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Do you not understand the difference between a deer feeder and streaming chum behind your boat. That is, unless you chum for weeks before dropping your line.

The feeder boys here in Texas feed for weeks prior to deer season. They then, from a blind 20 feet from the feeder, shoot an animal that's been hitting the feeder for weeks.

Oh, they're tough and cunning hunters all right. This is not hunting. It's pathetic.

Can you imagine using this method?

Here's how deer hunting works in Texas.

1. Pay about $2500+ to get on a lease.

2. The lease is a containment where deer are raised like livestock.

3. The fence on the lease is about 10' high - keeps the deer in.

4. Set up your feeder and run it for 3-4 weeks (or more).

5. Camo up after sucking down your latte.

6. Climb into your blind.

7. Shoot from 20 feet away.

8. Slap this sticker on your F150 and pretend to be a man.

I grew up hunting for food in Minnesota. We hunted - did not use feeders. This involved tracking, studying sign and actually knowing our game. This crap the guys do here in Texas is unbelievable.

1. Chumming is the same concept as a feeder. Feeder is conditioning an animal to come to a specific location. This takes time to condition. Chumming however works quick and doesn't need conditioning because you are dropping fresh blood and meat into the water. Both produce the same affect.

2. A feeder on a private ranch is no different then a trough set up at a farm. This, Live-Shot.com is a private ranch. These are not wild animals being tricked. They are raised for slaughter. There is no difference between pointing and clicking for purchase then pointing and clicking to shoot.

I grew up hunting for food in Minnesota. We hunted - did not use feeders. This involved tracking, studying sign and actually knowing our game. This crap the guys do here in Texas is unbelievable.

Different conditions require different methods. However, while I don't know, I'll bet the local tribes used some variation on baiting. Even an Indian couldn't sneak up on a deer in the dry conditions here. That forces one to the "blind" method. I'm sure they would locate their blinds near the animals feeding areas. Deer are not an endangered species in Texas. They are more like rats with antlers (and not much bigger in some cases. In San Antonio there are neighborhoods, well within the city, that are infested with the critters. We're talking ordinary suburban type neighborhoods, not acreages or the sort of places where politicians and entertainers live.