How do you guys rig your feeders?

[Redwing]

Using a couple of 6 gal feeders and having trouble hoisting up a full load and tying it off by myself. Thought of using a trailer winch but don't like the cost of $40 Ea. Ideas??

 

[big 8s in Weakley county]

put you a hook on the end of the rope so you dont have to tie it off

 

[thejedi]

Boat crank works great, you can get a cheap one for $15.

 

[riverrambler]

Using feeders is a bad ideal, plant food plots instead. by using feeders diease can quickly be spread to the flocks and herds since they come back to the same place every day or night to feed. Hunting over a feeder is illegal in tennessee and all traces of bait has to be removed ten days prior to hunting the area before that area becomes legal. If you want to feed scatter the corn or what ever over a wide area. an easy way to do this is poke a hole in a sack and let it dribble out down a trail or across a field. If you must use a feeder to hunt for game since you are a non hunter, rig it to where the game warden can find it and sit your season out in jail.

 

[Redwing]

Seasons over, I'm using the Feeder to help with the "Photo Inventory" of what survived the EHD & Hunting. I'm well aware of the laws in reguards to feeders.

 

[RackHntr]

Look at a deer hoist and see how it works. You can get the rope and pulleys at Lowes to make several. About 8 bucks each to make them.

 

[TheLBLman]

I think supplementally feeding deer with corn (from a feeder) causes more harm than good from an overall perspective, at least in humid states like Tennessee. While I personally believe it is even more harmful than beneficial to deer, there is no question about the detriments and deadly risked it poises to turkeys and other birds, including quail.

I prefer to put my time, effort and money more into habitat manipulation. Just imagine how much lime and fertilizer can be spread on native vegetation for the cost of feeding with feeders.

 

[thejedi]

Seasons over, I'm using the Feeder to help with the "Photo Inventory" of what survived the EHD & Hunting. I'm well aware of the laws in reguards to feeders.

Some people just don't get it.
Bad weather, no mash, they need all the help they can get this year.
Oh yeah the season is over.