I would think you would need heavy gauge steel and concrete post to keep the bears from messing it up. That is if you wanted it easy fill.
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Bear Proof Feeder
I almost typed "beer proof feeder." Which would be tragic, as it would never get filled.
It's not winched all the way up in that photo. Once the bear(s) started showing up we raise it all the way, tired arms or no.
Never had an issue, but of course you could always build it a little taller. Let's see, height of the average bear*, divided by the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, plus or minus the lengths of the..oh hell. Build it tall!
*Unless it's Yogi. He's not your average bear. Hey BooBoo!
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I have a video from our hunters up in the panhandle where we have a few bears, they used t-posts to try and anchor feeders. In the trail cam video you see a big black bear pulling t-posts out of the ground like it wasnt any trouble at all. Some of the posts were driven into the ground several feet! if i can find it i will post it. Pretty unbelievable!
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The latest design has the legs are set at 22.5 degrees giving it a wide base. using t-posts and the legs screwed into the bracket it will take a heck of a bear to turn it over. They will destroy the spinner plate or rip the timer off the bottom is the only problem.
I have been building feeders to fight bear for several years, this design is almost there.
Last edited by Okiehunter; 07-24-2017, 07:52 PM.
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