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Gravity feeders vs. Spin feeders
Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:16 am
Thoughts?
Personally, we have started changing over to gravity/free choice feeders as it tends to keep the hogs and coons out of the feed. However, it seems to take the deer a while (sometimes a year) to use those feeders.
Personally, we have started changing over to gravity/free choice feeders as it tends to keep the hogs and coons out of the feed. However, it seems to take the deer a while (sometimes a year) to use those feeders.
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Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:23 am to TigerDeacon
we tried spin feeders but found them to be unreliable and always in need of batteries.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:30 am to TigerDeacon
from briefly searching a few weeks ago it seemed gravity feeders cost a lot more, but at the same time, a little bit of metal and someone that know how to weld could make them fairly cheap
Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:33 am to Hermit Crab
I still need to post some pics of our gravity drums. Maybe this weekend I can go fill them up and snap some pics.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 11:54 am to bayoudude
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we tried spin feeders but found them to be unreliable and always in need of batteries.
What kind of batteries are you using? We have always used Duracells and they are still working at the start of the next year.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 12:40 pm to TigerDeacon
I use the rechargeable 6Volts and never have a problem.
Also I like Spin Feeders, I want the deer on my time since I spent the money to feed and hunt them...
Gravity feeders they can feed whenever they want to.
Also I like Spin Feeders, I want the deer on my time since I spent the money to feed and hunt them...
Gravity feeders they can feed whenever they want to.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 12:57 pm to TexasTiger
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Also I like Spin Feeders, I want the deer on my time since I spent the money to feed and hunt them...
I've never seen a deer come running when the feeder goes off. Usually, they just wait till dark anyway.
That's if the hogs don't beat them there first
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:19 pm to TigerDeacon
Within 15 minutes of mine going off I will deer under it. AM or PM on most of the hunts I make thru the year. Granted these are young deer and does, but they still come to it.
And I like to throw more corn from my spin feeder the closer it gets to the rut so I have the does eating under it for a longer period of time in hopes of drawing out a good buck.
And I like to throw more corn from my spin feeder the closer it gets to the rut so I have the does eating under it for a longer period of time in hopes of drawing out a good buck.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:28 pm to TexasTiger
Do you have any acorn producing trees there?
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:33 pm to TigerDeacon
We have oaks....but alot of the people around us are cattle ranchers so they have knocked down alot of the woods.
And we have alot of deer...so they will eat the corn/protein to and from the oak patches...
And we have alot of deer...so they will eat the corn/protein to and from the oak patches...
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:34 pm to TexasTiger
Thats probably the main difference. We've got tons of acorns, corn is just another food item to our deer.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:35 pm to TigerDeacon
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I've never seen a deer come running when the feeder goes off. Usually, they just wait till dark anyway. That's if the hogs don't beat them there first
automated deer feeders are like dinner bells
and i hunt an area full of acorn producing oaks
This post was edited on 9/8/10 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:39 pm to winner
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automated deer feeders are like dinner bells
So when are you setting your feeders to go off? In the morning? If you are setting them for early evening, a smart deer will wait till dark.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:39 pm to winner
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and i hunt an area full of acorn producing oaks
I have my climber in an oak patch that I hope produces a big boy early on in Bow season....
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:43 pm to TigerDeacon
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If you are setting them for early evening, a smart deer will wait till dark.
Here is what I think about hunting around a feeder, its good to do if you want to see what your herd looks like or allow kids to see deer during a hunt, but I beleive a big mature buck will avoid a feeder during daylight hours 95% of the time,especially if there is natural food for them to eat, unless its during the rut thats when he will make a mistake.
This post was edited on 9/8/10 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:46 pm to TigerDeacon
normally set for 30-45 mins after sun up and 1-1/2 hrs before sun down, large bucks don't frequent feeders the later it gets in the season, but i enjoy shooting healthy does as well for meat
i hunt other areas without feeders but it just doesn't produce much activity, i enjoy watching wildlife as much as i enjoy eating it
i hunt other areas without feeders but it just doesn't produce much activity, i enjoy watching wildlife as much as i enjoy eating it
Posted on 9/8/10 at 1:55 pm to TexasTiger
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big mature buck will avoid a feeder during daylight hours 95% of the time,especially if there is natural food for them to eat, unless its during the rut thats when he will make a mistake.
I agree with this.
My problems are that I have NEVER seen a deer come running to a feeder. That might be our herd, but that is the reality here. I have seen deer slip in right at dark to see if corn was there, but never coming immediately after the feeder spins. (I will say that last year we had a doe that would come to a trough immediately after we had left, but again, this wasn't at a spin feeder).
Also, hogs will find your feeder and clean up any corn on the ground and may turn the feeder over to get to the corn.
We have lots of racoons, squirrels, crows and oppossums that love to eat the corn as well.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 2:00 pm to TigerDeacon
Our deer on my property I have are very nocturnal by my feeder but it is in the front about 300yds from the houses. Best chance is to set up at the back of the property and catch a deer on its way to the feeder just before dark. Feeder is mainly for setting up a camera to sample the herd.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 2:09 pm to TigerDeacon
When I hunted East TX I had the same issue, if I wanted to kill a deer I had to get away from the feeders. But there was alot of hunting pressure in East TX and it was a "If its brown its down" County so the deer never would get comfortable out in the open.
Posted on 9/8/10 at 7:32 pm to TexasTiger
Personally, throwing by hand has worked best for me, however, I set my feeder to throw at odd hours, 2 p.m. and 3 a.m., they don't run to feeders in East Texas like they do in West Texas, at least that's my experience...I've seen deer run from feeders in East Tx. when they spin...
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