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Old 02-05-2007, 08:05 PM
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Snoogsdad
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Default RE: Homemade Deer Feeders???????

We've tried a few different things over the past years. The first attempt was 6 inch PVC bolted into an 8 inch high plastic bin with a slot cut into the PVC pipe to let the corn flow out. Our high deer density ate more corn than we were able to buy.

We now use galvanized garbage cans with commercial feeder/timers and tripods. We first used plastic barrels but the squirrels chewed holes into them. Raccoons hit our feeders pretty hard until we made varmint cages big enough to keep them from reaching through.

We also tried a cheap form of bucket feeder with a "broom handle" sticking out a hole in the bottom. It worked some but we gave up on it after a few weeks.

You can read more about our follies with deer feeders at our website listed in the signature.
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