In my area, first few days of bow season are your best opportunities to kill a big buck. No one has been messing with them for months. It's hard to pass on that first big nanny that comes struttin in to your feeder but it can pay off. Big bucks will come to feeders early in the season. I find I have better success in bringing them in because I don't use an electric feeder. I cut a hole in the bottom of a 55 gal plastic barrel and let it gravity feed and it holds about 5 sacks of corn. I think the commotion of electric feeder keeps the big bucks away. They are in a routine of doing the same thing just about every day. Once rifle opens, they are hard to find until the rut.
My guests usually thin out plenty of does for me.
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