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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/07/12 01:22 AM
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Take a T-post and set it running with the leg angle and all where the T-post is touching the leg of the feeder from top to bottom. Drive the T-post into the ground with the angle of the feeder leg and once it is in a good little way's secure the post to the feeder leg by wrapping wire around the top and the bottom. Cheap quick and effective. I put the motor high enough that the cow's can't reach it and I have yet to have one knock it over like this. Spread the corn just thin enough where the cow's can't pick it up off the ground and they will leave the feeder alone all together. Very rarely will you see a cow try to get a single kernal of corn off the ground. If you pile it up under there then yeah be ready to feed a bunch of cow's.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: KeithTT]
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08/07/12 02:52 AM
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I have read that making a pen with panels is made so much easier if you temporarily strap the panels together with zipwires and get it all set up before driving a single t-post. That way you can adjust the panels where you want them and exactly drive the t-posts, instead of driving first post and measuring where the next one needs to go for each panel. Just in case you decide to do the panels...
You can even do it single handedly by zipwiring the first two panels together and sitting them upright at a somewhat 90 degree angle and then start working form there, adjusting as you go. Sounds easy at least.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/07/12 03:27 AM
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Here is a link on how I build pens. Just substitute 52" panels for 34" hog panels. I would cut down a panel to a shorter height 40" every so often to allow deer easier access. Corn the ground outside the pen and kill the deer before they get in the pen. It does not take much blind height to shoot over a 52" panel if you make the pen big enough. http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...ics#Post3397175 Uhhh...Wouldn't the cows still try to eat the corn if it was outside the pen Think Texas and not Kansas. Spread the corn around and not in piles. If the cows have not been eating corn they will not show up just cause you put it out. You disappoint me sometimes sensei. The cows at my place will...all they have to do us smell it and they will come over and [censored] and slober all over it. If you are having problems with cows, spreading it on the ground might keep them from getting some of it, but it won't stop them from trying.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: txshntr]
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08/07/12 03:28 AM
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Here is a link on how I build pens. Just substitute 52" panels for 34" hog panels. I would cut down a panel to a shorter height 40" every so often to allow deer easier access. Corn the ground outside the pen and kill the deer before they get in the pen. It does not take much blind height to shoot over a 52" panel if you make the pen big enough. http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...ics#Post3397175 Uhhh...Wouldn't the cows still try to eat the corn if it was outside the pen Think Texas and not Kansas. Spread the corn around and not in piles. If the cows have not been eating corn they will not show up just cause you put it out. You disappoint me sometimes sensei. The cows at my place will...all they have to do us smell it and they will come over and [censored] and slober all over it. If you are having problems with cows, spreading it on the ground might keep them from getting some of it, but it won't stop them from trying. You must be painting a yellow brick road of corn then.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/07/12 03:57 AM
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Nope. Scatter it lightly and they will come. Never had a chum pile that didn't end up with some splatter paint on it.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: Bonner]
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08/07/12 04:38 PM
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Will the hog panels be tall enough to keep them out since they already have the taste of corn and soybeans?
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/07/12 08:59 PM
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Will the hog panels be tall enough to keep them out since they already have the taste of corn and soybeans? For the most part, but every once in awhile you get a "jumper" and they will wreck havoc on your pen and feeder. If you find a jumper already in the pen, don't try to run it out...trust me
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/07/12 09:55 PM
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Texasbuckeye that's a great idea to use zip ties to setup panels prior to installing t posts. That would have never crossed my mind but now I'm gonna use them to ensure the posts get put in the correct place.
Txshntr I hope this holds them out but if for some reason I have a jumper I will remember the advice and not provide assistance bc if they got in they can get out...just crossing my fingers that this doesn't happen
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/07/12 09:59 PM
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txhunter03 try using concrete wire ties and the tool made for them to put you panels together. It is very fast and much stronger than zip ties.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/07/12 10:05 PM
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^^^^ What he said. Connect them together first and form your circle, then add the posts.
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/08/12 04:45 AM
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Here is a link on how I build pens. Just substitute 52" panels for 34" hog panels. I would cut down a panel to a shorter height 40" every so often to allow deer easier access. Corn the ground outside the pen and kill the deer before they get in the pen. It does not take much blind height to shoot over a 52" panel if you make the pen big enough. http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...ics#Post3397175 Uhhh...Wouldn't the cows still try to eat the corn if it was outside the pen Think Texas and not Kansas. Spread the corn around and not in piles. If the cows have not been eating corn they will not show up just cause you put it out. You disappoint me sometimes sensei. Here ya go...
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: txshntr]
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08/08/12 04:50 AM
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Here is a link on how I build pens. Just substitute 52" panels for 34" hog panels. I would cut down a panel to a shorter height 40" every so often to allow deer easier access. Corn the ground outside the pen and kill the deer before they get in the pen. It does not take much blind height to shoot over a 52" panel if you make the pen big enough. http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...ics#Post3397175 Uhhh...Wouldn't the cows still try to eat the corn if it was outside the pen Think Texas and not Kansas. Spread the corn around and not in piles. If the cows have not been eating corn they will not show up just cause you put it out. You disappoint me sometimes sensei. Here ya go... Yep that cow is is standing belly deep in grass. She would never need any supplement at all. I can't really tell for sure with the dust storm from all the dust she kicked up walking thru though. Is the corn under the layers of dust?
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/08/12 04:53 AM
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Yep that cow is is standing belly deep in grass. She would never need any supplement at all. I can't really tell for sure with the dust storm from all the dust she kicked up walking thru though. Is the corn under the layers of dust?
All the feeders look like that around em...look in the background for grass And it doesn't look like that poor cow is suffering any
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: txshntr]
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08/08/12 04:56 AM
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Yep that cow is is standing belly deep in grass. She would never need any supplement at all. I can't really tell for sure with the dust storm from all the dust she kicked up walking thru though. Is the corn under the layers of dust?
All the feeders look like that around em...look in the background for grass And it doesn't look like that poor cow is suffering any Is it hidden under the broomweeds or do you pull it up so it won't mess up your shots and put it back out after your hunt is over?
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/08/12 04:56 AM
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You see broomweed in that pic?
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/08/12 11:04 AM
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Try adding "T" posts..about every 6ft of fence...Cows are probably hungry too...also you may want your feeder pens a little larger so the corn isn't near the edges..DD
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Re: Cows knocked down my fence and feeder!!!
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08/08/12 02:12 PM
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