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Only one buck who seems to be the 8-Point from the last video showed up on 7-19 then on 7-20 we had a lot more activity. In total four bucks are seen two large 8-Points I now call “the brothers” a smaller 8-point and a 6-point.

In addition to the raccoons you may also notice a rabbit as it begins to get lighter tward the end of the photos. He starts under the feeder and then ends up off to the right as the deer come back to the feeder. Life is tough for mountain rabbits they are never as big or as fat as field rabbits, may be this little guy will fatten up a bit on the corn?

The game camera is a Bushnell 8MP Trail Camera with Built In Color Viewer I got it at WalMart and here it is on their website.   http://bit.ly/ppp1FJ

I can’t find it anywhere else so I am not sure if this model is perhaps made for WalMart by Bushnell or something to that effect, it isn’t even on Bushnell’s own site. I can tell you based on my experience thus far I think any of the Bushnell cameras are a good investment. Make sure you budget in money for the memory card though.

I just love the way the one big 8 sort of ghosts away at the end. The music playing is “Born Country” by Alabama. I figured that this would make a better youtube video than just a bunch of stills. I run the camera on stills on occasion because it doesn’t provide time stamps when set to video.

I did a video in the past of the Moultrie Deer Feeder that I have on my property.  Many people liked it but a few made what I consider stereotypical comments about how feeders are akin to shooting fish in a barrel.

As I post videos from the feeder I hope to dispel some of these myths.  Feeders in and off themselves don’t turn deer into highly conditioned trained pets.

That said Deer can become highly conditioned to feeders if…

• The land owner controls large tracts of land
• The land owner feeds heavily year round and
• The land owner maintains a deer density beyond what the land can support with out feeding

In such situations I have seen deer literally run in like dogs to a can opener when the feeder goes off.  In my situation I have 5 acres and only about 3 is dense woodland.  There are thousands of acres of private land around me and I only have access to a neighbors adjoining 5.  My feeder in this environment is nothing but an additional feed source among many others.

In the following video you will see one large buck, this is the only deer that visited the feeder (which has been in operation for months now) in a 24 hour period, he was there in the pitch dark at around 3:15 AM.  Feeders can be effective, but they are not magic and only a tool.  This deer will likely remain largely nocturnal, especially the moment he feels any hunting pressure.

Hopefully this series will be both educational and entertaining.  Who knows what we will see as the series progresses.  I also wonder if the raccoon in this episode knows how fond I am of raccoon stew?