D I Y hog feeder

[hunterman]

Heres my pics of my 20.00 hog feeders

[Nitro1970]

I made some just like it, except for the paint.

[Bowtech Lefty]

Do these work well? I've been thinking about making something similar.

[Nitro1970]

I got the idea from Fishndude and haven't got to put mine out yet. Maybe he can say if they work well or not.

[whitetailfanatic]

be sure they have a swivel at the eyelet to the cable.

[linc]

Made some like that and hogs tore the wire off, cant remember if I put a swivel on them or not.

[wcs-10]

They Work

They work well and do need a swivel as they tend to be tossed around alot. The only problem I have had is keeping the dang things filled once the pigs find them. I have had the eye bolts tore out of them when the cable becomes tangled, found that one in a creek about 30 yds. away.

[hunterman]

The swivel sounds like a good thing I will install and deploy the feeders tomorrow sat Feb 6

[Dirtymike]

If you dont mind I would like to offer a littel advise. Duck tape a few of the holes. You are going to lose to much corn too fast. It only takes a little bit of corn to keep them rolling it. The longer they are there the better your chances of walking up on them while they are there. I would use two swivils as well. They will empty it in one night with 4 5/8 inch holes in them. It Lets out just a few pieces of corn at a time. You dont want to feed the hogs. Just hold them till you get there to shoot them. Just my experience. Also you can add some gravel in it that is larger then your holes. They will continue to roll it even if the corn is gone. They hear it rattling but just cant figure out why it aint coming out. I got a sow that I heard rolling it on my way out to fill it. She was rolling only gravel when I blasted her.

[Fishndude]

The swivel is important. I have had hogs break both rope and cable from twisting.

This type of feeder works great for hogs!

[stickman]

I got the idea from Fishndude and haven't got to put mine out yet. Maybe he can say if they work well or not.

Search FnD live hunts, they seem to work well with bringing in the pigs and keeping them there for a while...well at least for a few TC pics and an occasional errant bow shot!
Really, they work well but if you can't get to your ranch often they can empty pretty quick. Do the same thing with a 55 gal metal top drum and you will have them coming in for a while trying to get at all the feed you put in the drum.

[Fishndude]

No making fun of me on the weekend!!!

[mack pighunter]

Pretty cool looking thinking about doing something close to that best part about them i like is the paint and the fact that hogs cant break em

[Fishndude]

By the way, you're wasting your time with the paint. It will be gone in a month.

[Nitro1970]

I gots 3/16" chain and two swivels on mine. About all they could do is pull the eye bolt through. The pipe I used had the holes already in it and a 5' section added up to about 20 1/2" holes so on Dirtymikes suggestion, I'm gonna plug several.