razortec_hunter Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hey everyone!!, i've heard of guys using 5 gallon buckets and attaching bunjy chords to the top of it so the only way the deer can get to the food in the bucket is to weave their head through the bunjy chords and when they pull their head out their antlers may drop off, what do u guys think about this? does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I doubt it. My experience with any type of feeder here in Wisconsin has been that a lot of bucks won't put their head into anything. They pick up some food here and there on the ground around the feeder but were very leary about putting their head where their antlers would get caught. Plus, once the doe groups took over the area, the bigger bucks just plane stayed away. The young bucks would still try to eat but were quickly put in their place. We haven't been able to feed here though in a number of years now so others probably have more experience in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 What we use to do is we would pound in about 2ft long metal stakes into the ground in kind of an tight oval/rectangle pattern and then dump whatever we were feeding in the middle. That way there was no wires or cords or anything that the deer had to weave their heads into and when they would come up the idea was that they would bump the stakes on the way up. We never had any success with it but our neighbor who told us about has found quite a few big sheds laying in the stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I don't remember where I saw it but I saw a pic of someone's contraption of a feeder with barbwire over it and they would get their horns stuck in them and come off wne it was shed time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodnottygy Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I have not tried this... but I once read about making a "w" short pieces of hog panels, put corn on the inside part of the "w". This lets the bucks eat and if they are loose, become caught just enough to pop off their sheds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I don't remember where I saw it but I saw a pic of someone's contraption of a feeder with barbwire over it and they would get their horns stuck in them and come off wne it was shed time....What are the chances of a buck getting his head stuck and dieing before it was time for him to shead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have heard of several shed traps on this site but I can't remember if anyone has had a lot of sucsess with them. Here in Minnesota shed traps or the use of wire or fenceing to assist in collecting sheds is against the law so I do not use them or know if they work. I do not know if any other state has a law about such traps. It would be interesting to know if any one knew if their state had a law such as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have not tried this... but I once read about making a "w" short pieces of hog panels, put corn on the inside part of the "w". This lets the bucks eat and if they are loose, become caught just enough to pop off their sheds. I've heard of this same idea with chicken wire and then Field&Stream had an article saying to take chicken wire make a V around a small tree and put food in the middle. Antlers brushing against it would then fall off when ready to shed. I think any examples that work involved something that the antlers would bump into or rub against. I don't think that contraptions meant to get the antlers hung up in or caught in are a good idea. One reason mentioned is that a buck not ready to shed could get killed or injured. Secondly, if something like that could happen a buck isn't going to put his head in it, at least not a beamer that's spent a long time trying to avoid getting his headgear caught up in something. - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 What are the chances of a buck getting his head stuck and dieing before it was time for him to shead. That would be my concern as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 years ago someone sold a product just as you explained. They had videos of it working. I personaly have never tried the bucket thing. I have tried the chicken wire or panels but never had much success with it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixsevensuited Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 5 gallon bucket hi all, not new here but its my first post or reply as for the 5 gallon bucket method or the other contraptions i wouldn't use them i'm always afraid a buck that wasn't ready to drop could get tangled up in it. so what i did last year was fence my feeder in about 50 x 50 with some wire i had laying around and the lease that we have was recently timbered there were lots of slab piles laying around used some of them for the rest its kinda odd looking but sometimes when they jump the antlers are jared loose found 2 that way last year none yet this year.anyway just thought i'd share that as i haven't seen a post were anybody else was trying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Wild Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Here are some pics of mine using a metal panel in a v shape that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendog Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Here are some pics of mine using a metal panel in a v shape that works. Joe if you need someone to volunteer to kill the 12 point next year...i'm your man:D Sweeeet looking buck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Wild Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Joe if you need someone to volunteer to kill the 12 point next year...i'm your man:D Sweeeet looking buck!! :DI hear ya lol. I hope to be sticking him in Sept myself;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 To bad you cant slip another panel behind that 12 and save him for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTMMIKE Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I have not tried this... but I once read about making a "w" short pieces of hog panels, put corn on the inside part of the "w". This lets the bucks eat and if they are loose, become caught just enough to pop off their sheds. I tried this one year with no sucess. I did find a very small shed about 50 yards from it though. I spent a lot of money on corn that year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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