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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 27, 2019 16:19:37 GMT -5
Have any of you guys made small watering holes for deer? I'm talking about 55 gallon drums or livestock water troughs type water holes. I've been watching some videos and wondered if anyone had success with them. I hunt 75 acres that is divided in half by our road and houses. There is a very small pond behind my house that I cleaned up last winter. I saw a big increase in deer movement around it. I killed my buck there this year. I would like to make a water hole on the other half of the property. I can get plastic drums at work. I was thinking of cutting 3 or 4 in half and burying them in a cluster. I would like to have around 100-150 gallon capacity. I could buy a 100 gallon tank from tractor supply for around $70. I might go that route to save the work of digging extra holes. I have a stand location that I think would really benefit from having a close water source. I think it could draw deer from several valleys that meet up there.
Any advice or comments are welcome.
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Post by beermaker on Nov 27, 2019 18:24:15 GMT -5
A friend of mine bought a couple cheap koi pond tubs. They had a good amount of surface area and were black. I don't know how much he spent or how long it took to dig the holes, but they looked 100% natural and attracted deer.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 27, 2019 20:39:29 GMT -5
Have any of you guys made small watering holes for deer? I'm talking about 55 gallon drums or livestock water troughs type water holes. I've been watching some videos and wondered if anyone had success with them. I hunt 75 acres that is divided in half by our road and houses. There is a very small pond behind my house that I cleaned up last winter. I saw a big increase in deer movement around it. I killed my buck there this year. I would like to make a water hole on the other half of the property. I can get plastic drums at work. I was thinking of cutting 3 or 4 in half and burying them in a cluster. I would like to have around 100-150 gallon capacity. I could buy a 100 gallon tank from tractor supply for around $70. I might go that route to save the work of digging extra holes. I have a stand location that I think would really benefit from having a close water source. I think it could draw deer from several valleys that meet up there. Any advice or comments are welcome. I’ve put 6 of these in at property I hunt. They don’t have to be very big. Most of them are small black koi ponds. Maybe 3’ x 3’ x 18” deep. One I even used a cheap small kiddie pool. I’ve almost never had to add water to them. The biggest thing is to look for a naturally low spot and put the lip just below the ground so it catches natural runoff. Put a small branch inside to make it easy for small critters to get out of it and boom you are done. I’ve shot several deer over them over the years |
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Post by schoolmaster on Nov 30, 2019 10:13:47 GMT -5
I thought it was illegal to hunt over man made water holes.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 30, 2019 10:46:24 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Nov 30, 2019 10:47:52 GMT -5
I thought it was illegal to hunt over man made water holes. If that is the case, would a man made pond be illegal to hunt over? A number of people dig ponds, and they are magnets for deer when it's dry out. |
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Post by jjas on Nov 30, 2019 11:01:25 GMT -5
The way I'm reading what Greg posted....
...is that as long as it's just water, it would not be baiting.
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 30, 2019 11:54:47 GMT -5
I will not be putting anything in the water.
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Post by firstwd on Nov 30, 2019 12:14:42 GMT -5
As long as the water holes fill up naturally, they can not be considered bait.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 30, 2019 12:18:18 GMT -5
As long as the water holes fill up naturally, they can not be considered bait. No Kool Aid , eh?  |
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