Thread: they been gobbling

Originally Posted by Micanopy

I see your feeder has staked legs so the hogs don’t push it over. Wire cage so the coons can’t savage the whirler thingie. I want to set something like this up at my dump. Can you recommend a brand to get and how do you get the corn inside…..stand in truck bed ?

We build our own , the parts like leg holders, timer , solar panel, varmit cages , gel cel batteries are available at the academy store here , but there are other vendors on the parts. Yes that is a “shorty” we back up the truck to it .
About 125 to 150 in that one , we get barrels and legs free at work. If staked down ,the feeders last a good while ,8 to 10 years or so on timers most of the time , it is critical to have a good seal on the lid , a bit of moisture makes the corn/feed really a huge problem once it gets wet.
Beware of them crank up models, they rust up quickly and tend to fail at the cable and or pulley and have hurt a few folks pretty badly that were under them .

Originally Posted by zummy

Heard one while letting the dogs out to potty the other day. They are so rare around here anymore I don't hunt them and I don't allow anybody else to hunt them on my property. Its sad seeing how many were around when I bought the place to now.

We used to have so many they were a nuisance, flocks of 60 or more descended on a feeder like fire ants and ate the “deer” corn up in seconds , I think the growing numbers of nest killers like hogs has depleted them , rarely see them nowadays, and it was common to see them in every field 20 years ago, some flocks would even be in the hundreds