Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 566

I know I've seen many many discussions/opinions on using feeders, and up till last month had never done so. Never needed to. Well guys, I put one behind the house and I gotta tell ya, it keeps the kids excited when you can turn loose in the yard and get treed without going through cutoverg, swamps, briars, etc. I took my 8 year old daughter last night and was treed within 5 miniutes about 500 yards out back...She had a blast and therefor so did I. I figure on keeping the feeder up and just using it once in a while when a young kid wants to go, or I have 2 get up at 4am and need a quick drop. Just figured I share this, as I see it, I'm 4 feeders in certian situations and feeders aren't 4 me in other situations.

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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Louisville, MS
Posts: 503

That is what I use them for. But I learned the hard way you can ruin a dog by turning them out on a feeder too much. they loose there desire to work a hard track. They will always look for an easy one.

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Registered: Apr 2006
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thats great Jay,funny how the kids are always smarter than
us old folk and ask a 100 ??? before they go.i can hear her
now.what are we taken?where we going?we stop at the
hot spot? enjoy they dont stay yong very long.

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Registered: Feb 2009
Location: Newport TN
Posts: 131

i love taking kids with me. i have a 12 year old that hunts with me and he has been going on nite hunts and is wanting to start hunting in youth cast so im gonna hunt my old dog up so he will have a good dog that is easy for him to call.

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Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 566

We went again last night. The hound hit a track(couple hundred yards from feeder) and ran about a quarter mile then fell up treed hard. If your not hunting right at the bucket all the time, so far I don't see a difference than when we raise corn and I turn loose in the corn field. Anyway, huntings been good here in Va...Nights down around 35...Not too cold or hot. I see the trees starting to bud...That means ticks and not seeing a lot of the coons up in the tall timber...Gotta take the good with the bad I guess.

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Registered: Apr 2006
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are feeder buckets or 100 acre cornfields.
this aint no bench show.lol
keep!em in the woods jay

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