This might have been discussed already, but I’d like to know how many of you have personally killed a 140 class deer over corn?

Killed one in Texas last year standing a few yards from a feeder.

He wasn't there to eat corn.

Congrats on the Texas deer, but I’m talking about deer that were shot while eating corn that was put out for bait.

Shot one last year but made a bad shot with the bow.

Never even had a 140 on camera much less killed one.

My guess, not many.

8 of em!!

lol ,,, most hunters in alabama never gonna see one that size must less kill it over corn .

Killed a 142 over triple threat. I've seen a few over a corn pile just not on a feeder. Older deer react different to a pile vs a feeder. Guy I hunt with killed a 162 and a 153 4 yrs ago. At the end of the day the deers score had nothing to do with it. Most mature deer down here will be lucky to be 130 at 4 1/2. Or even 5 1/2.

Good bucks are killable over corn at the right time. I use it pretty effectively. Same set up for years. Feeder and a blind. Feed year round, and I don’t hunt it at all until I get a shooting light pic of a good buck I want to kill. Usually about the same time each season and although they may grab a bit to eat they are after the does. I killed a nice mature 9 this year doing that. Got my first daylight pic one morning and was in my blind for the next 3 mornings. The third morning he came in at 7am. Usually can get one or two good bucks a year doing that. Sure it’s not old school hunting but I don’t care at this point. Have one hell of a comfortable office chair in my blind too😁. No they aren’t 140 deer. 140 deer ain’t the norm here. BTW- I don’t use a feeder, I pour a bag out every 3 days or so, never could get my bucks used to a feeder. They just don’t like them at my place.

We have never shot a 140 on our farm so 0 but we have shot dozens of 4-7yr old bucks off corn

I’ve killed 1 148” with corn in the area in AL. I’ve killed several without it. You can definitely kill mature deer over corn keeping pressure low and at the right time. I chose not to kill an 140” over corn a couple years ago because I knew his age. I’ve killed a couple very mature deer on it, but 140”+ is irrelevant. Maturity is key. You can’t kill what you don’t have, and a lot of mature deer have been killed over corn that won’t hit 140”.

My big deer this year was sent checking and leaving when i shot not close to feeder - he score low 120 when i got him score

Never got a 130 on camera. Killed two 6 plus year old deer over peanut butter rice bran in 3 years

It’s true that not every deer will reach 140” because the genetics aren’t there. Just like every baby boy isn’t going to grow to be 6ft tall. But in Alabama if you have a 140” deer, the majority of the time he is mature, at least in my area. Not always, but most of the time. I bait with corn, but don’t see many mature deer on it in the daylight. My theory is if I can bring the does in with corn, they will in turn bring in the big boys during the rut. Or the hungry bucks will come to it after the rut. I killed one over 140 this year, but not over corn.

I haven't seen a 140 on any of my cameras since I moved to AL, not saying they aren't around....I have killed several mature bucks since moving here, none were in the 140 range and none were over corn or around a feeder. I put out a little corn every now and then to keep does around ( I think i used 150 lbs this past season), bucks will show up when the rut kicks in....

None of my hunting buddies ever get 140 and they let them mature

I hav had deer i think will reach 130 the next year and they disappear. My deer this year was score 124 5/8 and with prior years picks we had him at 5 1/2. He was a stud where i at

Good deal, did y’all kill any of them over corn?

No. I haven’t killed a 140 period.

All of the mature bucks I have killed since moving to AL have been in the 5-5/12 yr old range....2 were in the 125 range for score, one was wide and closer to 130, but didn't have a lot of mass......

We have and it is done as previously described..... feed year-round and don't hunt the feeder until you pattern the buck. My only suggestion would be when you start hunting don't hunt it once and go home you need to ride the feeder until you kill it. If you have patterned it you correctly.... you can kill it in a 3 day weekend almost for sure.

The problem is getting a deer like that to come to the feeder in the first place. If we have 4-5 bucks that big we'll be lucky for 1 of them to be stupid enough to hit the feeder regularly like that. I save these for the kids to shoot.