Ok I have an idea to add to the uber feeder...
How about a solar electric fence charger wired to a varmint cage on the bottom of my plastic barrel so when Mr. Coon reaches from the pole to the cage he gets a jolt he won't soon forget... I would drive a ground rod for each leg just to make sure he gets fried crispy...



What do you guys think

Sounds good.Make sure you post some pics up of them getting fried.

'Ground rod(s)' won't be needed, as the leg(s) itself will be the 'ground' part of the circuit, with the cage the 'positive' ; just use some bare wire to 'tie' all three legs together (towards top near barrel).

Ground rods would be just for assurance of a good ground bed around the feeder(not necessary but this feeder already screams overkill) I will also bond the the legs together as you described...

Too much work. I took a old shopping cart,minus cart and handle, tacked to the feeder, then tacked a bolt on each side at back by rear swinging panel for access. Works great and cost nothing but time. Work smart not hard.

Sounds like anti fuel to me. Not a bad idea though. But why do that when you could get snipers, drones, and viper pits?

Anti Fuel Blah Blah Blah its no different than any other electric fence its low amperage it is not going to kill them just deter them

Ok, I thought your intent was to shock the little sucker to death. Still be careful with that though, it could cause another anti outbreak.

American Hunter sold a feeder unit with the "electric fence" as a varmit cage.

Sweet looking feeder. I like it!

Here is my feeder i made.. Front comes off with wing nuts to work on timer

Looks great but i must ask...... how will throw the corn through that expanded metal?

I get corn 15-20 feet away and some just falls through the bottom...I have several does that hit the feeder everyday along with 10+ hogs

Plus all the metal legs and expanded metal I got free .. So can't beat that..paid 40 bucks for the 80 gal compressor tank

It will feed, a lot of corn will be right under that feeder but some will be unaffected by the coon guard.

That is probably the strongest varmint cage I have seen

How will mount a water/weather proof lid to the top?

there is a website where you can order feeder lids from made out of metal.. order a 25 in lid which the tank is 24.5 in and weldeed two tabs on it and use a strap to make sure nothing can blow or knock the lid off.. been out there for a month and we have had a few storms and no issues yet.. i also welded a solar pannel on it as well.

it will hold 500 lbs of corn and when empty the legs are out enough where is wont tip at all.. i jumped around on it trying to make it tip and nothing! man thing i hunt in that area is hogs and really dont care if my corn get out 30+ feet.. im happy if it falls right under the feeder.

Here is what I did:

This is a feeder from Academy and took re-bar and made my own.

Keep the coons out.

Just buy you some Dukes Dog Proof and be done with coons.

Thanks for some good ideas.

What is dukes dog proof?

It's one of those arm traps for coons.

I've seen those. Do they work well? How do you bait those?

Guys I was having hell with the coons a year ago. I was losing 300 #'s in a week or two with varmint guards on my feeders. What I realized is that the guard doesn't do anything but give them something to hold on to.

My solution was to go to hanging feeders with winches. Since I have switched I have only ever seen one coon actually make it to the timer, but since there isn't much to hold onto he fell right off. You will pay for the feeder in one year with the corn you save if you make the switch.

The Duke traps work great as an added measure to control coon population.