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We decided not to lease the place in Strawn, again, this year. Too much money to be surrounded by hunters that won't let a deer live past 3.5yo. They are also putting in a wind farm on the acreage, they have about 20 sites surveyed off, and two sites that are within shooting distance of where our blind was at. Don't blame the rancher, he could use the money.

CHIEF Jr. has a buddy that he wake surfs with every Thursday, he works at Rough Creek Lodge. The perks out there are killer. He gets 50% off of anything he purchases. He, CHIEF Jr. and another couple of friends went on an Upland Gamebird hunt last Thursday, and it was $225/person with no limit on birds, just a limit on time. They shot five pheasant, four chukars, and thirty one quail. They clean, vacuum seal, and flash freeze them for you. So a really good deal. I'm going next time.

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Rough Creek is the first deer lease I can ever remember our family leasing. A lot of great stories. Its were the "shocked bird dog" story happened that I've told on here. We had a thousand acres to deer hunt, and 10,000 acres to quail hunt. The lakes had never really been fished when we leased it.

I think we are going to do their Ultimate Rod and Gun Club with what we would have spent on the deer lease.

https://www.roughcreek.com/memberships/ultimate-rod-gun-club/

The high school buddy that works out there is the head bartender, he said he would comp any drinks we ever ordered, which would sweeten the pot.

We can hunt deer at the Lodge, but CHIEF Jr. and I both have other places to hunt. He has a spot in Mason, I have one in Iowa Park, near Wichita Falls. I will have a better chance of killing something big. My buddy, up there, shot an 8 1/2 year old with his bow on Tuesday that scored 168 (on the decline), and weighed 277 on the hoof.

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What time do you East TX hunters set your feeders for the mornings? I feel like last year we had ours way too early for the first few weeks. Sitting in the dark for 40+ minutes after going off. 

It wasn't what I'd consider light enough to shoot until about 5 minutes past 7 this morning. I'm thinking maybe 6:45 am for now, adjust to 6 am after the time change, and then nudge it up to 6:20 or so after Thanksgiving? Currently going off at 5:45 in the evenings, but will probably adjust to ~4:30 after the time change. Making a quick trip up Saturday to top off feeders and set the feed schedule.

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Was at my buddies place over the weekend near Nacodoches. I put out a feeder to hunt during gun season. I set it for 7:30 and 4:30 so you will be in stand when feeder goes off. If too early the hogs will get there first and eat all the corn

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5 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

What time do you East TX hunters set your feeders for the mornings? I feel like last year we had ours way too early for the first few weeks. Sitting in the dark for 40+ minutes after going off. 

It wasn't what I'd consider light enough to shoot until about 5 minutes past 7 this morning. I'm thinking maybe 6:45 am for now, adjust to 6 am after the time change, and then nudge it up to 6:20 or so after Thanksgiving? Currently going off at 5:45 in the evenings, but will probably adjust to ~4:30 after the time change. Making a quick trip up Saturday to top off feeders and set the feed schedule.

Many an argument has ensued at a deer lease over feeder times.  Throw in DST changes. and it can be downright comical. 

I've gotten lazy.  I leave all my feeders set on standard time year round.  I run them from October 1 through the end of doe season.  Morning feed at 7:30, afternoon feed at 4:30.  So, 8:30 and 5:30 right now.  We're in western Kimble County, and I used the sunrise / sunset for the winter solstice as my guide.  I think it was roughly 7:30 AM for sunrise and 5:45 for sunset.  So, shooting light is 7 AM - 6:15 PM.  I HATE when the feeder spins before first light.  And, I wanted to set the afternoon time late enough for me to make it in the stand before it goes off on a Friday afternoon.  

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2 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

Many an argument has ensued at a deer lease over feeder times.  Throw in DST changes. and it can be downright comical. 

I've gotten lazy.  I leave all my feeders set on standard time year round.

"But the time is wrong......." is my favorite fight.......as if they deer are checking setting their watches back and then checking the time.

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Yeah, I set mine on fall back time, whichever one that is. Ain't nobody got time to be changing the clock settings on their feeders. I am lucky if I am able to keep them full and the batteries charged up. 

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20 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

Many an argument has ensued at a deer lease over feeder times.  Throw in DST changes. and it can be downright comical. 

I've gotten lazy.  I leave all my feeders set on standard time year round.  I run them from October 1 through the end of doe season.  Morning feed at 7:30, afternoon feed at 4:30.  So, 8:30 and 5:30 right now.  We're in western Kimble County, and I used the sunrise / sunset for the winter solstice as my guide.  I think it was roughly 7:30 AM for sunrise and 5:45 for sunset.  So, shooting light is 7 AM - 6:15 PM.  I HATE when the feeder spins before first light.  And, I wanted to set the afternoon time late enough for me to make it in the stand before it goes off on a Friday afternoon.  

Consistency is key.  Personally I like a slightly longer throw time, but that burns through more feed.  So if you have the means, feed those brown bastages as much and often as you can

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On 10/14/2025 at 4:34 PM, Anastasis said:
I like the concept behind the Moultrie feed hub set up, but hate the monthly per feeder fee. I already get bled out enough on the spypoint camera data plans. 


I just bought on of these on sale at Avademy and didn’t research before hand. I thought it was Bluetooth connected for setup too. Nope gotta be cell connected. I’ll use it this season then buy a $35 manual controller for next year. I need to buy another and won’t get the connected version next go around. I paid $150 and it has the solar panel already so I’m OK with it for now.   

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Buddy has a place outside of Nacogdoches they’ve been hunting for years and since retiring earlier this summer, I’ve  went a few times to help out with trail clear, mowing and feeder work.   I went last weekend to do a little squirrel hunting and hang out a bit.

Old school camp back in the woods

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Strips and pepper redfish on the half shell for Friday nights supper

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Got a couple of squirrels with dad’s 22/410 Savage Saturday.  My buddy killed 4 so we have enough for squirrel dumplings next trip.

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Catfish, fries and hushpupies for Saturday nights supper

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We only killed two squirrels Sunday morning.

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On 10/14/2025 at 8:15 AM, Storm the Field said:

What time do you East TX hunters set your feeders for the mornings? I feel like last year we had ours way too early for the first few weeks. Sitting in the dark for 40+ minutes after going off. 

It wasn't what I'd consider light enough to shoot until about 5 minutes past 7 this morning. I'm thinking maybe 6:45 am for now, adjust to 6 am after the time change, and then nudge it up to 6:20 or so after Thanksgiving? Currently going off at 5:45 in the evenings, but will probably adjust to ~4:30 after the time change. Making a quick trip up Saturday to top off feeders and set the feed schedule.

6:45 and 4:15. I like to get in early to get settled. If they eat in the dark, no biggie. I’ll throw out another small bucket full to keep them around. None of it matters if I have to shit.

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10 hours ago, davidg said:

Buddy has a place outside of Nacogdoches they’ve been hunting for years and since retiring earlier this summer, I’ve  went a few times to help out with trail clear, mowing and feeder work.   I went last weekend to do a little squirrel hunting and hang out a bit.

Old school camp back in the woods

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IMG_2560.thumb.jpeg.e26f0410645851b6741505b81142af30.jpeg
 

Strips and pepper redfish on the half shell for Friday nights supper

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Got a couple of squirrels with dad’s 22/410 Savage Saturday.  My buddy killed 4 so we have enough for squirrel dumplings next trip.

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Catfish, fries and hushpupies for Saturday nights supper

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We only killed two squirrels Sunday morning.

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If you listen close enough, you can hear Dueling Banjos coming from those pictures.

 

Look funs as hell.

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