east texas problem

[hoytfamily41]

Im having a little problem on my lease i have. We been throwing corn for 4 months now and we started getting pics of deer coming to them, now we cant buy a deer to come around the feeders. There are some hogs coming to certain feeders so the deer dont have a chance but the other feeders arent getting touched. We see deer on roads or openings, so i know they are there. Anyone have suggestions on getting them to the feeders or should i just be patient.

[Triple 7]

feed pens might help, but right now the deer dont have to go to the feeders.

[Zen Archery]

Ditto above! Patience also. Property I'm on is loaded with deer (we don't hunt them). I see deer eating a lot of natural forage and vegetation right now. A handful come to the hog feeder I've got set up for dessert but most of them are fattening themselves up on natures bounty. Wait til it all dies off you'll see them return. They know its there just give it time!

[freak-nasty]

you need to have 2 set-ups. 1 for deer with a pen around it to keep the hogs from spreading their musk around and 1 in a distant location without for hog hunting. I checked my feeders in val verde last weekend and I had corn piled up under the feeders. Alot of browse out there right now!

[hoytfamily41]

thanks alot guys. i guess im getting to anxious to get deer on my cam and see what survived from last year. im new to this land so i dont know much about the past of when and where the deer go this time of year.

[SFAthumper]

patience is key this time of year. It is very easy to become frustrated when deer stop showing up this time of year. To accompany the amount of browse that was mentioned above, deer (bucks and does alike) are going through physiological changes and stress periods that cuase them to be less active than other parts of the year. As bucks are preparing to harden out their antlers, their body has to allocate the material needed from other areas of the body. you could call it a form of osteoporosis.

Does are raising young and trying to allocate their resources to this effort while also preparing to start their fall / winter coat.

hang in there!

[Death from Above]

There is A LOT out there for them to right now. We did one of our surveys this past Tuesday. Saw maybe 12 deer......this time next month we will be seeing 25 to 30 on a night count.

[HandiKap Bowhunter]

They dont need the corn. Enough food out and about for them as it is right now. Heck I have trees at my house that have never produced a acorn in the 6 yrs I have lived in the hill country that I noticed were loaded with them last night. I got a good idea of a couple stand locals now.

[nursehunter]

3ft hog panels,they cant get under them.kill one and they go away for awhile,and the deer will come after they have eaten the natural brouse

[bigbad243]

Same at my lease. To much food for them to come to feeders right now. A few will come but not as many are normally there. I drive around in the evenings and seen tons of deer eating browse on the edge of fields.

[splitfinger]

I have 3 set-ups with only 1 having a gravity feeder. The deer, coons and squirrels are eating about 100# each week out of the gravity feeder and I have about 8 bucks and 6-8 does/fawns coming to it. The gravity feeder is the ticket right now as I don't have near as much traffic with the spin feeders. Only a few does and an occassional buck are coming to the spin feeders.

We don't have any hogs so that is not an issue for me.

Best of luck. Hope you figure it out.

[hoytfamily41]

I have a gravity feeder going just dont have a cam on it and the corn seems to be going fast. Thanks for all the help. Things should start getting

[rem788]

I think it is the same everywhere. We have acorn falling by the millions on our place and there are thousands of acres of corn that was just cut, so they really have no reason to go to the feeders. We still see a few here and there but not too many. I think when we start getting some good rain the corn and stuff will start to rot and you may see more then.