I Built me a Deer Trough Feeder

A friend of mine left an old half barrel feeder behind and I used it to create a trough feeder in order to add protein feed to the mix. All material used in this build are scrap. I did not specifically buy anything for this build. In this video I provide measurements of all items should anyone want to use this design for putting together a relatively cheap feeder for feeding deer.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Yeah it’s cut in half you can put screen wire over the holes if there to big keep corn from going out the bottom so much Cervus. Just a thought I had a friend of mine gave me a Moultree feeder with the timer to set when the feeding deers come around. Just a 5 gallon bucket though. That will work for awhile

[@cervus-venator]

I thought of that right after I put all that stuff in it. Oh well, I'll do that when it gets empty. Something has been eating the stew out of some of this stuff. I put a camera on it yesterday to see what it is. I bet it is raccoons.

[@mikewebb8456]

👍 Ive had a feed trough out in the same spot for decades..

[@cervus-venator]

Cool Mike! I built one years ago and never got them to use it. I have two out now and I can't keep the feed in it. They will eat 100 pounds of feed in less than a week. My friend has since built one, but he can't get them to eat out of it. I told him his roof is too close to the ground and they don't like that so he'll need to raise the roof about a foot higher.

[@cervus-venator]

So I had a reply and YT said oops something went wrong. Anyway, I just stated that I had built one before and never got the deer to feed from it. I think the roof was too low. Anyway, cool Mike on the long success you've had with them.

[@mikewebb8456]

@@cervus-venator I mix corn with hen scratch and the fawns go crazy for it....does follow fawns.... bucks follow does... !!! Good luck !

[@grandpabob3286]

Good job building the feeder

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Bob!! Much appreciated!!

[@markpitre4257]

What’s up Cervus ..Thxs for another video

[@cervus-venator]

HI Mark 👋🏼 It's all good. Just spent the last two days on the tractor cutting trails through the pines to the hardwood bottoms. They plant the trees in rows about 10 feet apart so you can drive a tractor between the rows. You just have to watch out for stumps. I busted three sheer pins today.

[@gort4016]

Nice job on that feeder C-V.... should last a longtime.

[@cervus-venator]

I think so too! I'm just hoping the deer actually start using it. They like the spin type feeders right now, but I put a camera on it so we'll see if any deer actually start using it.

[@YellowHammer26]

👍👍nice job on the feeder

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Lance 👍

[@scarifrougeone7225]

Hey there. That is a nice home made feeder. Good job on that. I should upgrade to something like that as well. I have a few large stumps with mineral and salt blocks on them. Thanks for sharing be safe. 🇺🇸

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks 👍 Yeah on this property it takes a bit to find some clay to put out the salt and minerals. Although I could throw a 50 pound mineral block in this trough. I may do that as I have one in a bucket at the camp. I'll have to remember to grab it and take it over there.

[@carbonspyder235]

Nice Cervus should do a good job. I need to get some corn out tomorrow thanks for reminding me.

[@cervus-venator]

Any time!! I put a camera on it yesterday. I know the first few pictures will be of me on the tractor going by several times from today.

[@bobg.8954]

Very interesting video Cerv, really enjoyed watching. Great job.

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Bob! Yeah spent the last two days out there on the tractor cutting trails between the pine rows. I figured I better do it now while Mom gives me a break.

[@daveshsb]

Good looking feeder! I like the idea of putting the legs into the ground a bit...less chance it will get pushed around. Deer will love it!

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks 👍 Much appreciated Dave!

[@marcthomas2482]

Chez Cervus! Open for dinner! Good job!

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Marc! I sure hope the deer use this spring and summer when protein is needed.

[@scottodonahoe9505]

👍 Wish I could have some thing like that . I'm in a metro zone so no feeding allowed !

[@cervus-venator]

Ah, sorry Scott. I used to feed the deer right behind my fence so I could watch them from the back door, but after a couple got hit on the road that goes by the house I stopped feeding them here at the house. We still see them from time to time, but no more dead ones in the side yard. So this feeder was transported 60 miles to the east to one of my hunting properties. Since deer season is over and we are in the hard weeks of February I want to see if a little protein and carbs will help them out.

[@charlesmorgan1879]

Nice setup ! Would make a nice barrel smoker also.

[@cervus-venator]

LOL I bet it would! Thanks Charles!

[@Tomcat6541]

Nice! The deer around here would really fight over a spot at that trough, after they got used to it. Seems to me, that as long as they think they either found it, or stealing it, they like it. lol

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks! That's funny. I hope they think they are stealing all that food I put out for them. I just put a camera on it to see if it is getting any use. Something is in it but I think it may be raccoons.

[@randlerichardson5826]

Hey Cervus

[@cervus-venator]

Hi Randle 👋🏼

[@Nick-bp7jf]

Hi Cervus. I found you and have subscribed. 😀

[@cervus-venator]

Awesome! Thank you Nick! I do have a 2506 video too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3ardX6PmctgfpY

[@randlerichardson5826]

To many turkeys where I deer hunt to put feed out it would not last no time

[@cervus-venator]

I used to have all kinds of turkeys, but something has happened. They are far and few between not.

[@jeffb5733]

I had wooden deer feeders or something like that but the dang raccoons around are fisty against the deer and chase the deer away from them. So I got a all metal feeder and a lot of hanging 55 gal. Feeders. Oh yeah an a lot of raccoon pelts. Lol

[@cervus-venator]

Those dang raccoons are a menace!! That's what killed all of my dad's chickens. If I live close to him I would of had me a coon skin cap or three. Right now I think that is what is in the trough feeder, but I put a camera on it to try and see. Around all of my broadcast feeders are hundreds of deer tracks, but little to none around the trough.

[@texmexshoots]

Nice feeder! Hopefully the racoons won't treat it like a buffet line. They are the bane of my feeders, well racoons and hogs.

[@cervus-venator]

Very true! I just got back from my pig hunting spot. I was filling the feeders, checking batteries and hunted for about an hour. I only saw a deer. LOL.

[@inrangerimfire20two]

Nice job man! What material did you use for the roof? It looks familiar, but can’t put my finger on it

[@cervus-venator]

It's and old truck bed liner. One of the plastic kind that sat in the bed. A friend of mine had gone to a spray in bed liner place and asked if he could get some old bed liners and he was able to get about 20. We cut them up to make deer blinds out of. This was a piece that was still pretty big and I thought it would make a quick easy roof. If not that then it would have been a couple of piece of roofing tin.

[@brian74081]

It's not too high. You want it tot be high enough that the hogs can't get into it.

[@cervus-venator]

That is one thing I had no idea how high to make it. I didn't want it too high that the deer couldn't get to the bottom of the trough, but I didn't want it too low either. While I have had hogs digging holes all over the place this past spring I have not had any come to this feeder. I'm not sure if I have very many hogs on the property at this time, but I know how they can take over a place as I've seen this happen on several other properties I've hunted. Luckily, because I used decking screws to build this I can change the legs out for longer ones to raise it should the hogs become an issue.

[@robertvandick453]

hi Cervus

[@cervus-venator]

Hi Robert 👋🏼

[@gaelewis6623]

Dose deer eat out of and do hogs eat out of it?

[@cervus-venator]

Both Does and Bucks eat about 100 pounds out of it a week. I have not seen any hogs there on the property.

[@mrpearson8591]

🦌🦌👍👍

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Mr. Pearson 👋🏼🦌👍🏼

[@Mitch_Ryder]

🌽 🦌👍🏽

[@cervus-venator]

Thanks Mitch 🦌👍🏼

[@alvaroaguera5969]

First

[@cervus-venator]

You've earned the first prize = 🥇👍🏼

[@alvaroaguera5969]

@@cervus-venator and they told me I'd never amount to anything proving em wrong everyday