I've tamed a few feral cats. I had one that ran away whenever I came near, and eventually got him to the point where I could pick him up and hold him! It only took two years

There are a couple of ways you could go about this. You can contact neighbors to see if it is one of their cats, maybe a farm cat.

If that doesn't pan out, the first thing I would do is consider trapping him. If you don't have a dire cat situation in your area and there aren't hundreds of cats awaiting homes (as seems to be the case nearly everywhere) you can always take him in to a shelter and perhaps they can find him a home or a rescue could work with him. This IS risky for him, as if he's not friendly his chances will diminish.

However, you can also see if you have any nearby TNR programs. That stands for trap, neuter, release. They'll usually provide a trap for you, then you'll take him in and they'll neuter him and give a few vaccinations (often it's free, or by donation) and give him back to you to set free. From that point, you'll know he's healthy, not overpopulating anywhere, and you can set to taming him if you want.

If you have a barn where he can stay, and you want to take him in, start leaving out food. Leave it outside first, maybe leave the barn door open if possible so he can go in if he wants. He quickly learn if you leave food for him. From there, you can start working -very slowly- on gaining his trust. It's kind of like training dogs - you don't want to go over his threshold, so put the food out and stand in the distance. If he sees you, great, but just stay still. If he watches you, act like you aren't interested in him at all. Eventually, SLOWLY decrease the distance between the two of you. Make sure he's very comfortable with your presence before you go closer, and very, very, very comfortable with you before you try any type of contact whatsoever. For your safety as well as his peace of mind. Give lots of high value treats and scraps too.

If he does belong to someone else, and he's a farm cat, he may be loved but his owners may also not care much for him. Often, farm cats have really hard, rough, even violent lives.

Hopefully he does well

 

Thanks for the tips
I don't think he's a barn cat, there aren't any barns close by. There is one on a road that goes off from our road, but that barn is pretty far down the road. And I don't think our neighbors have a outdoor or barn cat, mostly because there properties are very close to the road, and they don't have barns or to much property. But you never know with people. In my small town as far as I know feral cats are very uncommon if any. Im not totally sure how many cats we have in our local shelters, I don't normally look a the cats, but I know they do have a good amount.
Our barn isn't to close to where ive seen him, plus the door are always closed so I don't think he would have a way to get in. I considerd leaving food where I saw him but, it would most likely be eaten by a bear, bob cat, raccoon, mice or some other kind of animal. Or while eating the cat might be picked off by a hawk or something. (we get loots of deer and turkey on our property and around our area year round, so its not uncoman to occasionally see or hear a predator around.

 

If you want to try feeding him and taming him down then your best bet is going to be putting down food and leaving it out for a set amount of time before picking it back up.

I've made friends with lots of half tamed cats that were wary of nearly everyone. The biggest thing to do is learn to read how a cat is feeling. To do that watch his body language. If you are getting to close for comfort he will get in a sort of half crouch and move back. If you see that stop where you are and step back. A cat will usually appreciate being talked to in a soft, low, voice, while you are standing still. If you can get close enough and want to try and let him smell your hand, reach toward him slowly, if at any point he looks uncomfortable then stop and withdraw your hand.

I totally get not being able to leave food out at all times for him, I'd try leaving it out for an hour at a time two or three times a day. The best times to do so are early morning, and at sunset. If he's hungry enough he'll smell the food and come, probably within a week or so when he figures out that the food is put out at those times. At first put the food out, leave, and come back for it at the end of the time, once he's used to that and consistently coming then you can try staying BUT make sure to stand far away from the food at first or he'll likely spook and run. If you are worried about hawks or eagles try putting the food near some bushes.

Good luck, and thank you for caring about him!

 

Ill try that tomorrow, hopefully.
The only thing im worried about is that it took 2 weeks until I saw him again. So I cant know for certain if he actually stick around the area or he actually lives somewhere and the people don't keep good track of their cat. And I don't want him to get used to and be comfortable around the road.

But maybe tomorrow ill either leave something out before I go to school and check on it when I get back. Or put it out when I get home, then check on it a few hours latter. Ill try putting it a bit into the woods that I saw him, and maybe a extra one near the paddock in case he comes back to that area.
Any suggestions what to leave out. I don't have any cats, so I don't have cat food, is there anything appealing to a cat more then it would be to another wild animal?

 

I'd just buy some cheap dry cat food. Cats are obligate carnivores so anything that they can eat will also attract other animals that like meat. I'd not advise leaving out canned food because even though it has a stronger smell it'll spoil fast and will even more quickly attract other animals.