buckwheatpaul
08-26-2013, 07:43 AM
In Texas we are blessed or cursed with wild hogs and plenty of coons....You keep the hogs away from your deer feeder by placing 28" tall cattle panels around your feeder....and when a feeder has a throw radius of 24 feet you can only guess what that costs....but the coon over population is a big issue...they tear up your feeder and waste deer nuggets and corn......a friend told me about a way to COON PROOF my deer feeder and it is very simple. I took his suggestion and modified it to make it work better.
Material List:
The average leg diameter on a deer feeder is 1-1/4".
1. You buy 10 feet of plastic pvc that is a larger diameter than the leg. In my case it was 1-1/2" pvc water pipe.
2. I also went and bought 2 packages of 11/32" x. 2-3/8" x. 0.90 springs @ Lowes (0 38902 00244 0 scew).
3. Thin wire about 14 ga. or 16 ga. about 4 feet ( I used galvinized hot wire).
4. 3 self-tapping screws to secure the spring to the feeder legs.
Assembly:
1. Cut the 1-1/2" pvc into 3 equal lengths (3'4").
2. Drill two holes in line with the first hole about 1" from one end of 1-1/2" pvc leg. The second hole is drilled about 1" below the first hole. These holes are for the 14 ga. wire to be threaded through.
3. Cut the 14 ga. wire into three equal lengths (1' per piece worked for me) and make a curve in one end of each wire so that you can thread it through the two holes. Make a loop with the wire and the loop is on the outside of the pipe and extend past the end of the pvc sleeve.
4. Slide the 1-1/2" plastic sleeves on the three legs with the wire loops facing up.
5. Attach one self-tapping screw to the top of each leg and on the bottom side of each leg.
6. Attach one spring to the exterior loop on each sleeve and slide the sleeve up the leg towards the self-tapping screw. Bend one end of the spring around the loop, on the sleeve, and bend the other end of the spring around the shank of self-tapping screw and then tighten the screw to hold the top of the spring against the bottom side of the feeder leg.
When a coon attempts to climb the leg of the feeder the pvc pipe will rotate, spin, and throw the coon off of the leg.....Be sure to attach the loop of the sleeve to the bottom side of each leg.
Sorry for no pictures....not sure how to attach pictures.....
The cost of the materials is between the cost of 50 pounds of corn and deer
nuggets.
110416;110419
Material List:
The average leg diameter on a deer feeder is 1-1/4".
1. You buy 10 feet of plastic pvc that is a larger diameter than the leg. In my case it was 1-1/2" pvc water pipe.
2. I also went and bought 2 packages of 11/32" x. 2-3/8" x. 0.90 springs @ Lowes (0 38902 00244 0 scew).
3. Thin wire about 14 ga. or 16 ga. about 4 feet ( I used galvinized hot wire).
4. 3 self-tapping screws to secure the spring to the feeder legs.
Assembly:
1. Cut the 1-1/2" pvc into 3 equal lengths (3'4").
2. Drill two holes in line with the first hole about 1" from one end of 1-1/2" pvc leg. The second hole is drilled about 1" below the first hole. These holes are for the 14 ga. wire to be threaded through.
3. Cut the 14 ga. wire into three equal lengths (1' per piece worked for me) and make a curve in one end of each wire so that you can thread it through the two holes. Make a loop with the wire and the loop is on the outside of the pipe and extend past the end of the pvc sleeve.
4. Slide the 1-1/2" plastic sleeves on the three legs with the wire loops facing up.
5. Attach one self-tapping screw to the top of each leg and on the bottom side of each leg.
6. Attach one spring to the exterior loop on each sleeve and slide the sleeve up the leg towards the self-tapping screw. Bend one end of the spring around the loop, on the sleeve, and bend the other end of the spring around the shank of self-tapping screw and then tighten the screw to hold the top of the spring against the bottom side of the feeder leg.
When a coon attempts to climb the leg of the feeder the pvc pipe will rotate, spin, and throw the coon off of the leg.....Be sure to attach the loop of the sleeve to the bottom side of each leg.
Sorry for no pictures....not sure how to attach pictures.....
The cost of the materials is between the cost of 50 pounds of corn and deer
nuggets.
110416;110419