Wildlife Water Station (Info needed)

[Jzoch]

Here's what I did.

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...hlight=station

Man I like that!! Thanks for the info!! Might have to expand my water station next year. How long will that usually last you mid summer?


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[El General]

How many gallons per month/week etc are you losing via evaporation or wildlife use for your water stations?

[Reel cajun]

Totes

We bought Little Giant waterers from Tractor Supply - comes with enclosed float. Look online for female fitting that screws directly on tote threads, found some that screw on and has water hose fitting made to it. Makes it easy. Hang waterer on feeder pen panel inside feed pen. Water guzzlers also with R panel roof that runs to gutter and then fills tote with rain water.

[Jzoch]

We bought Little Giant waterers from Tractor Supply - comes with enclosed float. Look online for female fitting that screws directly on tote threads, found some that screw on and has water hose fitting made to it. Makes it easy. Hang waterer on feeder pen panel inside feed pen. Water guzzlers also with R panel roof that runs to gutter and then fills tote with rain water.

This is the one I bought on the right.




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[Reaper87]

I bought the same kind. Here is what I have learned. 1. Throw away the rubber hose and use a braided steel line for a washing machine. 2. Don’t bury it in the ground. If you have hogs they will bathe in it. 3. Make sure how you mount it you can dump it out to clean it. They catch leaves, dirt, and bits of food from the deers mouth after they eat. 4. Make sure you mount it securely. If for any reason it gets out of level it will just keep running water.

[Huntin Addict]

Man I like that!! Thanks for the info!! Might have to expand my water station next year. How long will that usually last you mid summer?


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About two months.

[Throwin Darts]

I bought the same kind. Here is what I have learned. 1. Throw away the rubber hose and use a braided steel line for a washing machine. 2. Don’t bury it in the ground. If you have hogs they will bathe in it. 3. Make sure how you mount it you can dump it out to clean it. They catch leaves, dirt, and bits of food from the deers mouth after they eat. 4. Make sure you mount it securely. If for any reason it gets out of level it will just keep running water.

I like the washing machine line idea. Nice

[Greylight318]

We bought Little Giant waterers from Tractor Supply - comes with enclosed float. Look online for female fitting that screws directly on tote threads, found some that screw on and has water hose fitting made to it. Makes it easy. Hang waterer on feeder pen panel inside feed pen. Water guzzlers also with R panel roof that runs to gutter and then fills tote with rain water.

Got a pic of your setup?

[Jzoch]

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[stxslayer]

Nice setups that should work.

[JEW]

We put roofs over the top to catch the rain and keep them in the shade. Only need to put water in them during the bad droughts.

[JEW]

[Smart]

I like bigger troughs...I like for multiple deer to be able to use them at a time... Yes there is some evaporation but really not much more than the little metal dish troughs.

I have two 275 gallon totes at each pen (started with one but "upgraded") so I have to fill less often. I think we have 8 feedpens maybe 9 that have water systems. You've pretty much got it covered but I add 1/4 bottle of bleach per 275 gallon to the to keep algae away. Once you get algae it can be too late. Yes you can kill it with beach but you also leave the dead algae in the tank to possibly pass through and clog your float hole. I prefer to have it algae free and have been since 2014 with that mixture. The bleach from the initial fill of the trough pretty much evaporates sitting in the trough over time ....then the refill via the float is so low and slow that there is not enough to bother the deer. Nearly ever animal that enters that pen, drink from the trough while hunting and my trail camera on it says the same. To me its just as important as the feed. Heck when its real green or the acorns or heavy I've had deer jump in to get water and jump right back out not paying an attention to the corn on the ground.

We use the standard 275 totes, paint them black, cover them with plywood to keep heat off them and use braided washing machine hoses to keep varmints from wrecking them and to keep them from cracking during freezing as well. I use a 30 plus gallon trough from tractor supply on one pen and 1/3 of a blue plastic 55 gallon drum with a lid strap around it for strength on my second trough. They have been going strong since 2014. I place a rock and or a stick in them to allow birds/ small animal that fall in to get out. Make sure the totes are


























Second pen to show a pic of the 1/3 55 gallon drum trough w/ lid strap. Super cheap and super easy. Still going strong in year 7.

[Smart]

Here is a list of the conversion parts for the 2" threaded tote holes.








Float and trough parts















Also...we bought a Harbor Freight 2" clearwater pump in 2014. After each use when we put it up for the weekend, we drain the water from the pump area using the drain plug (you'd be surprised how much is left in there) to keep it from tarnishing or going bad and we drain the carburetor bowl. I used a carabiner and attached a 10mm wrench to the frame of the pump for easy access to do so.. .and so there is no excuse for not draining it . Still starts by the second pull after choke starting its 7th year as well. If you look close you can see the water pump drain plug that is hand tightened.

[Jzoch]

Here is a list of the conversion parts for the 2" threaded tote holes.

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Float and trough parts

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Also...we bought a Harbor Freight 2" clearwater pump in 2014. After each use when we put it up for the weekend, we drain the water from the pump area using the drain plug (you'd be surprised how much is left in there) to keep it from tarnishing or going bad and we drain the carburetor bowl. I used a carabiner and attached a 10mm wrench to the frame of the pump for easy access to do so.. .and so there is no excuse for not draining it . Still starts by the second pull after choke starting its 7th year as well. If you look close you can see the water pump drain plug that is hand tightened.

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Awesome!! Thanks for the info!!


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