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[Humper]

I'd be in for two if they pan out like you said.

[gonehuntin68]

Would it do anything to help with pigs shaking the feeders?

No it will not stop corn from falling out if pigs shake the feeder.

The last feeder is an ex lease members. My buddy and I are running Bighorns. One is a directional and three others are spinners like so..

It will work on the spinners but not the directional.

[Smart]

It will work on the spinners but not the directional.

[be12hunt]

I'd probably still be interested but our big problem is pigs shaking the feeder.

[gonehuntin68]

I just want to let everyone know that even though I've built a sample that I know will work great, it takes time to get them manufactured and tested thoroughly. I will not sell them unless they will 100% stop coons and squirrels and will last many years. This means they are probably still 6 months to a year from being ready to sell.

[Wil Taylor]

I would be in too.

[dfkoon]

my feeders have good coon cages that keeps coons out... but the squirrels are the issue. Put the eliminator plate on the stand & fill so will see how that works with squirrels. Like to see your idea though.

[ColinR]

I agree with you about the cages they knock too much corn down. I am running eleminator plates now with no issues but if you have something better I'm all ears and would take 5 if it really works as you say. People who feed a lot will spend $70 per feeder without blinking an eye as they know how much coons steal. They will pay for themselves in no time.

[cwill]

I just want to let everyone know that even though I've built a sample that I know will work great, it takes time to get them manufactured and tested thoroughly. I will not sell them unless they will 100% stop coons and squirrels and will last many years. This means they are probably still 6 months to a year from being ready to sell.

I'd be happy to thoroughly test a prototype for you!

[Mike Fangman]

I wouldn't be interested, but curious to see what u have come up with. I build my own cages, that are the same size as my 55 gallon barrels and have had zero issues with coons or squirrels.

[gonehuntin68]

I 100% agree that if you build the cages right they will 100% stop coons and squirrels from getting to the corn but they also will keep your feeder from spreading out the corn like it would without a cage. IMO having the corn spread out more will allow more animals to feed at the same time. It also spreads the animals out more to allow more shot opportunities instead of them all bunching up under/next to the feeder. Now if your in a area with very few animals and only have a couple coming to your feeder it doesn't really matter. It's kind of along the same lines of feeder pens, you build a small pen, one animal can dominate it as I've seen it many times. It's the same with a feeder that most of the corn ends up right under or right next to a feeder, a dominate pig or deer will push the other animals away and this will reduce the number of animals that come to your feeder. If you have pigs at your place and most of us do, this will also help throw more corn outside of the big mud hole they make under/around the feeder versus a feeder with a cage on it. I know the deer at my places will not even try to eat the corn in those mud holes and right now I would say at least 50% of my corn basically ends up right under my feeder due to the cages on them.

If you have a cage on your feeder and your happy with it then this isn't for you. It's for the ones that don't like cages and are tired of feeding the coons and squirrels.

[skeeter]

watching this one!

[Kurdawg]

Yes please

[RMW]

Have you gotten a patent on this yet? Curious of the design

[Fajkus7]

Not sure where the figures are coming from with the home built units...we've made ours for years out of rolled fencing for about $5/ea at the most. You only need something that restricts the coon's reach to the length of its arm. Make a circle (just a little smaller circumference than a 55gal barrel) and tie it together. Cut a bottom for it and wire it on. Cut a door in the side to access the timer. The varmint cage only needs to be 10 inches long to keep the coons out. It's 100% coon proof. Yes 100%. We've done this for many years.

I must have coons with longer arms than yours then because we have the same thing on our feeders and even ran the fencing on the outside of the barrel. Still have pictures by the 1000's of them spinning the plate.