For those of you who don’t have a lot of finances like myself here is a do it yourself deer feeder that you can make at home. You do need to check the laws in your area to see if it is permitted. I know in Connecticut you can not hunt deer over bait but, there is nothing that says you can’t take pictures over bait and that is what I am talking about. I plan to set up a gravity fed feeder for deer and have a deer cam not to far away for the purpose of getting pictures. This has 3 basic purposes to me,
1. This will give the deer more to eat
2. It also acts as a scouting tool by showing me the type & size of deer I have in my area.
3. I can sit back on a cold winters night and browse my photo albums.
Items needed:
1 - 6′ piece of 4″ pvc pipe ( will hold approximately 25 lbs. of corn )
1 - 4″ pvc cap so the feed does not get wet while in the pipe
1 - base tray that the pipe will sit in just like the picture
What you can also use for a base tray is a 5 gallon plastic can and cut it down to 6″ then all that you need to do cut a slot in the plastic pipe about 1 to 2 inch wide and about 3 inch in height in the end of the pipe that is going to be in the container.
Fasten the pipe to one side of the container with the slotted portion towards the center. Cut some small holes in the bottom of the container so that it will not hold water when it rains.
This is the best example that I found for a do it yourself deer feeder project. So I would like to thank Whitetail Deer Management and Hunting for giving me another idea of how I can enjoy the whitetail deer.
Here is another style I came across which looks just as good as the one I just showed you.
Materials for 3 feeders:
1 - 10 foot 4" (100mm) PVC drainage pipe (Home Depot Canada $11.99)
3 - Y female 4" fittings MxFxF (Home Depot Canada $6.69 each)
6 - end caps for 4" pipe (Home Depot Canada $2.38 each)
3 - 3" to 4" nails
12 - ½" wood screws or sheet metal self-tapping screws
(Some of this pricing might have changed since timeof original posting)
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10 comments:
Nice feeder Mr Rick! And a nifty idea.
GunSlinger
Nice one Rick, reminds me of the version for hogs. 4" pipe, two threaded caps, and a few holes drilled in the end.
Albert
Rick these will work great for deer but if you have high numbers of hogs a group will come in and empty the feeder leaving nothing for the deer.
Neat! Especially the saving money part of making it yourself.
When you posted this in your old blog I remember I found a 10' length of pipe. I stashed it away somewhere for later use. Only problem is I don't remember where I stashed it. Don't know if it was at home or at work.
Thanks all!
I like to help the local wildlife when I can and this is an inexpensive way to do it.
That's a great ideaa!! We don't have hogs around here, other than the occasional domesticated ones, so that will work. Thanks for the great write up.
Brigid, thanks for stopping by. We don't have hogs around here either which is a good thing as far as deer feeders go.
This will be my first year hunting, but I didn't want to spend a hundred bucks on a feeder at Walmart so when I go to town today I am gonna get a piece of pipe and a cap.
bigchambers, thanks for stopping by. You'll have to let me know how it works for ya.
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