I remember going to the third Alabama Deer Expo and listening to a presentation by some Moultrie guy. At the time, you had to have feeders out of the woods 10 days before hunting. He made the point it was illegal to hunt around a feeder, but wasn't illegal to have a motor in your pack. He would pull his feeders before hunting, but would take a feeder motor and battery to the stand with him because he felt the deer were conditioned to the sound and would come hunting food.

I prefer spin feeders and have several pictures of deer around them at all hours of the day. But I can also tell you it is rare to have a daytime picture of a buck around the feeder. I do think it depends on the cover around the feeder, as well.