Monday, 22 June 2020
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Yo!

How are you?

I have actually learned a lot by folks in the UK on squirrel hunting over the years. My favorite is Squirrel Hunter TV - https://www.youtube.com/user/squirrelhuntertv

After looking at all the wooden designs in the UK that looked very good and perhaps even contrived... I have wondered why some different choices did not ever show up.

I have put a US mailbox onto some planks of wood and it holds 10lbs of peanuts. I drilled several holes in the bottom to drain any moisture. Attached to the planks it prevents multiple racoons from removing it from its perch.

I put some duct seal from branch RectorSeal to prevent me shooting through the container. It has prevented 2 .177 shots at 910 fps, so far.

The feeding trough was a section of steel which was welded to the very thin, sheet metal, steel, mailbox.

It's been working well. I get lots of birds and squirrels. It reduces the amount of bird take. Which was a major goal. But it allows the birds to hit it enough that the squirrels pay attention to the trend in the neigborhood.

I get at least 2-3 weeks between fills so far. With the same volume but open wood feeders I got several days.


Has anyone else tried the mailbox? what do you think?


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3 years ago
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#1234
Recently I found a funny squirrel feeder, I really like Accoutrements horse head squirrel feeder, it has become nothing but a pure source of fun and entertainment for my family. After hanging it on a branch of a tree, squirrels have been constantly eating there. My and the neighbor’s young children would watch the squirrel do their crazy antics just to have their share of the seeds inside.
3 years ago
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#1533
Nice idea.

I use the recycled plastic fake wood deck boards.

I think this video shows it pretty decently.

PJ Clarke
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