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    Default How to keep tripod feeders from being

    This season has run me and my hunting partner ragged putting out corn due to low acorn crop I guess. Never seen deer devour corn like this before. One track he and I hunt together may not get hunted but 1 time a week and naturally if you put corn out it is gone before you go back. 45 min one way trip from my house to put out corn not really possible.

    We have used cob corn for last 3-4 yrs but looking at going to tripod feeders for next season

    I have been told hogs will turn them over even if staked isn’t eh ground and one track of land I hunt has plenty of hogs. Another track he and I hunt together we never see any hog sign much at all.


    Thinking the tripod feeders will be a little more consistent with keeping corn out

    All tracks have nice food plots as well

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    Short hog panels. Fence them in. Deer will step over panels to feed.

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    Hog panels around the spin area. Deer will jump them no problems.

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    Better get them out right after the season and let them run all year
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    Never had a hog knock down a tripod feeder.

    I did see 2th knock one down though.

    Close enough.

    And I hate feeder maintenance.
    Last edited by JOHNSON; 12-07-2018 at 04:17 PM. Reason: Dirty corn

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    I have had them knocked over several times. I put them right up against trees and strap the drum of the feeder to the tree with a ratchet strap.

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    A good friend of mine got tired of driving two hours just to find out that his feeders haven't worked in weeks or hogs had turned them over. His solution was to stop using junk Moultrie and WildGame feeders and start building his own. He uses steel drums and heavy duty conduit for the legs. He also makes flat feet for the legs with holes in them. He drives rebar through the holes. This stops the hogs from breaking the legs and turning over the feeders. He uses SpinTech 12v feeders that screw up and down. This took care of his coon and squirrel problems. It was a lot more work, but they are working whenever he gets there.

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    Maybe hang the feeders? A buddy of mine used some angle iron and built a few hangers. He strapped them to a tree and had a pulley on the end. Used a boat winch to lower it down to service it. Was held onto the tree y ratchet straps and worked great! 15442205009351714225148468926728.jpg please excuse the crude drawing but it gives you an idea.
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    We have cemented feet in cinder blocks and buried them and hogs have dug them up to turn the feeder over. Well really just one hog that is now dead. he destroyed 3 tripods before we could finally get him. Before him and since we have not had a problem with just rebar through the feet.

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    We have one like that too Troy. Coons and squirrels love it. One coon will swing from it to shake the corn and the rest of them eat with the pigs or deer.
    Last edited by Meathook; 12-07-2018 at 05:13 PM.

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    I tried using one this year for the same reason. Coons and turkeys loved it.

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    Hog panels and Tposts will keep the pigs out. The bears are another story altogether...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrtroy4man View Post
    Maybe hang the feeders? A buddy of mine used some angle iron and built a few hangers. He strapped them to a tree and had a pulley on the end. Used a boat winch to lower it down to service it. Was held onto the tree y ratchet straps and worked great! 15442205009351714225148468926728.jpg please excuse the crude drawing but it gives you an idea.
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    35412A85-51A0-4605-9777-6E4EC275744A.jpg

    That pipe is 3’, most of the others are 4’. Hold about 350# of corn. Bury legs 2’ in ground. Hogs will eat but have yet to tear one up, same with bears.
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    We put ours in the air because of the bears. Had 1 big bastard push over a 55 gallon feeder and push down on it with his/her front legs until the top popped off. I was surprised by how strong a bear is and how much shelled corn they can eat. We had pics of all of this. Bear eat then slept in the corn then woke up and ate some more. Left a few huge piles of vomit on the trail leading away from the feeder. The hanging feeders worked great but the coons and squirrels did love them. I recently.saw a feeder with some sort of electric wire running around the area where the corn comes out supposedly it zaps them with a bit of juice to ward them off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrtroy4man View Post
    We put ours in the air because of the bears. Had 1 big bastard push over a 55 gallon feeder and push down on it with his/her front legs until the top popped off. I was surprised by how strong a bear is and how much shelled corn they can eat. We had pics of all of this. Bear eat then slept in the corn then woke up and ate some more. Left a few huge piles of vomit on the trail leading away from the feeder. The hanging feeders worked great but the coons and squirrels did love them. I recently.saw a feeder with some sort of electric wire running around the area where the corn comes out supposedly it zaps them with a bit of juice to ward them off.
    We had the zap cage on one. Kept the squirrel from eating through the bottom. Entertaining the first few days too on camera.

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    One of my buddies has a pic of a bear sitting at our tables eating. Another of him climbing on top but to date they haven’t torn one up.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
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    That pipe is 3’, most of the others are 4’. Hold about 350# of corn. Bury legs 2’ in ground. Hogs will eat but have yet to tear one up, same with bears.
    Dang, I didn't know 8pts came in a size small. Those gravity feeders are nice though, used to have some similar to that.

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