cut about a 2 1/2'' hole in the stump at the bottom, then cut a piece of plywood about the same size and shape of the top of he stump. Good luck !įind a hollow stump put a piece of plywood on the bottom. Once it is assembled, it is time to set it up. To set the feeder outside, you will need to attach the legs to the trough using the carriage bolts, washers and wing nuts. Once you have done this, you can apply an exterior grade finish or leave the lumber raw. Each hole will be 1" and 2 ¼" from the top of the leg respectively. Using the triangles as your guide, drill two 5/8" holes in one end of the leg on its center line. Get your 2x4 and cut it to 36" in length and rip it into two equal halves. Your trough is now complete and can be sanded or left rough.
Drill out four 5/8" drain holes in the trough's vee bottom. This will keep your triangles from splitting or breaking prematurely. It's a good practice to predrill the screw holes for the triangle using the holes you previously drilled in the long length lumber. Once all the screws are in place, turn the trough over and set it on one the triangles so that the triangle sets flush with the trough's end. Secure the larger piece of lumber to the smaller one using the wood screws making sure the ends of each board align with one another. Stand the 1 x 7 ¼" on its edge next to the 1圆 ¼ so the screw holes are closest to the bench and aligned with the 1圆 1/4. Lay the 1圆 ½" board on a flat work bench so that one edge is close to the bench's end. Take the two triangles and drill two 5/8" diameter holes perpendicular to the short point that are located 1" and 2 ¼" from the long flat edge. On the 1圆 ½"x 36, drill two holes in each end 3/8" from the end and 1 ½" from the sides. Along one long edge, drill six equally spaced holes 3/8" from the edge.
On the 1x7 1/4"x 36, drill two holes at each end 3/8" from the end and 1 1/2" from the sides. Since these four pieces of lumber get attached to one another at their edges, screw holes must be drilled first or the lumber will soon split. This piece of lumber must be cut into two triangles with a miter saw. Take the remaining two feet of the 1x8 and rip it to 3 ¾" in width.
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Leave one piece its full 7¼" width and rip the other to 6 ½". These will be used to attach the legs to the trough.Ĭut your 1x8 into 2-36" lengths. You will also need 14-#8x1 ½" wood screws and four ¼" x 20 x 3" carriage bolts, matching wing nuts and washers. The pieces of lumber will need to be ripped to narrower widths. You will need lumber, preferable cedar or redwood, one- 1x8x9 piece and a 2x4 with a minimum length of three feet. mossy oak will charge you $60 for 2.5 lbs you do the math the other ingredient in it is wheat about 1% good luck it works and save you hundreds of dollars.īuild your own "V" shaped 36" trough style deer feeder. RAPE seed is what is the main ingredient in mossy oaks biologic. It did take about two or three times of spreading the feed on the ground around it before the deer really started in on the feeder don't get discouraged i almost gave up eventually the deer will feed out of it now i have to fill it about once every week and a half or 2 weeks if you own land or hunt on a place that will allow you to plant go to your local feed store buy RAPE seed for about $2 a pound you can feed the deer all year long a whole lot cheaper. you have instant feeder mine cost exactly nothing to build. nail or screw one to each tree about 3 to 3 1/2 feet above the tray hang your two 6 foot peices of tin from the trusses. I recently built a feeder out of scrap wood and scrap tin from a old Barn very simple I built a 2 foot by 4 foot tray with 2 inch side rails to hold the feed it will hold around 100 lbs of corn and sweet grain mixed with about 25 lbs of oats mixed in with it get a couple of 2by4s find a few trees about 6 feet apart so you will have a foot on each end nail them to the trees nail or screww the tray to the top of the 2by4s make you two 3 foot tall by 3 foot wide trusses shaped like the letter A. Most troughs hold a lot more feed than other feeds so refilling isn't necessary as often. If you have a lot of deer to feed and the ideal location, a trough style feeder will work for you. You can save some money creating your own homemade deer feeder troughs.
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