoons when the does come out to feed. Yep. I would give a new hunter pretty fair chances to at least see a decent buck mid November if they sat the stand I killed my last two deer out of. Depends on the pressure around us, but probably not during the late season. Things here usually really get bad after the first week of our rifle season due to the number of hunters that line up right behind us. Deer activity on our property drops dramatically and mature deer that are not already nocturnal seem to end up going nocturnal. Best chances for someone to kill a deer here are before the rifle season opens, which is the 19th of November here this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 1. we feed them year round, just till this year we had to stop baiting the last month of the season, but now we can feed the whole season.2. our success rate is great, we also have our feeders at the ends of our food plots along with our mineral stations. we have multible stands set like this so we realy get to hop stands alot. but we see deer at each stand some times not the deer we want to shoot, young bucks and does. 3. yes we all normaly see good shooter bucks during the day... but getting a shot is another thing. 4. yes i would, knowing we have a 3 point rule, [3 points on one side]he would most likely kill a 5 point or better or a doe 5. our late season is bow, our gun ends dec 31 and our bow go's till feb 28th. but either way i wounldnt have a problume letting some one hunt the late season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) Who hunts over a food source for deer other than a growing crop or food plot, ie. feeder, piles of food on ground, salt licks, ect...? Not legal on my home turf in MS but salt licks aren't consider bait there. Have in Texas & Kansas where it is legal. If so, whats your success rate? Salt licks in MS are great for trail cam sets, especially before the season opens. They don't get used much at all during the open season. Only seen one mature buck at a feeder in Texas out of the 6 times I hunted there. We just happened to drive up on one during the day while trying to thin out some does. Seen lots of young bucks, does, & fawns at feeders in TX and after they throw corn with those spinners they use on their trucks. Tried 2 things so far in KS, corn and a special protein blend. Corn was useless. They passed through it like it wasn't there. Too much near there in corn fields I guess. I was real impressed with the protein I used once. Numerous deer passing through to feed or check it out along with some mature bucks passing through to mainly scent check the spot for does. So far no kills but I'm picky. How often do you hunt it? Don't bother hunting salt licks in MS (for that specific purpose) because they don't get used during the fall. I have some stands within sight of some because they are on edges, corners, or funnels but deer I see don't use the mineral licks. During Texas guided hunts they always had feeders running around their lands and spread corn with the feeders on their trucks. Haven't been to TX since 1997 though. Only tried feed twice in KS. Like I said, corn is useless there. Last year was when I tried the special protein stuff that they liked. Seen any quality bucks during day light? Yep...already answered that above. Would you put a new member to your hunting land in the stand if they have never killed a deer before and wanted their first deer? The feed issue doesn't apply here but I have in MS, their guest too! They've killed deer, including an old mature buck last year. The question's not applicable for a TX guided hunt or the lease I share with a few others in KS. Would you put them there in the late season after the site has been hunting numerous times before them hunting it? Again, the feed issue doesn't apply on my home turf in MS but here's my attitude there. I try to let all my stands get some rest between hunts so they aren't burnt out. I don't hunt them when the wind's wrong or allow others to either. So yes, if they have stayed productive for deer sightings. JMHO but when you're hunting with a group that share the same land, it's more fun when everyone takes part in the killing. Everybody gets along a whole lot better. I'm an easy going old fart now though. I was a little more selfish in my younger days. Edited June 29, 2011 by Rhino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2hunt Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Not legal to bait deer at any time in Illinois, which means not even for trail cams in the off season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Who hunts over a food source for deer other than a growing crop or food plot, ie. feeder, piles of food on ground, salt licks, ect...? I have hunted over bait in the past, but abandoned the practice. After seeing what it does to both the deer and the shooters it wasn't hard to do. If so, whats your success rate? I killed a few deer over bait. Some earn a buck doe and one buck. How often do you hunt it? When baiting was first allowed I'd hunt it every other day or so. Seen any quality bucks during day light? The one that I killed was a good one. The spot was a dormant crab apple tree baited once with apples from another tree. He came in at last light. Other than that there were few good bucks in daylight. 1.5 year old dinks and scrubs with young and dumb antlerless deer. Mature doe were quick to avoid baited sites. Would you put a new member to your hunting land in the stand if they have never killed a deer before and wanted their first deer? Depends who it is and I really know them. Been there and done that. Burns a bit when kindness turns to being taken advantage of. Would you put them there in the late season after the site has been hunting numerous times before them hunting it? Again, it depends on the person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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