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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1330276" data-attributes="member: 4319">That&#039;s the main reason we don&#039;t hunt feeders. I see them more as a disadvantage than an advantage in 95% of situations. The negatives outweigh any positives to me. I definitely won&#039;t call a feeder &quot;cheating&quot;, I&#039;d be quicker to call it a gimmick. A good hunter is not going to say a feeder is why he kills mature bucks any more than the color of his socks.Definitely not a huge advantage, and has enough disadvantages for me not to be interested. He never said it wasn&#039;t ethical, just he &quot;didn&#039;t get it&quot;.I know a wealthy family that hunts a huge, highly managed chunk of land. They are the only people I know to consistently score on mature bucks off feeders (because of light hunting pressure and because of the management, otherwise I think feeders are a disadvantage at hunting mature bucks outside the odd buck checking them for does in the rut.)Point being, they sit in box blinds all day listening to radios and whatnot, watching huge bucks until they find one they want to kill to add to the dozens they have mounted. I wouldn&#039;t call it unethical, but I sure as hell &quot;don&#039;t get it&quot;. I&#039;d rather not even go hunting than hunt with them, despite their big bucks. It has no appeal, excitement or interest to me. They video tape their deer and sit around talking about whether they should shoot them next time. I don&#039;t &quot;get&quot; that. There are no surprises in their hunting, it&#039;s like it&#039;s scripted.On a side note, legal does not equal ethical....and ethical does not always equal legal. I think we all know that. There is no law saying you can&#039;t shoot a deers leg off on purpose during legal season, but I would say doing so is unethical.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1330276, member: 4319"] That's the main reason we don't hunt feeders. I see them more as a disadvantage than an advantage in 95% of situations. The negatives outweigh any positives to me. I definitely won't call a feeder "cheating", I'd be quicker to call it a gimmick. A good hunter is not going to say a feeder is why he kills mature bucks any more than the color of his socks. Definitely not a huge advantage, and has enough disadvantages for me not to be interested. He never said it wasn't ethical, just he "didn't get it". I know a wealthy family that hunts a huge, highly managed chunk of land. They are the only people I know to consistently score on mature bucks off feeders (because of light hunting pressure and because of the management, otherwise I think feeders are a disadvantage at hunting mature bucks outside the odd buck checking them for does in the rut.) Point being, they sit in box blinds all day listening to radios and whatnot, watching huge bucks until they find one they want to kill to add to the dozens they have mounted. I wouldn't call it unethical, but I sure as hell "don't get it". I'd rather not even go hunting than hunt with them, despite their big bucks. It has no appeal, excitement or interest to me. They video tape their deer and sit around talking about whether they should shoot them next time. I don't "get" that. There are no surprises in their hunting, it's like it's scripted. On a side note, legal does not equal ethical....and ethical does not always equal legal. I think we all know that. There is no law saying you can't shoot a deers leg off on purpose during legal season, but I would say doing so is unethical. [/QUOTE]

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