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    What caused this?

    Curious as to what TBH thinks happened to my feeder leg. It was fine...a little rusty...but holding up well until I noticed a hole slightly larger than a quarter on the side recently. I've personally never shot a feeder leg or seen one shot, so I have nothing to compare it to, but this literally appeared overnight.

    Here is what I know--

    One of my cameras faces this leg, so when I went back and looked at my pictures, I was able to narrow down the time frame to 2am-4am on the night it occurred. I have a picture of a small buck eating at 1:57am and no hole. Then 2 hours of nothing. Pictures start back up at 4:05am, hole is there.

    Feeder was only half full (holds 300lbs). Everything else with it seemed level and fine.

    I had a pop-up blind directly in line with the hole on the feeder leg about 100yds away.

    Bullet hole, poachers, or aliens? Thanks for the input ahead of time.
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    #2
    Both sides? I can't imagine anything but a bullet through there...

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      #3
      Water got in there and froze. It expanded and blew out a small hole. I've seen tubular farm gates do the exact same.

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        #4
        Odd shape for a bullet. I would think the entry side would be much smaller.

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          #5
          Freeze wouldn't blow it open I don't think. Just a fracture but that metal does look like it's quite brittle.

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            #6
            Termites

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              #7
              Lightening? I've got not idea, but that's the first thing that comes to mind. Nobody is poaching out of your pop up at 4AM.

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                #8
                Edges are rusted already. Looks like the freeze ideal stated above may be the right answer. That pipe has been laying on the ground in the past from the looks of the rust up the leg. Hole is in the same side as the rust stain too. Probably a weak spot that filled with water and froze.

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                  #9
                  Filled with water, froze, and the pipe broke. I’ve seen it a few times.

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                    #10
                    Rust maggots.

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                      #11
                      Did the pictures have a temp. Stamp?

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                        #12
                        I would bet money on freezing. It looks bulged out as froze and expanded.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by muzzlebrake View Post
                          Termites
                          Second this one. I would give them another year though...

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                            #14
                            I'm in the freeze in pipe crowd and will add, I would replace some legs before filling that feeder again, that leg doesn't look like it's gonna go much longer!

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Pstraw View Post
                              Rust maggots.
                              I’m liking this educated guess.

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