Hi Darren,
I got a mobile hide for my birthday earlier this year. I wanted it specifically to photograph the deer that come in to my garden and eat the windfall apples from my trees. Last year the trees were so heavy with apples that branches were falling off.
This year there was 1 single apple
and therefore nothing to entice the deer. I was very disappointed.
I did set up the hide by my pond and managed to get a glimpse of the baby moorhens, but they could hear my camera and did not hang about too long!
Roll on the apple season next year.
I agree with Dave, if you are leaving out food, then you will need to do it consistently over a period of time. The Great Spotted Woodpeckers in my garden only eat the peanuts from my feeder. They don't touch the fat balls.
Good luck.
Jenny