PVC deer feeder pics

jbyrd_1976

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I made a deer feeder today out of 4"PVC pipe. Not much too it but I think it should work great. This will hold 50# of corn. It is about 5' tall and teh discharge feed chute is about 30"long.
materials
8' section of PVC pipe...1 @ 4" 90degree elbow... 2 @ 4" PVC caps to keep feed in bottom and water out of the top. Oh yeah and a jig saw and a drill.. And some spray paint to camouflage the feeder.

I think it turned out good. It will hold corn and protein pellets.

Let me know your thoughts
 

elfiii

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Staff member
Now that's one psychedelic camo paint job!
 

deuce

Gone but not forgotten
elfiii said:
Now that's one psychedelic camo paint job!
I have to agree that thing looks like its lit up inside with lights.
 

letsgohuntin

Senior Member
looks intresting... I have never thought to do the feed end like that, I have always just had an open end. Should work great!

I have had problems with critters (coons,possums, or foxes) digging out all of the feed at once when I have used gravity feed PVC feeders... perhaps your design with the longer chute would prevent this. Keep us posted!
 

JDUKE

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Thanks JByrd for the pipe

I'll get started on mine hopefully sooner than later. This long dry summer did away with my clover field.
 

jbyrd_1976

Senior Member
if critters are there they will eat it as soon as it comes out of the electronic feeder as well as out of the gravity fed feeder.
I will have my camera set up so i will know if it is deer, squirrels. possoms or coons.
 

56willysnut

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jbyrd_1976 said:
here is the before picture
Just shoot the deer when they come to swim and dive off the board!!!! :rofl: :cheers:
 

jbyrd_1976

Senior Member
that would be too easy.

I actually live right off one of WR's busiest streets and there are deer 300 yards down from my house along the bay gall ditch area. I have friends that own this land however they are not fond of hunting their deer. they like to watch them in the am and pm.
 

40fakind

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Here is a picture of mine. 6" PVC and 5' long. Deer are going through 50lbs of feed in a week or less. Works great.
 

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Researcher31726

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I'm still learning, fellas...You just pour the feed in at the top, and Mother Nature takes care of the rest...like the hog feeders we used to have when I was growing up?
Neat!
Sue
 

jbyrd_1976

Senior Member
this is how it was engineered. Looks like it is going to work well
40...what do you have at the bottom? Looks like something taped to the bottom
 

jbyrd_1976

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for those who have not heard and like to feed their deer....The Bass Pro shop will have a 1 day sale on 50# of deer corn on August 5th. $1.99 per bag... limit 10 bags per customer.
 

doe shooter

Senior Member
We have something similar. We have PVC pipe gravity feeders and five gallon bucket gravity feeders. The biggest problem is the coons and squirrels. The coons will eat all the corn and the squirrels have chewed up the tops of the five gallon buckets, allowing rain water in. Also, the hogs will eat it up also. We set up ours around oak trees. Then, pull them around Oct. 1 as the acorns start to fall. Then we are ready for gun season.
 

40fakind

Senior Member
jbyrd_1976 said:
this is how it was engineered. Looks like it is going to work well
40...what do you have at the bottom? Looks like something taped to the bottom

It is a tee with one end open. Taped it to keep rain out. Me and a few others in the club were making low budget feeders and this was one of the designs. The only drawback is that it does not hold more than 50lbs. But I go down about every weekend anyway so that is'nt to bad.
 

GobbleAndGrunt78

Senior Member
The ones I made last season weren't that fancy. Instead of using thick standard PVC I used drainage PVC that is thin and super light to carry but will still support a whole bag a corn. It is way cheaper too, I think it was $4 for a 12 foot section of it. The caps were a dollar or so. I made 3 feeders each 4 ft long. Then I painted them dark, flat brown so they'd be less noticable against a pine tree. Used some cheap camo ratchet straps to secure to trees and left bottom about 2 inches off ground and let gravity dispense the corn as they ate it. It'd be fun to make a fancy feeder, but I'd hate to have someone steal a feeder that I had a lot of time and money into!! :flag:

12 ft Drainage PVC $4
3 Caps $3
Spray Paint $3
Ratchet Straps $6
45 minutes of work $FREE
 
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