Feeder Problems

[bstephens87]

I have a feeder set up on a tripod in an open field for my hogs but it seems like everytime I go to hunt it they have flipped it over and destroyed it. I have tried everything I can think of to prevent this from happening. Im tired of having to fix my feeders everytime I go hunt and I really dont want to move it because I really like the location and the setup. Any ideas?

[bbuck8]

A t post to each leg and wire them together.

[SabineRR]

A t post to each leg and wire them together.

x10000 best thing to do

[Cuz]

Yep, a T-post as deep as you can get it at the base of each feeder leg. Then wire it TIGHT with some heavy wire. You'll be good to go. Unless you have those crap two piece black legs. You'll need to buy some new legs (fence posts) to prevent the "wobble" the two piece light weight legs allow.

[Coach W]

A Feeder without atleast 3 tpost is not a Feeder.... Its just a Hog toy.

Run them inline with the Feeder legs I wire top bottom and middle. I used to do them like the top pic, but there is less contact points to wire this way.

Second pic is the way to go.

[9toes]

Like this should work.

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287914

[bstephens87]

Thanks for the input i went and bought some tposts today and am gonna try that.

[kornsqueezer]

T-post will keep the hogs from knocking the feeder over. Just put the t-post about 2 feet in and tie the feeder legs to them .

[HainesNYT]

You have cattle or horses out there? I had a bull destroy a feeder of mine…I liked that feeder. Had some longhorn cows destroy a neighbors feeder. Horses know there is corn in those things too...just saying.

Another neighbor asked me to fix a crappy feeder of theirs…so I drilled a hole in the ground (hill country) and cemented a 15’ high pipe that I welded a hanger off of and attached a cheap ATV winch to it…they drive up and connect their Mule to it and winch it down to fill it….then back up out of harms way it goes.

[sticks]

some hogs learn to rub on the legs to shake out corn

[Polaris700]

T-posts will work. I had a video of a cow hitting a leg with tied to a t-post and it held up good. But I decided to build a winch-up feeder after years of digging up t-posts to move the feeder. Here is my design. 14 ft, 2" sq legs 3/16 think with auto-brake winch. The lid stays in place when you lower the barrel.

[Bowtechlady]

T post and make sure your motor is high enough off the ground because if they can not flip it over, they will tear up the motor housing

[bholt]

Polaris has the right idea. A winch feeder is the way to go, since you can lower them slightly to allow them to swing free if they are being "bumped". I must admit I build and sell them but that is because I got tired of having all the other issues associated with feeders and got tired of climbing ladders. Polaris you did a great job on yours, very smart for using a brake winch, if you ever build another think about ming the legs on the barrel straight. While this won't keep coons off your feeder it won't give as much to hang onto to get to your timer, thus going down will be faster than going up. Good luck


Bholt

[OPC Patrick]

If the soil is sandy they will dig it out just enough for one leg to drop and the weight to dump it over. I had a friend use T-posts but in the sandy soil it still didn't stop them. Ended up having to cut up hog panels and lay them flat on the ground and run the T-post through the panel into the ground and tie to the legs. The hog panel kept the hogs from digging under the legs.