issue in south texas to solve. suggestions?

[Tmag]

wouldn't they just push those out of the way?

Find some used conveyor belt material and stake it down.

[hillcountryhunter]

I've Heard laying hog panels flat on the ground under the feeder helps a lot

I have a buddy that has done this with all of his feeders and it has seemed to work. Might be the easiest and cheapest solution.

[quackaholic1]

Check with lumber yards or anywhere that carries bag concrete and ask them is they have any bags that have gotten wet and are hardened. I bought a whole pallet from Atwoods a couple years ago for $25. Just drop the bags into the hole, it works great.

[jerp]

There's a fix I'm considering for this problem - maybe someone who has tried it will chime in. If the soil is somewhat sandy, I'm thinking you could dump out a few bags of Quikcrete under the feeder and rake it in to the soil then wet it down - you could even form it into a slight dome shape so the water won't puddle. You would probably need to turn the feeder off for a few days prior so the hogs will quit coming around and leave it off until the concrete sets. Think that might work?

[txdukklr]

feed pens

[bows08]

We pinned all our feeders and hogs left and cut our feed cost in half.

How did that cut your feed bill in half, unless your talking about just gravity fed feeders?

[txnduckhntr]

cattle panel or old chain link fence staked down works

[texas bound]

TBH hog hunting party.

[mag301]

Have had the same problem .. In the existing hole made by the pigs I have dropped two to four, depending on size of the hole, flat sandstone rocks.. Have not had anymore problems

[BlackHillRanch]

Just be happy it rained

[BlakeH1]

wouldn't they just push those out of the way?

they weight about 100 lbs they'd have to **** sure work at it

[louieagarcia]

Make a 8'x8'x4" slab (or whatever size you want), framed using 2x4's. Use cattle panels as rebar. Fill with quickrete. Let it dry, set feeder back on top. No more holes under feeder.
A friend did this on his property at several feeders. Said it ended up costing him about 150ea.
You can also use paving stones if you can get them cheap.

Good luck

[jcso139]

i'm afraid i'll have to as well. That's a pain but I know it works. Possibly only solution, but i'm hoping theres an easier way. Deer ofcourse will jump in a pen, but they don't like them and are always somewhat reluctant to do it.

not at my lease! feed pens work well and the mature deer still jump in them. just make sure it is pretty big.

[Playa]

There's a fix I'm considering for this problem - maybe someone who has tried it will chime in. If the soil is somewhat sandy, I'm thinking you could dump out a few bags of Quikcrete under the feeder and rake it in to the soil then wet it down - you could even form it into a slight dome shape so the water won't puddle. You would probably need to turn the feeder off for a few days prior so the hogs will quit coming around and leave it off until the concrete sets. Think that might work?

I think the weight of a big hog would just crack this and then they'd root it up starting at the cracks.

Hog panel flat on the ground staked out is what i was going to suggest

[Hart8]

Good idea.

There's a fix I'm considering for this problem - maybe someone who has tried it will chime in. If the soil is somewhat sandy, I'm thinking you could dump out a few bags of Quikcrete under the feeder and rake it in to the soil then wet it down - you could even form it into a slight dome shape so the water won't puddle. You would probably need to turn the feeder off for a few days prior so the hogs will quit coming around and leave it off until the concrete sets. Think that might work?

That sounds like a good idea...I remember years ago the landowner where I hunt, telling me he didn't want anything permanent in the ground.He was referring to fence posts concreted..