Fence The Feeders

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i finally realized that attracting and feeding wild hogs hurt the deer population. We currently run four feeders on widely separated properties. One of those feeders is shut down because of hogs. i will activate that feeder soon, sit in the blind and execute some hogs with a .22 automatic.


If your goal is to supplement the deer diet, fence the hogs out. This feeder is fenced with hog panel. The fence was constructed about 30 months ago. Since then only two very large boars managed to climb over the fence: i killed both.

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I totally agree. I have four feeders that are fenced with 42 inch field wire (hog wire) and this keeps the hogs out. I place the T posts 5 feet apart because if a hog can get their nose under the fence they will stretch the wire and get in, or get their front legs over the top and bend the wire down. I clip the 3 bottom wires and every other wire to the top. Only one hog has managed to get over and I also shot him. The hogs don't seem to cause much trouble if they can't get to the feed and they go to the neighbor's wheat and alfalfa to eat. Thanks for the post.
 
If your goal is to supplement the deer diet, fence the hogs out. This feeder is fenced with hog panel.

What keeps them from tunneling under the fence? (Addendum: I just read sage's post. I guess more posts is the answer.)
I now have access to hunt a 150 acre tree farm. There are deer and turkeys plus hogs and bears. I'm trying to figure out a way to feed the deer and turkeys and keep the hogs and bears out. Any hints?
 
Good idea. My Grandfather was fencing in deer/turkey grain and mineral licks since the 1940's, if not his cattle would amble in and eat up everything he set out for the game animals. Watching a whitetail spring effortlessly over a 4' fence is pretty neat to see.

Now it's wild pigs eating everything up, so you can't get away with stranded barbed wire like we used to keep the cows out. The pictures look like you're pretty sell set with those thick panels. (As destructive as they are I kinda wish we had the wild hogs on the ranch back then to hunt!)

Good luck, and stay safe!
 
I tried putting a fence around my feeders, and the deer would not jump over them. Corn started growing in the feeder pen. I kept cutting it shorter, until I was getting pictures of the hogs JUMPING over the fence. I finally pulled them all up.
 
1. Adult deer have absolutely no problem clearing a 48 inch high fence.

2. Fawns have trouble clearing a 34" pig panel. So i cut the fence back in two places to 28 inches: That's where the two huge boars got in. Those blocks are there to assist my 80 year old butt in crossing the fence. i left the outside concrete block too close to the fence and those two boars used it as a step. Both are long deceased.

The fence at my post above was not my first rodeo with fencing out wild hogs. My first fences were cattle panels split lengthwise; that allowed for a fence about 24 inches high. That fence deterred over 90 percent of wild hogs. The hogs going over that fence were almost always boars.

TAMU and USDA folks have studied this stuff extensively:

https://www.farmprogress.com/management/fences-keep-out-feral-hog-moochers-deer-feeders

A good video:

 
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The neighbor kid next to one of the farms I turkey hunt got nailed last spring for hunting turkeys over a pile of corn. His claim he wasn't baiting turkeys, but just feeding the deer didn't work.o_O

Feeding and baiting deer is illegal in the majority of my state because of CWD. Used to be illegal in the whole state years ago because of the ethics we have here. Then it became the norm. Probably wouldn't be so popular iffin we had the problem with hogs eatin' it up like other folks. Gotta be hard to keep them outta decent food plots too I suppose, eh?
 
The state of Oklahoma is easy with deer feeders. Don't get caught near one while turkey hunting.

I've heard of game wardens spreading corn where they know a hunter will be in the morning and they'll wait for them to shoot a bird. The hunter didn't knowingly shoot over corn, but the angle the GW takes is that he should have been aware of his hunting area. I was told this directly from a sheriff whose friend was the GW.
 
1. Adult deer have absolutely no problem clearing a 48 inch high fence.

2. Fawns have trouble clearing a 34" pig panel. So i cut the fence back in two places to 28 inches: That's where the two huge boars got in. Those blocks are there to assist my 80 year old butt in crossing the fence. i left the outside concrete block too close to the fence and those two boars used it as a step. Both are long deceased.

The fence at my post above was not my first rodeo with fencing out wild hogs. My first fences were cattle panels split lengthwise; that allowed for a fence about 24 inches high. That fence deterred over 90 percent of wild hogs. The hogs going over that fence were almost always boars.

TAMU and USDA folks have studied this stuff extensively:

https://www.farmprogress.com/management/fences-keep-out-feral-hog-moochers-deer-feeders

A good video:



I started with 48". I know the deer can jump it, but they didn't. I kept cutting it down, until the hogs were actually jumping over it. I have a picture of a boar in mid air, sailing over it. I gave up and took it all down.
 
I've heard of game wardens spreading corn where they know a hunter will be in the morning and they'll wait for them to shoot a bird. The hunter didn't knowingly shoot over corn, but the angle the GW takes is that he should have been aware of his hunting area. I was told this directly from a sheriff whose friend was the GW.

At least it wasn't third hand information. o_O
 
For some time now I have considered buying a piece of land in Oklahoma and then of course having a couple of bait station running all the time hoping hogs would drop by. Couldn't care less about hunting deer in Oklahoma. Its fairly far North in the state, but the land looks to be loaded with hogs. Ethics for the surrounding land owners and fellow hunters have kept me from doing it. I would bait them just so I would have a chance at seeing them on a trip down. Without a high fence, a 3.5 hour trip without seeing anything can be disheartening if it happened repeatedly. I also consider night vision, but know I would need a special permit to hunt in Oklahoma for that. Kids and other hunters down there seem to enjoy the hog hunting, but I know the hogs have devastated land close by including this farm.
 
For some time now I have considered buying a piece of land in Oklahoma and then of course having a couple of bait station running all the time hoping hogs would drop by. Couldn't care less about hunting deer in Oklahoma. Its fairly far North in the state, but the land looks to be loaded with hogs. Ethics for the surrounding land owners and fellow hunters have kept me from doing it. I would bait them just so I would have a chance at seeing them on a trip down. Without a high fence, a 3.5 hour trip without seeing anything can be disheartening if it happened repeatedly. I also consider night vision, but know I would need a special permit to hunt in Oklahoma for that. Kids and other hunters down there seem to enjoy the hog hunting, but I know the hogs have devastated land close by including this farm.
Where are you looking for land in Ok? Around what town?
 
Land around Pawnee, specifically on the Hellroaring creek area. I talked to a game warden there yesterday, and he said they were busily making feverish attempts to eliminate hogs without much progress and are frustrated. Land owners creating a haven or preserve for hogs are met with disdain locally and are not held in high regard. I can understand their concern.
 
Land around Pawnee, specifically on the Hellroaring creek area. I talked to a game warden there yesterday, and he said they were busily making feverish attempts to eliminate hogs without much progress and are frustrated. Land owners creating a haven or preserve for hogs are met with disdain locally and are not held in high regard. I can understand their concern.

That's not very far from me and we go by Hellroaring creek when we go to eat at Click's. I'm surprised the Wildlife Department is not using a helicopter to reduce the population like they do in other areas. That is broken land and the hogs probably get in the heavy timber along the creeks and are hard to see from the air.
 
1. Adult deer have absolutely no problem clearing a 48 inch high fence.

2. Fawns have trouble clearing a 34" pig panel. So i cut the fence back in two places to 28 inches: That's where the two huge boars got in. Those blocks are there to assist my 80 year old butt in crossing the fence. i left the outside concrete block too close to the fence and those two boars used it as a step. Both are long deceased.

The fence at my post above was not my first rodeo with fencing out wild hogs. My first fences were cattle panels split lengthwise; that allowed for a fence about 24 inches high. That fence deterred over 90 percent of wild hogs. The hogs going over that fence were almost always boars.

TAMU and USDA folks have studied this stuff extensively:

https://www.farmprogress.com/management/fences-keep-out-feral-hog-moochers-deer-feeders

A good video:



Good 'ol Billy Higginbotham. I went to school with that guy back in the day.

I'm getting ready to do this with the feeders on my lease. I came to the same realization after watching deer leave a feeder more than once, as the hogs showed up.
 
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