Feeders

[AndoverBowman]

Anyone out there ever made a feeder out of PVC pipe. If so how did you do it ?

[dragthor]

Be careful feeding in NJ bear country. There are violations on the books and you could get fined....even if you are "just feeding the birds" or "just feeding the deer".

[AndoverBowman]

Thanks but in NJ you can bait/Feed deer just not bear. I've been hunting with a feeder for 4 years hunt for 22 years . But would like to make one out of PVC

[dragthor]

http://deerfeederplans.com/

They charge $5 for the plans. Wanna split the cost if we can?

[jbc]

Here's a picture of one on ebay. Looks pretty simple to me.



http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/02/5c/f9/94_0.JPG

[jbc]

By the way, you can bait for bear as well you just can't be elevated above it in a stand or in a blind.

[dragthor]

And NOT at the Delaware Water Gap National Park.

[OLDSNOW]

Shawn here is an easy feeder and it is cheep. Good luck Oldsnow.

It is very simple to make your own deer feeder. First take a 5-gallon bucket, a good sturdy rope and an old broom handle. Drill a hole in the bottom of the bucket 1/4" to 1/2" larger than the broom handle. Take the broom handle and put 2 nails or screws in the sides, opposite each other, about 6" from one end. Do not put the nails or screws all the way through, let them stick out about one inch. With the long end down, slide the broom handle into the bucket and through the hole. The nails or screws will keep the broom handle from falling through the bottom. Tie the rope to the bucket handle and tie the other end to a tree branch, so the broom handle is hanging 4-5 feet above the ground. Then the last thing to do is to fill the bucket full of corn or your favorite deer feed and put the lid on the bucket to keep it dry. The deer feed will fall to the ground every time a deer bumps the broom handle.

[TXhighrack]

I just made 12 of those pvc feeders there very simple to put together.
All of the supplies you need can be found in the plumbing section of the hardware store. You need one long piece of pvc pipe, 2 pvc caps to fit the end of the pipe, a 90 degree curved piece of pvc, and some cement glue. It takes about 15 minutes to stick every thing together, once you make it seems like you become your own assemble line and can make several more in no time. Each of my pvc feeders are 5 feet tall (you can make them any length) and I tie them to fence post and/or tree bases.