Moultrie 30-Gallon Deer Feeder Tripod

This thing is great. Advice from friends and family was buy a feeder with a metal spinner (plastic ones break quickly). This was a great deal on one with a metal spinner. Install took about 20 min (I work with tools daily). The hardest part is putting together the barrel- just put all the bolts in loosely- then tighten them down at the end. The feet are no issue and the controller is great. It will hold like 5 50lb bags of corn. I usually put 2-3 in at a time. No issues- works great. Super easy and super impressed. My only complaint- if I am being picky- is that it doesn’t throw the corn very far. But if it did- you would have such a scarce amount in one place- you would have to allow it to feed for quite some time. It would be cool if there were an adjustment on the controller to allow for longer throws and then you could adjust for a longer feed time (which it does) to compensate. I understand that would take more pieces in the spinner and a more advanced controller resulting in a slightly higher price tag. But for my first feeder, for the price, this thing blows me away.

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We went on a trip and needed a trustworthy way to feed our dog. I had purchased an automatic dog feeder in the past but found that if the dog knocked into it or a cat decided to jump on it, the weight would reset and the feeder would no longer go off. We invested in this product and are so happy we did. I ended up buying puppy chow because the bits were smaller than the dog food our pupper normally ate. It worked wonderfully. We did fashion a “surround” for it using zip ties and screen so the food wouldn’t go flying far (that would just be mean!). I’m sure our dog would’ve been up to the challenge of finding all the pieces, but we had it fall just below the unit in a relatively nice pile. The unit was very easy to assemble, had no missing parts, and it looks good even right next to the house. The feeder is a great size and you can adjust the height of the legs as desired. It is very windy where we live and the unit didn’t tip over. It operates off of AA batteries and is extremely easy to program. There is also a “key” or “legend”, if you will, on the lid to the battery/setting compartment so you do not have to hold onto any instructions or look up how much food is dispensed in “X” number of seconds. I highly recommend either for use as a deer feeder or dog food feeder. :)

I bought the basic version a few months ago. It was easy to set up and has held up well in wind and rainstorms. I've replaced the AA batteries twice. It seemed sometimes to not activate on the schedule but new batteries seem to solve that issue. Deer feed on a schedule related to sunrise/sunset but this timer is static...so you may want to adjust several times a year. I find it easiest to wait until the feeder is almost empty to lower it on its side and adjust the timings. Unfortunately, if you try to remove the timer/spreader in the vertical position, corn will pour out...it's a gravity feed. If you struggle lift 40 lb. bags of deer corn to fill the hopper, you can use a bucket to easily lift up managable amounts. I added the varmint guard II and the "feet" extensions and don't regret that! Living next to a golf course, deer are always present. I would rather watch them eat the corn rather than eating my hydrangeas. If you can't beat 'em...

I really like the holder and the tripod. I like how lightweight, easy to set up and portable it is. The tripod seems nice and stable even when the feeder is loaded with corn. This is 5 stars. The spreader, though, sucks. If the batteries are not in there perfect, it will reset itself or not work. One star on the spreader.

I use this as my Chicken feeder. Set up on May 28th, easy and quick to assemble. Delivers 6s @ 7:30am and another 4s @ 5pm on 4 AA batts. Originally filled w 50lbs of cracked corn and 40lbs of Layer Pellets which only fills it 1/2 way, and it just emptied out today 7/14. That’s almost 2 months on the same batts and 90#s of feed. Batts are still running strong but I’m going to hook up the solar panel for continued use. This has been the perfect feeder for my needs w my birds. Lid twist locks pretty tight keeping water out through a few heavy windy storms and pellets aren’t clogging up at the spinner. Have found the SAME item at CABELAS for $129. Honestly impressed w this for its price. And will certainly buy one again when needed. UPDATE 9/28 Believe it or not, the original batts are STILL running strong! Red top Duracell’s. Honestly it’s Exactly what I needed for my birds. We can travel for days at a time w no worries my girls are getting fed. No water ingress and the spinner hasn’t clogged up 1x even w severe wind and heavy sideways rain. It was worth my $$$.

Great feeder however the deer and elk will lick the bottom of the feeder and it drops feed all day long. If you cut a coffee can bottom out it fits perfectly between the tank and spreader preventing all you can eat buffet.

I ordered this because I was leaving town for three weeks, and wanted to make sure my crows and blue jays ( and squirrels) were fed regularly. I had no idea that these deer feeders existed, so I was thrilled to find this product, AND that they had a huge capacity, and a programmable timer. It was affordable, but came in an enormous box ( I felt bad for the Amazon driver who had to schlep this to our doorstep.) Easy to set up, just a little cumbersome due to the size. Easy directions. My husband is tall, so he was able to get the raw peanuts and sunflower seed inside, and secure the lid with three hooked bungee cords wrapped through each leg and attached to the lid handles. With that, the lid didn’t move at all. Made sure a few days before I left that everything was working properly; it was. I was impressed. I read in other reviews that some were attaching trail cameras to these. I did not. My mistake. Fast forward to three weeks later. I got home to find some critter or group of critters had gone to town on this thing- ate a huge hole in the side, probably climbed right in, and had a shameless feast. We do have some pretty fat and sassy raccoons on our property, so. Final verdict: not raccoon-proof. If this were made of the same material as a lightweight metal trash can, the hopper would not have been messed with. Looking at other reviews, I saw that raccoons could climb up the legs and manually turn the spinner and empty out the food. I would MUCH rather have seen that. At least I’d still have a usable feeder. With the massive, chewed-up hole, now this feeder is pretty much useless. I’m sad…

excelente producto y tiempo de entrega

Works well, batteries last all winter and it holds a lot of corn. It’s a good deal here on Amazon compared to sporting goods stores. The only downside is that you need to buy the guard or else the animals eat right from the spreader and their saliva can freeze the unit up. Raccoons are able to reach the spreader and eat from the unit too so the guard protects from that.

Me va llegando , no funciona el motor, como puedo contactar al vendedor para que me explique ya me metí a ver manual tutoriales y nada no funciona como lo devuelvo?

J’ai rien à dire sa fait la gobe sa marche très bien

For a cheap feeder it is well designed. Timed feeders can be problematic in the extreme cold and I'm sure this one will be too. Will probably buy or build a gravity feed tube for it.