Once your Rack Trap is completely assembled without bungee cords in place mount to the tree using the two ratchet straps that come with your antler trap so that the top of the feeder bucket is between 14 -16” above ground level. Snow depth in your area may change these heights.

Insert bucket and set your antler trap without bungee cords attached.

Place a couple scoops of deer grain or whole corn within 10 to 15’ of the feeder.

Continue this till the deer get accustomed to being around your Antler Trap.

Once you find the deer are cleaning up the food around the Antler Trap, place food beside the feeder about 5’ away and also put some food in the antler trap bucket. These are tactics to get the deer comfortable with having the antler Trap in there natural areas.

Give the deer a few days to continue eating from around the feeder and in the feeder without bungee cords attached.

Keep your bungees outdoors during this time to help eliminate the odor from the rubber cords.

Once your deer are comfortable eating from the feeder, apply bungees.

Do not put food on the ground anymore.

Make the deer have to eat from the Rack Trap with cords in place.

You may notice limited activity for the first few days but once the deer start feeding from your Antler Trap your job is only to keep it full of feed.

Always check bungees for dry cracking or splitting standard 21” bungees will need to be replaced if this occurs.

Have fun and enjoy your season.

Deer tend to shed their antlers between the months January and March.

These feeders should not be used during any other time of year with bungees attached but may be used all year without the bungees.

These bungees used during the summer could cause harm to antlers that are in the process of growing. Make sure you check regulations with your local fish and game department to make sure it is legal to feed deer in your part of country. When taking deer from their natural deer yards in some states it is a good habit to continue feeding these deer through the winter months so that deer don’t continue wasting good stored energy to come to an empty feeder.