I can’t seem to beat the persistent and unyielding whitetail. I’ve tried moving the bird feeders to various locations throughout the yard, getting them ever closer to the house; now they’re right outside the back door at the patio. It obviously has very little effect on the deer.
The unseen irony in this is that as I was taking the photos I was in the process cooking venison steaks on the indoor electric grill. This is just the latest salvo in the “war of the sunflower seeds.”
No, they really don’t seem bothered by the feeder’s proximity to your house.