Love Seeing Nature? Use Game Feeders To Bring More Animals To Your Yard

Seeing wildlife in your yard can provide you with both education and entertainment.  You can learn about all of the different local animals – what species are native to your region and how they interact.  Watching animals play can provide some unique entertainment that few get to enjoy.  If you love seeing nature in action, use game feeders to bring more animals in, which provides them with food and you with the chance to see all of the animals that live nearby.

What Are Game Feeders?

Game feeders are typically used by hunters to attract deer.  But they can also be used for friendly purposes.  Game feeders are available in all kinds of sizes and forms, allowing you to find the one that fits your yard.  Hanging feeders can be hung from shepherd’s hooks or tree branches.  You can hang feeding stations on tree trunks.  Tripods are freestanding units that can be placed where ever you want them.  Some of these units are even automated, meaning that they disperse food at set intervals.

Keep Families Coming Back

Deer like to go where they know there is food.  If a doe finds your game feeder, she will bring her children with her to eat.  When those children are grown, they will bring their children to the same feeder to eat.  It’s like having a big family reunion in your back yard, and you get the pleasure of watching the babies grow up each year.

Attract More than Just Deer

Game feeders are usually used for deer, but depending on the type of food you put in the feeder and where the feeder is located in your yard you can bring in all kinds of wildlife.  Squirrels, pheasants, turkeys and all kinds of smaller birds – chickadees, wrens, woodpeckers, finches – can stop in for a snack and will bring their friends when they come back for another.

Provide Food in Winter

When winter comes, food, and therefore wildlife, often become scarce.  By using a game feeder even throughout the cold, hard winter months, you provide all kinds of wildlife with much needed nourishment, helping all sorts of species to thrive.

Game feeders aren’t just for hunters.  If you love nature and watching animals in their natural habitat, invest in a game feeder and bring nature closer to your home.