rleefelt Posted November 19, 2007 Report Posted November 19, 2007 I leave for SE. Kansas on the monday after Thanksgiving. Rifle is sighted in, hunting clothes are packed, truck filled with gas. It will be interesting to actually hunt deer, not just wait for them to come to a feeder and be harvested. With rifle season only ten days long, the hunt will be from dawn to dusk. Will let everyone know the outcome when I get back.
tvc184 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Posted November 19, 2007 I have never killed a buck under a feeder although I have killed a few does that way. I do think that killing does is akin to harvesting since it isn't a trophy hunt anyway. A doe is just a meat hunt and for management to keep from overpopulating. Most of the bigger bucks that I have ever seen were not at a feeder. They are walking in more dense areas and skirting around the areas of a feeder looking for does. Most of the time I consider does to be the actual bait. The biggest deer that I have ever seen was in a trip to south Texas for a four day hunt and I sure didn't have a feeder but I did scatter some corn on the ground to slow 'em down. I think hunting feeders is overrated unless it is one of the guided hunts like in south Texas.Good luck with the hunt. I am looking forward to seeing a picture of a trophy posted on here.
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