My Homemade Alfalfa Feeder!
 

Here are the plans and a picture of an Alfalfa feeder I made.

Just copied the All Seasons Feeder that sells for over $300.

If you have the wood laying around it can be done really cheap!!

This one holds 3 square bales.

2x4:
2 – 32in (support 2X10s)
2 – 36in (Skinny side)
2 – 44in (To secure top of rebar to Horizontal 52in 2X4s)
4 – 52in (Horizontal Supports)
2 – 56in (Top Supports)
2X6:
2 – 32in (Skinny side)
2- 60in (Base)
2X10
2 – 52in (tray for fallen alfalfa)
4X4:
1 – 52in (Center support)
4 – 75in (Vertical Legs)

Corrugated Metal:
2 – (52in X 30in) (Horizontal Side Plates)
2 – (32in X 42in) or 2(32in X 22in) & 2(32in X 12in) (Vertical Side Plates)

Other:
3in galvanized Screws
Sheet Metal Screws
2 Metal handles for the door
6 (3in) eye bolt screws for the door
5 (42in to 44in) 1/2in or 1/4in rebar bent in V-shape and u-nailed to center horizontal 4X4
6 Linch Pins

Cool Design!! What about wind blowing over?

Thanks for passing this along. What does it take to get the deer to start eating it? Bob

There are some 2X4s that extend off the legs, and it's heavy enough to not blow over

I hunt in the hill country near leakey texas and my whitetail tear it up with in 6 hours.

But they are use to eating it since we have been throwing it out for years.

Typically I'd say that it will take them a couple of days to get use to it, if they haven't seen it before, but after that they will hit it right away.

Having a stationary feeder like this really helps.

Mine, I use corn also.

I use an old horse hay feeder and they go through a bale about every 4 days.......

Cool feeder, will have to try that. We have been feeding our deer in Mills county alfalfa and they love it.

We put out 4 cotton seed feeders this year, but the deer have not taken to it yet. The cows found one of mine and spent 3 days there until they cleaned it out. Will be putting a wire fence around it now. Once the cotton seed is gone, might have to put a bale of alfalfa in it.
Bob