RE: Homemade feeder concepts
PW,
I had sucess in FL with "Bump"feeders. You take a 5 gal bucket with a screw on lid and a handle, a 3/4" dia. wooden dowel rod approx 2.5' long and some wire. Drill a 1" hole in the bottom of the bucket. Drill a hole thru one end of the dowel. stick the dowel thru the hole in the bottom of the bucket and use wire to suspend it about 2" down from the top of the bucket. Fill with corn, screw on the lid and hang from a tree by the handle. When the dowel is "Bumpped", the corn falls out of the bottom of the bucket in a controled manner. Deer learn to "Bump" the dowel. This keeps the corn dry and wastes very little. The total cost is < $10.00. Note: squirrels also learn how to get corn out of thefeeder, so keep that in mind when hanging.