I put a feeder out once in a spot I had just been dumping the corn on the ground. Had bucks coming to the pile on a regular basis at night. After the feeder was up and running never had a single buck come back to it for the month the feeder was there. Took the feeder out and they came back...
I guess how well they adapt to a feeder will depend on the deer and location and I think it can vary even by location within the same farm.
Beentown, you can program run lengths of 0-20 secs for each of the 6 feed time settings on those Moultries.
I'll let you know how the beans work out, I would rather feed something that is more beneficial to the deer than corn.
I feed at 10 AM and 3 PM and there is never a kernel of corn left by morning. between the deer, turkeys, birds, and coons they clean it up. I have had great success using a Purina Deer Block at each feeder. There is always a snack available even if the corn from the feeder has been eaten. The bucks really seem to like the blocks.
I had one area on the farm where the bucks were not very receptive to a feeder being put up where they were used to finding food on the ground. However I have only found that in one location so far and it may not repeat if I put one back there again.
I put up a new feeder in November (date wrong in pic) in an area that I had never fed in any manner. The very first night I had a buck at the feeder. From the pics it took him almost 2 hrs to actually commit to come close enough to eat some corn. He then became a regular, even during daylight hrs. I had at least 8 different bucks on that feeder within a week, including the picture of the 10 that was mating the doe. It sure didn't take them long to accept that feeder in that area.
This was the first night in an area where I know these deer have never seen a feeder in their lives.
