Water buckets for deer.

[tagman]

This may not be much help, but I remember reading about a water collection system that was used out in West Texas. It seems like it was in Big Bend. I don't remember any details but it seemed like an ingenious system that was easy to set up. You might could find some info on it.

Like I said, prolly not much help, but it may get you started in searching of you can't find anything else.

[WCB]

Luck, did you ever put a rain catcher up to help keep the tank full?

[OS_BRANDON]

nice...we do the harder work and dig with some shovels and then put a tarp over and hope for rain...

[Sergio_III]

I found this on the NET. I know it may not work for everyone but it can be used for ideas.

Rain Water Collection System

[Kdub]

Hey Bobo; I've got a water system that I don't use anymore. It's two 55 gal. plastic barrels on stands, and a trough thats a 55 gal. barrel cut in half like you were talking about. It has stainless braided hoses coming out of the bottom of the tanks into a tee, and then one line going to the trough which has a float in it. My trough has a sheet metal cover that covers about two thirds of the trough. This helps to keep leaves and stuff out of it, and also it keeps the hogs from trying to lay in it. I used it on a place I hunted out of Uvalde that didn't have much water on it and it worked good. I used two more barrels that I kept around the camp to haul water to it, and a 12 volt boat bilge pump that I hooked to my truck battery to off load the water. It was worth the effort IMO. Let me know if you might be interested, and maybe we can work something out for a sale or trade.

[bar2hunter]

Just a gravity fed float valve..........

Even though it's gravity fed, float has a valve that does not let tank fill back up until the water level drops (like a HOME THRONE )?

[AggieHunter]

Here is a picture of a rain capture device that was built by TPWD and the Texas Bighorn Society out in West Texas. This is a good sized one, but can give you an idea how it works. Two pieces of tin sloping towards each other w/ a gutter system in the middle. Will also work w/ as a one-sided device w/ a gutter system on the lower end. These are very effective, especiallly if your in an area that gets a decent amount of rainfall.


Photo courtsey texasbighornsociety.org

[AggieHunter]

Forgot I has a couple more that I had taken. Again these are kinda big for what your looking to do but you could probably come up w/ something much smaller and cheaper.

[Mike Murphey]

If possible, (thinking outside the box)...since a river is close, 600 yards, how about a pipe system that will let water flow into the trough (siphon) from the river