How to keep racoon hogs and pigs off deer feeder?

Are you tired of racoon, hogs and pigs around your deer feeders? Well, we are here to provide the answer of keep racoon hogs and pigs off deer feeder? 

Deer feeders are one of the essential tools to feed necessary supplements and nutrients to deer but often there are undesired animals that interrupt the normal feeding routine of deer and cause the headache for the installers. We have discussed this problem in our earlier posts but I have felt that some of you may find it difficult to find it out so, I have come up with the separate post that will make the topic easy for you.

Learn how to keep racoon hogs and pigs off deer feeder?

Increasing the height of your feeder:

The first thing you can try is obviously changing the height of feeders for example, we recommend to try the height of 6 to 7 feet, there are chances that you will be able to get rid of them but this alone won’t be sufficient in most cases so, you will need to put some extra efforts, some of the most important tricks to avoid these undesirable animals would be following:

Adding guards on legs of deer feeders:

You can simply add the guards on legs of deer feeders that you can make even without much technical knowledge. The first affordable option to you would be to cut a simple PVC pipe and install it as a guard over legs for example, in the following video you can notice that a racoon tries to intrude into the feeding space but the simple pipe that is able to spin prevents it from doing so. You can try it as well as a first measure, I have seen this method is proved effective in many cases so, I recommend you to try it as well. In this video, you can check the complete process to make the pipe setup in an easy way so, that is why it can be helpful for you as well:

This method is seen not effective in many cases so, you should properly search for the method this aligned with your geographical situations. If you feel this method as too basic then we will suggest you to go for another method to keep undesired animals away from the deer feeders.

Install a red light to scarce the racoons:

In this method you can use red lights as shown below to scarce the racoons, the question may naturally come to you like me, will these lights deter deer too? The answer is simply No! because the ability of deer to detect red light is lower then that of racoons and it will help you to deter on racoons of your area. We will discuss other animals like hogs in the next section where I will give you an excellent combined strategy that will help you to avoid these undesired animals in the best possible way. If you are interested in the red lights method then I have found a following setup for you that you can check out as well:

Electric fencing to deter racoons, hogs and other animals away:

Coming to the next method of electric fencing the area where you have installed your deer feeders, I have found that there are many effective ways to use it. In the following video you can actually observe the concept of this technique:

When a racoon tries to touch the fence it actually gets away from it because of the current but there should be a question in mind like I was wondering whether this technique is actually workable for deer or not? Well, deer can jump up to 2 feet to enter into the area once they get familiar with the area so, you can use the setup as shown in the picture.

Control the feeding times through your mobile applications:

Well, the most effective method to keep the undesired elements away and feed the deer would be to use the right kind of deer feeder according to your settings. We have touched this topic in detail on our platform and we have created this platform actually to help the readers like you to choose the most appropriate setup according to their geographical conditions. Coming back to the concept of right feeder, for example, in my blog about best deer feeders, I have analyzed Moultrie feeders that you can control through mobile devices. That actually means to set the feeding times of feeders in the optimized way for example, knowing the right timing of deer in your area can be detected through trail cameras that you can install near the feeding area and it will help you to feed dear at the right time so, you will be able to avoid the undesired animal from deer feeders.

Hog resistant deer feeders:

In the previous blogs I have explained many top-rated deer feeders on sale that deep analysis will help you to choose the one that actually fits your needs.

My opinion about these techniques to keep racoon hogs and pigs off deer feeder :

In these sections, you have learned that deer feeders can be protected through different techniques. My personal exposure enables me to suggest you that you cannot rely on single technique so, what is the solution then? Well, you can try the combinations of these techniques to avoid the unnecessary creatures from your feeders.

Point to understand:

If you use a deer feeder with different feeding times and adjust the timing of feeders in accordance with the routine of deer then you will be able to spread feed to deer in the most effective manner. Similarly, you can set up a fence and then hurdles based on the area to avoid hogs or pigs in your feeding area. That combination techniques will be helpful instead of trying one. When you use red light or other light repulses then you can avoid racoons in the night time.

Final Words:

In this blog post we have traced different techniques to keep racoon hogs and pigs off deer feeder. Hope, you have learned a lot from them but if your area does not allow you to use these techniques you can still apply many feeding items in your area. We have researched on the topic and provide some essential food items that you can check in other sections of our platform.