Let us know if the eliminators help. I have exclusion cages on my corn spinners that keep the coons out. If you see deer on your place, you have enough deer to use the protein. If you only have the mechanism open for 1 minute twice a day, it just fills the feeder head, a total of maybe 5 pounds of feed. Deer really guzzle protein, they’ll finish that off in a day. I had custom hoppers built and I use the Hammer feeder mechanism, which is basically a timer, a linear actuator, and a gate valve: http:// http://www.thehammerfeeder.com I posted a few links to other timed protein feeders a few pages back. (All Seasons, Lamco, Krivoman) I’m a huge believer in timed protein. I don’t have the budget/time to feed free choice. I’ve heard guys say “if you don’t feed free choice you might as well not do anything.”, which I file away with a bunch of other nonsense deer management BS I’ve heard over the years. My low fence deer have made big improvements on timed protein.