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    Personally, I had only seen one rattler in the past 5 years. My twin brother had seen several a couple turkey seasons ago. We have a snake wrangler go out there every year. Last year he caught around 25-30, this year he caught 15. Our house is on the top of the hill above the San Saba river and I'm sure there are a number of dens inside those rocky cliffs near the river. I'll definitely be going to academy to buy some snake boots/chaps for the kids.

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      Did you get any pics of quail using your feeder?

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        Originally posted by BosqueTech View Post
        Did you get any pics of quail using your feeder?
        Not yet. Only pictures we got were of rabbits and raccoons. I'm hoping they'll eventually find it, but we have to figure out a way to keep the other critters out.

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          Trail Cam Pictures

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          We are going to change our times to the following to prevent the raccoon parties:
          Open at 6am, Close at 7:30am
          Open at 6pm, Close at 8:00pm

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            Such a great place and thread... Keep it up.

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              New 1,300lb Krivoman Corn Feeder

              We replaced our last 300lb corn feeder with another 1,300lb Krivoman corn feeder. We put an eliminator spinner plate and a varmint cage on it to ensure the raccoons can't have a feast every night.
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              The deer are really hammering both protein and cottonseed. Two out of three cottonseed feeders were half empty and one was entirely empty in just 2 weeks:
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              Raccoons ripped solar panel wiring from our Krivoman timed protein feeder:
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                I was gonna ask how your deer were hitting the protein. We are over by San Saba & mine emptied 600 in 2 weeks. They are hammering it & I have it closing at night. They are even hitting the corn as fast as it spins out. Would think with all the green they would slow down a little.

                Your place is looking GREAT! Thanks for sharing!

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                  Originally posted by DUKFVR View Post
                  I was gonna ask how your deer were hitting the protein. We are over by San Saba & mine emptied 600 in 2 weeks. They are hammering it & I have it closing at night. They are even hitting the corn as fast as it spins out. Would think with all the green they would slow down a little.

                  Your place is looking GREAT! Thanks for sharing!
                  Thanks! Ya, the does are really starting to hammer it hard and getting ready to drop within the next month or so. I forgot to mention that our two protein feeders (1,500lb & 1,300lb) were both about 60% full and we filled them to the top two weeks ago.

                  We have gotten some decent rains this Spring, but nothing over 3/4-inch. For March and April, we have only received 2.5in total. For our area, the average for these two months is 3.21in. We are still above average for the year, thanks to the good rains in Jan. and Feb (7.56in total). I'm hoping we can get another inch or so of rainfall in the next week or two to keep things growing.
                  Last edited by bgleaton; 04-25-2017, 01:27 PM.

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                    Great read, thanks for sharing!

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                      I love this thread. On the quail waterer and feeder to keep the coons out you could try to put up chicken wire on the bottom or another hog panel but stagger it to close the gap. You would also have to go all the way to the roof so they don't just climb over.

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                        if protein will be so limited in when they can eat it, you won't notice any antler increase

                        Leave it open all day and turn it off at night.

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                          Originally posted by gingib View Post
                          if protein will be so limited in when they can eat it, you won't notice any antler increase

                          Leave it open all day and turn it off at night.
                          We cannot afford to let them eat that much. We have the feeders programmed so that they eat around 800lbs from each feeder a month instead of 1,000lbs+ from each feeder a month. Also, they have cottonseed available at all times, so I think they will be just fine. The biggest improvement we will see in antlers will be once others start shooting does and actually help us keep the numbers down. Once we get others to help us get the numbers down, we can then open up the feeders more. We just have too many mouths to feed right now and not enough $$ to feed them all.
                          Last edited by bgleaton; 04-28-2017, 08:19 AM.

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                            Originally posted by gingib View Post
                            if protein will be so limited in when they can eat it, you won't notice any antler increase

                            Leave it open all day and turn it off at night.
                            Sure...

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                              Looking at the damage to your solar panel, I have three questions because I have the same feeder from Krivoman

                              Do you have a camera on it? Curious if you have a majority of bucks at the feeder like mine.

                              Also, are the coons jumping up or climbing the legs and swinging over? I have pvc on mine and no coon photos for me.

                              Last, turkeys pick up any of the protein? Just curious. Mine won't get in my cattle panel pen.

                              Clay aka BP

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                                Any growth or activity in the areas you hydroaxed?

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