The motor was still good, but the barrel was torn up. I've had to replace them about every 4 months to get reliable feeding.Īs far as bear proofing, I had a problem with a black bear destroying one of my feeders. They do go through the 6V dry cells rapidly however.
The photocell versions are less reliable than the ones that you can set, and the Moultries are the easiest of the two to program, as they are digital. of corn or deer chow, and both motors are programmable. I've used Game Country and Moultrie feeder motors, attached to a 40 G plastic food drum with a screw top lid. Oh - and don't forget protein earlier in the year. Also, I try to find something a little softer for older deer. I like a mix that has corn with soy beans (smells like peanut butter almost) figuring if other feeders are only spraying corn then this will give them a little something extra. I think mixing stuff with corn is better for flow. Be wary of the pelletized stuff as it tends to form a funnel inside the barrel and not feed so well. I have heard of folks just using a box or two of jello for this as well -never tried it but what the heck. There is also fruit scented granular stuff that you can poor into the barrel that mostly scatters to the wind so deer can smell it a long way off. Glad I was patient as I dang near took a shot at a pair of coyotes that had rambled by in a little better light. Waiting for enough light and thinking it was going to move on before then sure made ten minutes seem like two hours. Good scope and good binoculars finally paid off as it turned out to be my best buck. I watched one deer come in and it seemed to discourage the others which then left. It was in a low spot surrounded by trees and the shadows are extreme. I could just see deer down there but couldn't make out what they were. I was at a friends and his came on too early for my tastes. Set the timer for just before day break and a littel before night fall. Coons love to get into those things as do cows and if they can access it they will spin you dry in no time. Get a 55 gallon one, get a solar charger and get a varmint cage for it.
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