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Redneck tpost feeders
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02/05/18 11:08 PM
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magspa
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Anyone using those redneck tpost gravity feeders? I want to put a couple near my bow tripod spot with some double down. Do you thing the hogs will be able to reach them if I put the feed port about 36" up? I don't want to put a pen around it
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/05/18 11:49 PM
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Yes. They don't climb over 36 inches but they certainly will chew on it, pull on it and try to bring it down at that height.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 12:54 AM
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A mature pig will make quick work out of them, on their hind legs they can reach well over 36" and flat tear that up.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 01:22 AM
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they have longer t post you can buy
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 01:31 AM
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I'm pretty sure it would be on the ground within a week at our place. It would probably work ok if you strapped it to a tree.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 01:38 AM
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By the time you get it high enough to where the pigs can't reach it, guess what neither can the deer without great strain.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 02:24 AM
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Pigs. squirrels. raccoons, possum...
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 02:27 AM
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By the time you get it high enough to where the pigs can't reach it, guess what neither can the deer without great strain. That’s what I was thinking.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 03:30 AM
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go buy some PVC pipe and make your own at a fraction of the cost...
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 05:12 AM
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go buy some PVC pipe and make your own at a fraction of the cost... This. If your dead set on one of those feeders...... make a home made one and start at 48" off the ground AND attach it to a large tree. Hogs will lay a T-post over and destroy that feeder and it probably will take less than a week. When I put up my protein feeder I had to come back a week later and finish the feed pen..... a large boar had already found the feeder and damaged it a little. The spout is 40" off the ground and he walk right up to it and ate out of it. Like I said...... I would start at 48" but like stub said you probably can't get it high enough and the deer still be able to eat out of it.
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 05:18 AM
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Went and found a pic of it, that was after 6 days.
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 07:30 PM
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[img] https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/...9_8945130814113[/img] I bought mine over the summer and it worked great until the hogs figured out how to get the corn out. With just the deer eating it, two sacks will last a full month. With the hogs, it will run out in a couple of days!!! I had two 6ft t posts in the ground already for a previous feeder that didn't work out, so I used them at first. Once the hogs took over, I bought an 8ft t post and placed it so the 6 footers would block the opening. The deer can easily get through it and feed, but the hogs are blocked. This is working out very well for me, and I plan on keeping it full year round.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/06/18 08:05 PM
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I've got a couple of pvc feeders as a little extra around one of my stands. They're both at about 36" at the portal. No hog issues at all. Deer use them often.
Last edited by Erathkid; 02/06/18 08:05 PM.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/08/18 04:02 PM
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I may have the last land in Texas that doesn't have a hog problem, but what I can tell you is this... I made one of the PVC pipe feeders like this and had some of the happiest (and fattest) coons in the county.
Set it up in an area that I know had deer with a game camera. Never saw a deer eating at it, but coons, coons and more coons.
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Re: Redneck tpost feeders
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02/09/18 03:41 PM
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I tried making one out of 4 inch PVC and couldn't keep the rain out of the feeding area, or get it to drain fast enough to stay dry and not clog up. Then I tried making one out of wood with a big metal roof to keep everything dry, which also didn't work very well. So I bought the Redneck feeder and it's been very good!! Funny how the little things are so hard to figure out. They did a good job in how it's designed, and for what it costs, it's a no brainer.
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