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Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out #6639230 01/19/17 12:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 25 B baconluvr OP Light Foot
OP baconluvr Light Foot B Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 25	Any of you have any magic practices you use other than the height? Cows can be a problem too I was thinking about making one with a much smaller spout so only a deer could get their mouth in there vs the moo moos. Also b/c I'm a huge dummy. Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong to not get email notifications when I get a reply? Looks like I should be good to go on the settings, but darn if I'm striking out. Thanks

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6639258 01/19/17 01:14 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 797 H h20thief Tracker
h20thief Tracker H Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 797	I built a couple of gravity feeders this year and used cattle panels in a circle around the feeder. I cut down 4 places to about 36-40" so the deer could jump in but keep the cows and pigs out. So far both sites have had no problems except the piglets sneaking in through the wire. I used a 4" pvc tee to make the feed openings but had to baffle it to keep the corn form spilling out. H20thief ------------ Positive thinking may not solve all your problems but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6639269 01/19/17 01:26 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11,534 texas R rickym THF Celebrity
rickym THF Celebrity R Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11,534 texas	Like said above, build a feed pen for the deer. If built right/big enough the deer will jump in and out and typically the cows wont try. Its pretty much your only option

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6639327 01/19/17 02:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 8 San Antonio S Schiebelc Green Horn
Schiebelc Green Horn S Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 8 San Antonio	Similar question, what's the trick to keeping the raccoons off the feeder?

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6639385 01/19/17 02:29 PM
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mustafa THF Trophy Hunter M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 9,776	buy a lamco with a varmint drop Team Barbacoa Pro Staff. Dallas Safari Club Life Member

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: Schiebelc] #6639497 01/19/17 03:25 PM
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rickym THF Celebrity R Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11,534 texas	Originally Posted By: Schiebelc Similar question, what's the trick to keeping the raccoons off the feeder? Kill all the raccoons

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6639522 01/19/17 03:31 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 28,032 Normangee/Navasota TX N Navasot Hollywood
Navasot Hollywood N Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 28,032 Normangee/Navasota TX	I grease the polls and have a hole dug out under the feeder to make it harder for coons to reach... also there is an adjustment band on mine to let feed come out more or less... I have it set were the deer have to stick their nose in and lick it out... before when it would just fill the hopper up pigs figured out they could rub against the legs and shake the feed out... now they only can clean up what the deer spill... I wouldn't dare have a protein feeder out with livestock and not pen it off.. they will destroy the feeder http://www.j5tractors.com/

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6640076 01/19/17 08:15 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 42 south of north H hammer63 Light Foot
hammer63 Light Foot H Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 42 south of north	www.thehammerfeeder.com There's your answer.

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: baconluvr] #6662408 02/05/17 03:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 5,561 Central Texas S Slow Drifter THF Trophy Hunter
Slow Drifter THF Trophy Hunter S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 5,561 Central Texas	I put together a bunck of PVC gravity feeders a few years ago. Instead of fastening them to a tree, I installed eye-bolts to the top cap and hang them fee-singing from a limb. Deer can get their muzzles into the bottom to eat, but pigs have to get up on their hind legs to try and the feeders won't hold still for them to eat. Seems to work OK. Wouldn't help with the cows, though. "I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: Slow Drifter] #6663028 02/06/17 12:56 AM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 185 Arlington TX M MrWhite87 Woodsman
MrWhite87 Woodsman M Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 185 Arlington TX	Pics? That sounds like it may work for my area.

Re: Gravity feeders and keeping hogs out [Re: Schiebelc] #6676154 02/15/17 10:41 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 12,987 Arlington/Mullin H hoof n wings THF Celebrity
hoof n wings THF Celebrity H Joined: May 2010 Posts: 12,987 Arlington/Mullin	17HMR, 22 and/or Dukes Coon traps Originally Posted By: Schiebelc Similar question, what's the trick to keeping the raccoons off the feeder? Last edited by hoof n wings; 02/15/17 10:42 PM. Originally Posted by ImTheReasonDovesMourn I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. Originally Posted by Hancock I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.

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