Check out the new Spring Go Time Camp video on my dad’s channel – WhiteRook85 on YouTube.
Sticking with our annual tradition for a few years now, the video with my dad, myself, and and the rest of the crew up at the cabin is Tioga County, PA will be edited by my dad and posted over at his YouTube channel.
Join us for a few days of relaxing and the hunting & fishing cabin. Although the rain may have thwarted our success at the latter, we still ate well 😉
Sara finally does a cabin trip! Oh, and her car gets stuck in the snow. So we drag all our stuff up the mountain instead of driving. 😉
I’m not sure if this exactly what Sara was picturing as her first trip to our hunting cabin, but nonetheless it made for some great memories. Join us for 3 days of wood stove stoking, PA game lands hiking, BBQ grilling, cabin chores, and just plain relaxing in the woods.
Check out the 2015 Go Time Camp video on WhiteRook85’s channel for another year of PA Buck Season at the hunting camp!
For this years annual installment or hunt camp shenanigans, we decided to both film and a post single collaboration video over at my dad’s WhiteRook85 channel. Of course, my dad actually did all the editing so, he really did all the hard work. I had the easy task of walking around with a camera for some of the footage, but I like to call it a “collaboration” to make myself feel special.
In places like Pennsylvania and other area where bears are prominent setting up your normal deer feeder is just not an option. As I’m sure you know a bear can and will just about destroy your corn feeder if in reach. There are about a half dozen bears on the mountain that already thwarted my attempts at hanging a feeder up.
I saw something on the internet that pointed me in this direction. I found two trees about 10 to 13 feet apart, strung a 20 foot chain between them about 16 feet off the ground and connected the chain using quick links to hold it in place.  A pulley in the center of the chain helps hoist the barrel. To do that I used a 1200lb boat winch, you don’t need that much pulling power, but that’s just what I ended up using.
Started with a 30 gallon barrel, drilled a hole a couple inches down from the top…
…to insert a threaded rod.
Threaded rod in place, secured with washers and nuts. Also have a 3 foot chain and anchor shackles to hoist the barrel.
Drilled out a 2 inch hole for the corn to flow out, attached a Moultrie feeder funnel over the hole. Also attach the feeder spinner and timer housing.
Added the Feeder Funnel. Used some caulk (still white since it didn’t dry yet) to keep water out.
Bolted on the spinner brackets, will add the timer and spinner unit when I’m about finished.
Attached the boat winch to a 2×10 and attached the board to a tree with 3 ½ lag bolts.
Attached a pulley to the center of the 20 foot chain with a quick link.
Used a ladder and attached the chain to the trees with more quick links.
Attach chain to both trees and center your pulley.
Attach the end of the winch wire to the chain to lift the barrel.
Fill with corn.
Secure the lid.
Lift with the winch.
Attach spinner and timer housing, setup your timer.
Finish lifting, test height.
Sorry bear, you’re not getting this one!
The parts I used totaled about $147 – yeah, a bit high. Depending on where you get the parts, if you have them on hand already, using different, but equivalent parts may save you some money. For instance my three highest priced items were the 30gal. drum at $36, the chain $25, and the winch at $35. You’re almost at a hundred there, so some careful searching may save you a lot. For instance a buddy has a barrel laying around and gives it to you for free, you cut down to an 800lb winch, or you have an old chain in the garage, major savings.
One thing to consider, I looked at some already completed feeders online, they cost about $180, the quality isn’t as good, and you still have to pay for shipping and buy the winch. You’re approaching $250 by the time you finish getting everything you need. So this does save you some money, you can have the pride is saying you built it. I did save some money by already having the spinner and timer.
Join the crew for a Spring visit to the hunting cabin in Tioga County, PA.
For this annual Spring visit to ‘Go Time Camp’, we’ll do a little spring turkey hunting, trout fishing, plinking, BBQ, beer sampling, and mostly, some plain old relaxing. Oh, and we might do a couple cabin chores too. …maybe.
between them about 16 feet off the ground and connected the chain using quick links to hold it in place. Â A pulley in the center of the chain helps hoist the barrel. To do that I used a 
, you don’t need that much pulling power, but that’s just what I ended up using.
