Guess I missed it, but how do you "hunt"? Still hunt, stand hunt, combination? I love to still hunt, but on most leases I have to wait until the other guys leave the stand for breakfast - just isn't safe to wander around when people are "locked and loaded". If everybody still hunted, it would be worse. Different areas tend to develop methods that work best, not because the people aren't "hunters" and are looking for an easier way. I'm not much on stands and feeders, either, but accept that in my area, it is what is practical, and works. Maybe that's why it is legal here? From nearly a year with game cameras watching my feeders, here is what I've seen, in order of most common to least common in numbers and sightings:
Squirrels
Grackles
doves
coons
cardinals and various other songbirds
hogs
possums
some neighbor's dogs
somebody's hog dogs
rabbits
deer
bobcat
woodpecker
Seems to me like all the local animal life is enjoying and benefitting from the feeders, and few of them get shot.
