Late bow season, doe only

[gt2003]

I haven't hunted much this year because of many distractions.  I'm really wanting to take a doe with my bow before bow season ends on 1/15.  Today I set up a feeder that feeds twice per day, 8am and 4pm.  I raked the leaves away from the area where the corn lands.  There are 2-3 good trees in the area depending on where the wind is supposed to blow from.  This area is also where 2 ridges come together with a couple of good deer trails nearby.  Any other ideas on what i might do to improve my odds?  I'm planning on hunting the area HARD this coming weekend.  Its doe only so anything else is out of the question.  Thanks for the input, Greg

[mg66]

Sounds like you got the bases covered. Good luck. Tell us if you get one.

Here in Illinois you cant feed deer 2 weeks before you hunt the area where the feeder was.

[hardertr]

If there are deer in the area...and corn on the ground...the doe WILL be there.
Just make sure you hunt the wind right.  The deer will come in from down wind and may be spooky, especially since it's a newly placed feeder.

Does anyone else feed in the area?  Do deer know what a feeder is??

Around where I hunt, I hear feeders going off all around me at dusk and dawn...so placing a new feeder is kinda like ringing a dinner bell.  Any doe within 200 yards of a feeder going off (no matter where it is or how long it's been there) sets off in a dead-sprint to make sure she's the first in line.

If feeders aren't common in your area, give the deer all week to get used to it (don't keep going back in to "check for sign").

[SDS-GEN]

MG66
According to Illinois regs. "It is unlawful to make available food, salt, mineral blocks or other products for ingestion by wild deer or other wildlife in areas where wild deer are present."
There are several other paragraphs that go with this in the hunting reg. book.