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Old 01-30-2008 | 05:40 PM
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Anyone have any suggestions on good homemade deer feeders? Pictures would be nice as well.
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Old 01-31-2008 | 02:46 PM
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here i something i drew with autocad, i saw this in the woods once.

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Old 01-31-2008 | 05:17 PM
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here i something i drew with autocad, i saw this in the woods once.

i see this a lot too
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Old 01-31-2008 | 08:53 PM
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Should it be 4" pipe? That way their snout wont get stuck.
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Old 02-01-2008 | 05:51 AM
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Here is what I made. I have 35 bucks in each one.

http://huntingindiana.proboards52.com/index.cgi?
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Old 02-01-2008 | 06:02 AM
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ya know i don't remember how big it was. i would guess 6 or 8 inches, if you go buy one you will have to make the call, if not someone here might be able to answer that. also i would drill some small holes in the bottom cap, i assume rain may come in the 2 openings a little bit.
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Old 02-01-2008 | 09:24 AM
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I have a plumber friend that made me 4 of them...They are 5 feet long (he cut a 10 foot in two)...He used a 2 way split at the bottom...They hold about 20 pounds of corn, deer will eat out of them in just a day or two...At the top, he used a screw on top and drilled 5-6 1/4 inch holes in the bottom cap so water will drain out...

I used to use mechanical feeders, 2 got stolen...I see more deer during the day with the pipes, it takes awhile for deer to get used to the mechanical going off..
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Old 02-01-2008 | 04:32 PM
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4" PVC cap on top, elbow, cut about 1/3 of the bottom cap so it gravity feeds out. Cheap.

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Old 02-01-2008 | 06:27 PM
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4" PVC cap on top, elbow, cut about 1/3 of the bottom cap so it gravity feeds out. Cheap.

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Old 02-01-2008 | 07:02 PM
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We have made the pipe feeders using a 5 ft. piece of 6" PVC with a cap on top and a 90 degree elbow that reduces to 4" PVC about 18" long with an end cap. Cut out the top half of the 4" pipe to create a trough and drill holes in bottom to let the rainwater drain. The 6" will hold more corn.
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