There’s downsides to all approaches, but I was wondering if there’s such a thing as a timed auger based feeder system? Would be quiet, tough for critters to fool with and dispense a known amount at a time. Anyone have luck with one?

They timers for any thing . What kinda power you running

Hell, I'm half asleep . I reread it .

Power supply be your biggest problem I guess .

Just buy a feed mixer , a timer , batteries , solar panels

Wildgame Innovations Pile Driver Feeder but reviews aren't good. May give you an idea or something to work with though.

https://www.douglasfeeders.com/

Jack Tidwell, out of Carbon Hill, is one of the original partners.

Ain't them capsule feeders kinda what your talking about

I was thinking big lol

https://m.alibaba.com/pla_detail.ht...SaNbQTejBn_FbKTIFlfzlDN2n1kaAmHvEALw_wcB

If I rolled up and my neighbor was running this rig with a shooting house over it…. well I guess I’d have to hang it up, hahaha

https://www.stullfeeders.com/ecommerce/product/view/400

I like that one

Little bit a rigging you'd be good to go for awhile

Thank you, that looks like what I was imagining.

I make my own. I really expected problems but nothing has damaged them. Coons climb all over. Apparently they're not tall enough to push the lid off and can't pull it off while standing on it. Hogs use them to rub on. Older deer don't mind them like they do spin feeders. I like to put them on the ground, but in a place that floods I put it on a cheap loc-on.

I don't give details on how I make them because the Douglas feeders guy got his panties in a wad on fb about it. There's really nothing to it, though. It's just a mini chicken feed auger made of the cheapest parts I could figure out to get. With buying everything I put about $80 or so in one. Its louder on the video than in the woods I think. I don't always hear it. The main advantage of an auger is it'll chew through stuff that will clog a spin or gravity feeder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFBhMDnargc

The slickest feeder is to use a linear actuator to make a feed gate or door. There's a company that is coming out with one this year. The reason I don't make those is linear actuators are expensive. Just that part is the price of a DIY auger feeder.

Now if you're not at all handy and want a quiet feeder there is another option. It's call the Corn Bank. It's a plunger solenoid meant to fit in a spin feeder funnel. You can also just run the solenoid on a timer. That makes a timed gravity feeder. Again, the part is the price of the whole DIY auger system, but the only noise is the sound of corn pouring.You have to put a guard on it to keep coons from reaching up and opening it. I use a spaghetti sauce can screwed up to the hole the corn comes out. And as it is operated by electro-magnet you have to be aware of magnetic fields like iron deposits and transmission lines. If you put it under a power line you'll need a solar charger to keep the battery at full power or the solenoid won't open all the way. Otherwise a batter lasts over a month.

Older deer deer don't mind the plunger feeders at all. My boy killed a 5.5yo buck that was eating right at it. We've taken many old nannies around these feeders as well.

Howl, I just saw this thanks. Gives me something to think about. Very interesting