Hey thanks for the link man, I ended up doing something similar to what the guy in the first post there was talking about.

I've ran into a problem though, I've got to somehow get a chunk of the 5-gallon bucket out in the bottom and I don't know how or what to use:

Use a Sawzall or a keyhole saw.

Yahoo!! I just got done with my PVC deer feeder! It has a 5-gallon pail ($2.98 + .99 for lid) which is on top of a 5' piece of 4" PVC ($8.99) that has a 4" PVC wye on the bottom ($3.29) that splits it into two forks and each fork has a 4" atrium grate ($4.96/ea) on the end rodents from entering. I glued the PVC stuff together using Plumbing Goop ($2.97) and after the Goop glue stuff dried I put duct tape around it tightly.

All-in-all it cost me about $29.14 (not including tax) to make. I will have pictures up soon. I do not know yet how much feed it can hold but I bought a 50 pound bag of corn and I'll see how far that gets me.

So stay tuned for my next post, it'll have pictures and instructions with it.

/Yeh man id really like to see some pics and instructions...Thanks!!

and about cutting the hole in the bottom, i just scrued and hole in th bottom and use a midder saw

Yahoo!! I just got done with my PVC deer feeder! It has a 5-gallon pail ($2.98 + .99 for lid) which is on top of a 5' piece of 4" PVC ($8.99) that has a 4" PVC wye on the bottom ($3.29) that splits it into two forks and each fork has a 4" atrium grate ($4.96/ea) on the end rodents from entering. I glued the PVC stuff together using Plumbing Goop ($2.97) and after the Goop glue stuff dried I put duct tape around it tightly.

All-in-all it cost me about $29.14 (not including tax) to make. I will have pictures up soon. I do not know yet how much feed it can hold but I bought a 50 pound bag of corn and I'll see how far that gets me.

So stay tuned for my next post, it'll have pictures and instructions with it.


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your wasting your money you can make a feeder much cheaper than $30 bucks.

go to lowes...or home depot...buy 1 6foot piece of black 6inch round flex pipe NOT PVC...PVC don't flex and bend...to the shape of a tree...like the black flex pipe will.

then get some type of cable or rope or zipties....what ever you want to tie the pipe to the tree with...its up to you.

I use about 3 or 4 straps to tie the pipe to the tree with...on about 8 inches from the bottom then work your way up to the top.

once your done attaching the pipe to the tree then pour corn or whatever your using inside the pipe...a full 6foot piece of pipe will hold about 30 to 40 pounds of feed.

Don't forget to put an empty coffee can on top of the feeder so that water can't get down into the feed.

as the deer eat the feed more will fall down.

the whole set up will cost less than $10 bucks.


I'll try and take a picture so that I can post it for you

yeh swet go ahead..post it up bro

Gravity feeders are nice but you will feed everything else too. Coons and other critters can really chow down on a feeder, costing you lots of money. Also gravity feeders can get the feed wet on the bottom and if wet long enough plug up and not flow, then the feed may also start to rot and mold. I only feed the deer in my hunting area to help them recover and make it through the winter. Here in North West Ohio it is all farm ground and starting in about late July the deer have a abundant supply or corn and beens. As soon as the corn put's on the ears and the beans make pods, deer never hit my feeder again. I suspect they will not hit it until there is snow on the ground and all the corn and been stubble is covered up. I have a stump feeder and it is gravity feed and I have had lots of problems when it rains. The corn wick's the water into the feeder and then the corn gets wet and molds. Next month I plan on hanging a Phantom feeder by moultriewhen I decide what I want to use for a barrel. I plan on using soy beans and a feed called sweet feed in it. Corn is nice but it does not have alot of nutritional value when hole and deer do not digest it fully. The main reason I am doing it is to hopefully grow bigger racks on the bucks. I figure the sooner they can recover from winter starvation the sooner they can work on there racks.

Hotburn when you use sweetfeed mix corn with it,it has a tenticy to
draw moisture and will mold up in your feeder.I mix 1/3 sweet feed
to 2/3 corn and it will flow pretty fair,I am going to barrel feeders as
they are more concistent to broad cast your feed out and there is no
loss due to moisture spoilage.I use a five gallon bucket strung bet-
ween two trees and have had fair luck with them for four years now.
Ran a pipe thru the bottom and the deer bump it with their heads and
tip the bucket and the corn runs out.just my two cents.

Ya I learned the sweet feed lesson the first time. I put it in June and what a mistake! I bet I had a billion ants in and around my feeder! It was a disgusting mess trying to get the sweet feed out, and I bet I had the ant hebbie gebbies for a day after that. I plan on putting the sweet feed in when it gets colder and plus when it is a hanging feeder. Does your sweet feed flow OK in the heat of the summer? or does it stick to the corn and not flow? Thanks Yote!