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Tacks on feeder legs

Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:40 pm
Posted by shellbeachspeckzzz
nunya
Member since Jan 2024
251 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:40 pm
Have you guys ever heard of people putting thumb tacks on feeder legs? coons cant climb it. wondering if yall have ever used it before. thanks
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
8753 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:51 pm to
"shark teeth" and "coon Stoppers" have been sold for years. Only a matter of time before the masked bandit figures out a solution
Posted by way_south
Member since Jul 2017
814 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:52 pm to
I use the cheapest grease I can buy at the auto parts store in a tub. They try to climb it once, and stay away after that attempt. I usually only do one piece of each leg and someone always bumps into it eventually but it works.
Posted by Piebald Panther
Member since Aug 2020
477 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:21 pm to
A varmint blocker on the motor works better than the strips. Our coons learned how to use the strips as footholds for climbing better.

If you can, put a hand trap on each leg of the feeder and keep killing until it gets somewhat manageable. I got up to 11 then they seemed to move on.
Posted by dpier16
Member since Aug 2016
195 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:26 pm to
A metal slinky on each leg works and you dont have to worry about the grease
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29307 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:33 pm to
quote:

A metal slinky on each leg works and you dont have to worry about the grease


Ok, I am intrigued by this.
Posted by The Levee
Bat Country
Member since Feb 2006
10706 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 1:48 pm to
genius
Posted by Old Man and a Porch
Member since Dec 2023
126 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:33 pm to
I used tacky strips that you put down with carpet and they worked fine.

I used Vaseline and the deer were gone for a year.
Posted by shellbeachspeckzzz
nunya
Member since Jan 2024
251 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:34 pm to
what kind of tack strips did you use?
Posted by Red Stick Rambler
Member since Jun 2011
1172 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:47 pm to


That's just extra traction for a determined coon!
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 2:55 pm to
I like the trail camera pictures where one coon is trapeezing off one leg and flicking the spinner to feed his whole posse of buddies underneath.
Posted by dpier16
Member since Aug 2016
195 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:09 pm to
go on youtube and search "slinky on bird feeder."

There's a pile of videos on how to set them up. did the same thing on my deer feeders and its worked great.
Posted by Sparty3131
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2019
647 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:35 pm to
I have had good luck with putting a long piece of 4” pvc on each leg
Posted by UnoMe
Here
Member since Dec 2007
5569 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:42 pm to
quote:

metal slinky on each leg works a


No it doesn’t
Posted by AEXLSUTIG
Alexandria, LA
Member since Oct 2011
158 posts
Posted on 2/2/24 at 6:31 am to
Golden Malrin… usually keeps the coins away most of the season. Should help with flies too…
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