Strange Occurance- Protein feeder lid blew off

[DUKFVR]

We got to the ranch Friday afternoon & I went to check the feeder to see if I needed to make a run to the feed store. Came around the corner & the lid was laying on the ground a pretty good ways away with a big dent in it. This has a bar you have to slide in a piece of square tubing so it had to come up quite a bit to come off. We had a little sprinkling of rain, but luckily not enough to soak the feed . Crawled in the feeder & it seemed to be dry as far as I could get down into it. We were really stumped at what or how this happened. A look at the camera showed us later. Must have been a dust devil go right over it & suck the lid off. A new one to me.

[spread5150]

ghosts for sure

[Playa]

You’d be surprised how strong a dust devil can be. Had one come across our pond last year, we had just gotten off the water. It literally pulled a pile of water 4-4.5’ high as it danced across the pond. I was darn glad it didn’t veer towards the dock I was standing on

[cj_sandman]

That sucks. Great pic though!

[ByronB]

That is a great pic.

[Drycreek3189]

I had that happen several times when I leased in Runnels Co. Corn feeders, not protein feeders. I started putting a big rock on top of them and that solved the problem.

[Bisch]

That is a neat pic! But it doesn’t take a dust devil to blow a lid off a feeder. I put a big rock on top of mine now to keep it in place.

Bisch


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[Bh_liberty]

Very cool pic


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[BolilloLoco]

Our lids blow off pretty regular in Old Mexico if you don’t keep rocks on them. Cool pic.

[buckerup]

Cool pic. Probably would've blown your hat off as well.

[brrdnk]

Had the very same thing happen but lid hit a Tee post and punched a hole in it. Protien got wet and was a mess to clean out.

[Mexico]

Very cool pic!

[MQ32Shooter]

Can’t find my pic, but the same thing happen. Lid was in the air spinning around. Pretty cool pics.

[Lawhunter]

Pretty neat

[cj7zrcool]

Had the very same thing happen but lid hit a Tee post and punched a hole in it. Protien got wet and was a mess to clean out.

About 10 years ago we had a severe storm (possible small tornado) come through a lease we had in Mills County. Pushed over some large trees and blinds, sucked the lid off my corn feeder that had just been filled a couple of weeks prior. We didn't know about it until we went back a month or so later. It was the nastiest, smelliest, mashup of rotten corn, maggots, and other worms you've ever seen. What made it worse was that it was in a valley with no breeze, in the middle of the summer. The stench would make a buzzard puke. My 5yo (at the time) was very unimpressed.