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I have 5 monster bucks coming at night to my bait pile. I was wondering how to get them coming in during the day. I only have 16 more days left in our bow season. Is it possible?

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As said, cold and snow are the key to getting them to come in to the bait pile at shootable times. And like Captonion said, if you cut down on the bait it will force them to come in earlier. If the weather falls into place for you and you do your part you should be able to pull it off.


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Thanks for the good info guys. I will start putting less corn and molassis and apples. I am currently putting a 5 gallon pail with apples and corn mixture
 
moose565 said:
Thanks for the good info guys. I will start putting less corn and molassis and apples. I am currently putting a 5 gallon pail with apples and corn mixture
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Way too much....Putting that much out they have no need to come out earlier as there will still be stuff whenever thay decide to come..Putting less out will leave the deer that come later without....This will bring them in earlier...Best to start right away, because there isn't alot of time left.
 
I use a 1lb coffee can to measure my feed with. I use 1 can maybe 1 1/2 can at a time. I put the feed out earlier in the day (mid morning) since I dont usually hunt untill early afternoon. Even if Im not going to hunt for a few days I will try to get feed out at about the same time. I think this keeps the deer close and kinda get them coming by at about the same time.

It does seem to work for me.
 
Every day...They can smell if it was baited that day or not, so its best to bait every day so it doen't throw them off..Regularity is the key to keep the deer in a patern.
 
Lets see the pics!



we need really cold weather. That will get them moving earlier. You have 5 bucks that are going to be refueling themselves now after a couple ruts, your chances are high ONE of them is going to not be able to resist the urge to come eat before nightfall sometime.


Put in the time, you will be rewarded.
 
I'd just wait them out a bit longer. Less food and bait in the early AM. Also maybe try some kind of areosol or scent stick attractant? Anything to get them out of bed.
 
Take and make it tougher to get into the bait. They know it will be there, make them work to get at it a bit more. Also if you any small trees around your bait bend them over so the deer can lick the braches, this will make them stay longer and come sooner. Especially since you have more than one buck coming to the bait, they will all want their sent to be the last one on the tree.
Good luck.
 
Doe bleats will get em interested.Maybe some estrous scent to guide them to a particular shooting lane.

Even if the rut is over they will still respond to an un-mated doe that could be still willing.


xeon said:
I'd just wait them out a bit longer. Less food and bait in the early AM. Also maybe try some kind of areosol or scent stick attractant? Anything to get them out of bed.
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Some of ours have gone under ground , I would like to get an electronic feeder next year to. I dont have many (7ish) coming into that location and I think thats part of the issue. (they were coming in starting 3ish) Also they are educated due to some one shooting there siblings :) yet a friend baiting another location where there must be 30+ deer coming in, bait is gone fast. There roaming though out the day looking for a free meal. We have shot deer there left and seen deer on the game cam roughly 30 mins after leaving the area
 
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