deer feeders
10-10-2003 | 03:36 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Arlington TX USA
RE: deer feeders
What type of feeders are you wanting to make? If you are wanting to make an automatic one, You' ll be hard pressed to make a decent one for less than 70-80 bucks or so. We make our own and by the time we are done, we have about 130 bucks in each one. We typically pay the following:
55 gal drum - $10.00
Timer w/solar panel - $65.00
Funnel - $20.00
Leg Kit - $20.00
Legs - $10.00
Rechargable Battery - $10.00
TOTAL: $135.00 each
You can knock off about $15.00 if you decide to not go with the solar panel and the rechargeable battery.
55 gal drum - $10.00
Timer w/solar panel - $65.00
Funnel - $20.00
Leg Kit - $20.00
Legs - $10.00
Rechargable Battery - $10.00
TOTAL: $135.00 each
You can knock off about $15.00 if you decide to not go with the solar panel and the rechargeable battery.
10-10-2003 | 03:52 PM
#3
Joined: Mar 2003
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RE: deer feeders
take a 5 gal. bucket cut a hole in the bottom take a 3 inch pvc flange attach to bottom of bucket, take 3 ft of 3inch pvc pipe add a 3 inch y fitting to one end the other to the flange cap off the y fitting and drill holes in it to help drain water. now fill the 5 gal bucket with feed and as the deer eat it gravity will cause more to fall. We camoflage and paint ours by scuffing the plastic and painting them plus cap off the y when we don' t want deer feeding off them it works really well....
10-10-2003 | 06:48 PM
#4
Joined: Oct 2003
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RE: deer feeders
hmm. i don' t have n e ideas at the moment but if u want a salt lick get a salt block and a five gallon bucket drill about 10 holes in it and get a rope and hang it in a tree every time it rains it washs salt off into the ground and the deer can' t resist it
10-10-2003 | 06:53 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
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From: Orma WV USA
RE: deer feeders
take a piece of 4' pvc pipe and put a 90degree angle on the end...then another 90 degree angle to turn it down. so your pipe comes down...a 90 running straight out, then a 90 running down. strap it to a tree with a rope or bungee cord and put corn in it so that when they eat around the bottom it keeps pouring out for them. I have three of them and the deer are tearing them up. Have to fill them up 2 times a week....takes about 100lbs a week at $10 for each 100lbs. I feed them from Sept till November...then from January till March(bad winters). Occasionally I' ll feed them in June if I feel like getting out in the woods.
