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Will be investing in a few new protein feeders soon. 1,000 lb minimum and not much larger.
What have ya’ll had best experience with? Type, mfg, etc
Thanks.
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Take a look at Lamco feeders, especially if you want timed feeding. There’s probably not much difference between free choice feeders. Hasbeen
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Thanks. Probably not going the timer route!
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Currently feeding out of a covered trough feeder but plan to upgrade to this next year. Going to spend my money on liming my food plots this year. https://www.outbackfeeders.com/protein-feeders.php
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Banks and Boss Buck are all I use
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Venado feeders are the best I've ever seen in use. I have not seen them all though.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Thanks for the suggestions.
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I bought three boss buck feeders and did not have any deer using them for 4 months. Sold them and replaced with Spincast (Texas) spinners on a 55 gal drum on a 14foot tripod. Deer used them IMMEDIATELY as did the snooters and turkeys. I WANTED to have the gravity feeders work... really would have been easier and less expensive, but the critters did not like them here... lots of other people have good results with them though.... and yes, I had them at the correct level/height.
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I bought three boss buck feeders and did not have any deer using them for 4 months. Sold them and replaced with Spincast (Texas) spinners on a 55 gal drum on a 14foot tripod. Deer used them IMMEDIATELY as did the snooters and turkeys. I WANTED to have the gravity feeders work... really would have been easier and less expensive, but the critters did not like them here... lots of other people have good results with them though.... and yes, I had them at the correct level/height. Well that's gotta be a PITA to fill with feed. There are newer designs out there that are much easier to fill, have larger capacities, protect against vermin, and are hard for hogs to topple.
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We use these, 1000# protein feeders, they work very well. This ones in my back yard,just on the other side of the fence, gets a lot of action. picture taken from my back door. Rio7
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Blue what feed are you putting through those?
I have to use the High Protein Golden Nuggets through the feeders I use.
Like you, I feed year round.
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We use these, 1000# protein feeders, they work very well. This ones in my back yard,just on the other side of the fence, gets a lot of action. picture taken from my back door. Rio7 Nice backyard pets!
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Rice bran a big thing in TX?
Around here bucks like it.
Plus corns are less likely to eat it.
Several years back, did have a pic of a coyote standing in a trough feeder eating Rice bran.
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yeah, Rockin they are a little tough to fill... I have them on a winch cable with 1/4" cable... just let them down to fill and crank them up... does not take too long and they will SLING it in a 40' circle.
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I hated all the winching up and down on a place we helped with years ago. Wear a person out doing 20-30 of them. Just must not use cranking muscles for much normally. LOL.
I wouldn't mind the ones where the lid is welded in place and just the open top barrel comes down. But started trying to use only larger capacity feeders too kind of makes that moot in a way.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Krivoman! many custom options, really well built. All we use on our OK lease. https://krivomanoutdoors.com/SnT
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600# creep feeder 1000# creep feeder 6000# feed buggy we use 4 of them, and 40,000# bulk tanks, we have 7 of them spaced about 10 miles apart. We use Lacey and Echols, 16 % or 20 % protein pellets depending on the time of year, we have 94 creep feeders and about 50 broad cast feeders ( not shown) we feed about 150,000# of protein a month. Rio7
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P.S. these pic's are a couple of years old, we sand blasted and repaired and painted all of our feeders last summer. this is what they look like now. Rio7
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Yeah Y'all were working on them last April when Randy and I were down there. miles
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