Just giving an update on the deer feeder. I ended upchanging the bottom arrangement. We cut a barrel lengthwise and screwed that onto the corner wall of their shed independent from the feeder. So if they bang it only moves the trough and not the feeder so they have not bothered banging it to get it to drop food out. Another problem did arise. I had set the feeder to go off during the nite and apparently this terrorized them to the point they did not want to be their sheds. Well that was a problem for sure. So I eliminated the times during the nite and have it only going off 2 times - at sunrise and then again at 10:30 am. Interesting, that little change and they have settled down quite a bit. They do not like the sound though. Even if I gently imitate that sound they brace their necks and become wide eyed. Just not as extreme as before. They just have not been able to associate or accept the sound as a good thing yet. It is almost as if that sound in their mind is separate from the fact that food pellets seem to appear right after???????? I almost thought I would have to take them out but decided to give it 7 days with new time sets and now they are cautious instead of terrorized. Should be interesting to see if and when they make the connection and relax when it dispenses. Perhaps another 7 days???

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