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Wanna set up a very efficient Hog feeder ?

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Nomadic Pirate:
This are a few pictures of my feeder from last week,..never took a shot.







So, how do I set up my Hog feeders ?

1st of all I make a skirt for the bucket so it doesn't spray the corn everywhere, but makes it drop straight down






Then a start a hole right under, initially I put some corn laced with something to get the hogs into it.

once they start they will keep digging day after day and make quite a big hole out of it.

What's the advantage ?

A couple,

first it will make the hogs work to find all the feed hidden under displaced dirt, also it will make them stand still rather then go crazy mopping corn off the forest floor,  and it will last longer, it takes them longer to finish it.


An other thing, use 50/50 rather then Whole corn, can mix in some of the Whole corn just to give them a reward but the 50/50 makes them work much more and lasts a lot longer on the ground.


This is the feeding grounds today,...has rained a lot this week

 

Wolfer:
Hey Manny  when I am pre baiting before I move in my corral trap I have used a one hundred gallon plastic barrel, commercial soaps come in them. I drill one inch holes all over it then drill a hole on the edge at the top and put a chain through it and chain with a lock to a tree. They will roll it around and the WHOLE corn will dribble out a little at a time. Makes them work hard. I didn't, chain one when I first tried it and found my barrel about three hundred yards away in the bottom of a canyon. Any way just one more thing to try if need be. Take care.    Mike

Nomadic Pirate:

--- Quote from: Wolfer on February 08, 2020, 09:58:51 PM ---Hey Manny  when I am pre baiting before I move in my corral trap I have used a one hundred gallon plastic barrel, commercial soaps come in them. I drill one inch holes all over it then drill a hole on the edge at the top and put a chain through it and chain with a lock to a tree. They will roll it around and the WHOLE corn will dribble out a little at a time. Makes them work hard. I didn't, chain one when I first tried it and found my barrel about three hundred yards away in the bottom of a canyon. Any way just one more thing to try if need be. Take care.    Mike

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Yeah, that one can be done also with PVC piping, never made one because I hardly ever have enough clear terrain to make it work, or most times flat enough

Sqrl Klr:
I was going to mention that too Mike but another thing that works great with the hole method is putting heavy tree limb pieces in the hole which makes the hogs work harder on finding the corn where it lasts longer plus that directs their attention to getting the wood out of their way instead of looking for you. A distracted hog is easier to kill.

Mole2017:
I understand how Mike's idea and the PVC pipe one work, but don't quite follow how Manny's version controls the corn. There's a hole and a skirt, but is there something to keep it from just pouring out into a pile on the ground?

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