mike bell

georgia is about to pass a baiting law allowing the use of mechanical feeders. Of course they are'nt going to let us do whatever we want, they are going to charge a $25 fee for a permit for each one per year.

So I was thinking of building a hopper to attacha mechanical speader to. Any Ideas??

I was thinking of a wood framed hopper with some plastic sheet (like sheet metal) as the liner to funnel it down to the hole. That way I can make it big enough to hold a couple hundred pounds of feed. Instead of the little five gallon bucket feeders. I cant afford to buy a Sweeny type (poor mans' budget!)

I figure I could build a heavy duty one for less than 100 bucks including the speader.

Any body ever built one?

Tree climber

get you the biggest metal garbage can you can they are 35 gal.,put a threaded bolt through it to keep it from collapesing when you put the feed in it.put a wire or small cable from one end of the bolt to the other end,make it short enough to bind the lid so it is a little hard to get off,to keep varmits out.put your feeder unit to the bottom.the can will hold a little over 100 lbs.that will last for a mo.
get a cheap boat wench to pull the feeder up,you can fix all this for less than $75.00.will last you years and years.
game country day II, or moultre econo feeder.both are good,I have them both.
good luck.


I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

timbercruiser

Look around and you will find 55 gallon plastic drums that they use to ship olives and peppers from Greece and Italy. They work perfect to put a feeder on.

soarkrebel

What i do is use either a 30 or 55 gallon metal drums. i burn them out with a charcoal lighter fluid and then wash them out. i put 1" squire tubing legs on them . a local welding shop might do it cheap if you dont have a wire welder or mig. i use game country motors . all in all i usually can have about 45 in them. i do get a good deal on motors but you dealer can order them for about $32 @ piece. tubing avg. $8 a 20' stick enough for three 6' legs. anyway thats how i do it.

i cant believe they are charging you to have a feeder. what is the fine if you dont have a permit?

burgess

I have used a 55 gallon plastic drum before. All that you need to do is build a platform. Cut the bottom off the plastic drum with a skill saw. lift the drum abut 3"-4" inches off the platform. one good thing about using plastic is that its easy to work with. I hope this helps.

mike bell

Soarkrebel, I dont want to find out the hard way.

soarkrebel

no mike i dont think i would want to be the example either. i can see it now in court. you have been charged with failure to pay feeder fees. how do pleed. they are going to get there money somehow huh.

Bowdaddy

I just bought a Game Country feeder w/ a 30 gallon bucket that holds 100# of corn.
$99 at cabelas.com.
You can set the feeder to go off 12 times a day at whatever time you desire. Of course you wont use it 12 times a day but the versatility is great.
I felt that price was great and it saved me a lot of aggrevation in tracking down the different parts for a home made feeder.
It was worth it!

soarkrebel

BOWDADDY , if you were closer to arkansas i could have sold you a higher quality one for then same price. same motor just heavier built. i like the game country motors, just make sure you check the distance between the funnel and spinner. if it's to large a gap the deer will hit the feeder and knock corn out. they cleaned me out of 200 lbs of corn in two days until i fixed the problem . it was a 55 gallon drum. also get clean corn i have had corn cobs jam the spinner.

gater

I dont have the bucks to spend on the high dollar feeders. What i did was i went to the hardware store and bought 10 ft. sections of the black lightweight drain line. Cost about $5 each, cut them in half, tied them to trees or stakes and cut out a small opening on the side to allow the feed to drain out as it is eaten. A 5 ft section will hold about 25 pounds of corn. Cheap,easy to install and works great. Good hunting

Ashley Grier