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Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/14/17 02:33 AM
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Brandon82
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Coons are vandalizing my feeder and unplugging my solar panel. I'm going to try the cheap route first. I've heard of putting grease on the feeder legs does that work?
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/14/17 03:03 AM
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Wilhunt
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Yes until the grease wears off. Are you using a cage around the timer? Eliminator spinner helps a lot.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/14/17 03:28 AM
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SapperTitan
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Best way to keep them off is to trap them with foot hold traps then kill them
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/14/17 05:44 AM
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spg
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Can of sardines with golden malrin mixed in it.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/14/17 12:37 PM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Can of sardines with golden malrin mixed in it. You might kill animals you did not want too with the golden malrin.....
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/14/17 02:49 PM
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bholt
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Buy 1 X 2" welded wire and make a cage that goes around the underside edge of your barrel.
B Holt Shoot-em in the ear
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/14/17 03:04 PM
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dgilbert
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I'm going to try the cheap route first. Cages a pretty dang cheap and permanent fix IMO.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/14/17 03:52 PM
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bholt
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Yea, I Bought a couple eliminator plates this year after hearing all the fantastic reviews. Well lets just say I have industrial strength coons. they got up there and I guess used as a May Pole because they broke one side of the bracket, put my cage back up no problems.
B Holt Shoot-em in the ear
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/14/17 04:51 PM
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I think I've heard just as many bad reviews on eliminator plates as good ones.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/14/17 05:33 PM
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bholt
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I'm not saying they are bad, they just didn't work for me. The plastic insert also came loose but oh well. I must admit Hunters are like fishermen: put a new gadget out there and it will sell, we all want to have new miracle stuff.
B Holt Shoot-em in the ear
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/19/17 06:18 PM
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I used to use grease and it never wore off but dirt from wind,animals, etc just caked on the grease and it eventually just hardened up and left a perfect climbing surface for critters. Plus I hate grease.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/19/17 07:30 PM
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all i do is a 5 gallon bucket with the bottom cut out, place over the motor and wire it to the feeder, as for the solar wire i run a small pvc pipe with elbows in from the panel then down to the motor, nothing has gotten to my motor in almost 2 yrs yet. simple and cheap.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/19/17 08:08 PM
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Buy one of these cages and never look back. Easy access door and heavy duty rubber coated steel. Cages listed on page 14 @ www.usafeeders.com
Last edited by titan2232; 06/19/17 08:09 PM.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/19/17 08:26 PM
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Brandon when you put the cage up, mount the solar charger to the timer box. Then it is enclosed and should solve that part of the problem.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/20/17 12:43 AM
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Buy 1 X 2" welded wire and make a cage that goes around the underside edge of your barrel. Buy 1 X 2" welded wire and make a cage that goes around the underside edge of your barrel. This
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/21/17 12:38 AM
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Hang PVC around the feeder legs so that it can spin. The coons aren't able to climb it.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/21/17 01:21 PM
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Get some of those Green Blocks - Rat Poison. Drill a hole in the center of them. Hang around the feed motor with clothes hanger type wire. After a few coons eat it and get sick or die, the others will stop feeding there.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Wildphilhickup]
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06/21/17 02:31 PM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Get some of those Green Blocks - Rat Poison. Drill a hole in the center of them. Hang around the feed motor with clothes hanger type wire. After a few coons eat it and get sick or die, the others will stop feeding there.
That's a good idea
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/21/17 02:37 PM
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Wilhunt
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Rat poison...I'll try that, hope it works.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
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06/21/17 10:25 PM
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easton1025
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we use carpet tack strips.. Silicone to the legs.. coons cant climb then
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/22/17 02:22 AM
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Txhuntr2
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Cages made from 1x1 that are the diameter of the barrel have worked for me 100%.
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Wildphilhickup]
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06/22/17 02:23 AM
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Get some of those Green Blocks - Rat Poison. Drill a hole in the center of them. Hang around the feed motor with clothes hanger type wire. After a few coons eat it and get sick or die, the others will stop feeding there.
Are you worried the crumbs will fall to the ground and be consumed by non target animals?
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Re: Keeping coons off of feeder?
[Re: Brandon82]
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06/22/17 02:28 PM
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The only long-term solution in my view is to trap, trap, and trap some more. Cages, Eliminators, PVC, etc all have their drawbacks. But, once you trap them down it's been our experience that they will leave the site alone. We used to lose alot of free-choice protein to coons. Not anymore.
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