The simplist of water holes

[kabic]

I just picked up one of these 40 gallon tanks the other day:

http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/688730-little-giant-poly-stock-tank.html#.VM-hRC6rHis

A couple of scoops with the Front end loader and should go right in and then back fill a little. Cant get much easier than that.

 

[bueller]

They work for us.

 

[bueller]

 

[bwoods11]

We put out what we call Menards Tubs on every farm. Deer and turkey love to mingle in and around them.

My son shot a nice buck over one. They are also great for cameras.

 

[Riggsgwp->]

Hey Bueller do you keep these in shooting range of stand? I have a larger destination water hole out by my food plots but I was thinking of adding some "kill" waterholes using some of those tanks.

 

[Riggsgwp->]

This is a pic of my food plot waterhole and it had a lot of use especially by bucks. Every buck I had a pic of also stopped at this waterhole. I think some smaller waterholes in the vicinity of stands could be a great addition at my place. I also have other ponds at my place but the deer absolutely love these little spots.

 

[bueller]

Hey Bueller do you keep these in shooting range of stand? I have a larger destination water hole out by my food plots but I was thinking of adding some "kill" waterholes using some of those tanks.

I do. And if I had more time to hunt this past year I may have gotten a shot at this guy.

 

[dipper]

This is a pic of my food plot waterhole and it had a lot of use especially by bucks. Every buck I had a pic of also stopped at this waterhole. I think some smaller waterholes in the vicinity of stands could be a great addition at my place. I also have other ponds at my place but the deer absolutely love these little spots.

That's some crazy tall rye. It must be drinking well with the water table so high

 

[Riggsgwp->]

I wish rye would stand like that later in the year. It offers awesome security around that water during summer months and early fall.

 

[bowhunternw]

Very nice picture. How long does the water last in that thing if in a dry spell? I want to dig an actual pond but could see adding 1 or 2 of these as well

 

[bueller]

Very nice picture. How long does the water last in that thing if in a dry spell? I want to dig an actual pond but could see adding 1 or 2 of these as well

Thanks. This tub is in a pretty shady spot on the north side of a slight slope. I haven't added water to it in years and it has never gone dry, even during the terrible drought we had a couple summers ago. It does drop several inches but there is always plenty in there for the animals. I even get tadpoles in there every year now.

 

[Jim Timber]

Cant get much easier than that.

I have two kiddie pools (one was free) that can be had for about $12 at walmart as they're closing them out mid summer. Just sit them on the ground and let rain do the rest. The first has survived 2 winters, the second was a recent fall acquisition and hasn't been through it's first yet.

With them being elevated and impossible to climb (because of the rolled lip), there's no mice that drown in them either. If you insist on burying them, leave a stick for an escape route. :)

 

[scott44]

I have two kiddie pools (one was free) that can be had for about $12 at walmart as they're closing them out mid summer. Just sit them on the ground and let rain do the rest. The first has survived 2 winters, the second was a recent fall acquisition and hasn't been through it's first yet.

With them being elevated and impossible to climb (because of the rolled lip), there's no mice that drown in them either. If you insist on burying them, leave a stick for an escape route. :)

That's what I have used also Jim, it works good. I actually shot my buck this year drinking out of this one, 32yds.

 

[kabic]

I was wondering how these would survive water freezing in them, but if the kiddie pools can survive a winter I guess the stock tank should be OK as well.

 

[Satchmo]

Don't forget to throw in several small pcs of copper tubing or a 12" pc of heavy braided copper wire in those small tanks to keep algae from forming. Trace copper will not hurt the deer, but it's harmful to some livestock and will kill fish.

 

[bueller]

I was wondering how these would survive water freezing in them, but if the kiddie pools can survive a winter I guess the stock tank should be OK as well.

I used to use a bucket to bail about half of the water out before it froze. When I did this it still filled itself back up in the spring with the snowmelt and rain. The last several years I haven't bothered to take any water out prior to it freezing and it has been just fine.

 

[scott44]

I was wondering how these would survive water freezing in them, but if the kiddie pools can survive a winter I guess the stock tank should be OK as well.

This is the 3rd year I have had those out and we'll see how they look.

 

[foggy]

I bought a couple of water tubs at the fleet store. I think mine may hold 30 gallons or so. The rain fills them and I have never seen one empty. I also use an ice fishing sled for another "water hole". In the winter I used it for ice fishing and return it in the spring. I place mine by my salt licks. They get allot of use. Never seen one go dry. The rain keeps water in them all year.

 

[shawnv]

I also use the F&F tubs and have for the past few years and they seem to hold up well and are small enough that if you don't put it in the ideal location the first time you can dig it out and move it.

 

[phil@thesidehill]

this was a waterhole of opportunity...i have a spring seep coming out of the hill in this plot. when expanding the plot, we ecountered a pile of junk from my grandfather's "toys". while dislodging the junk with a four wheeler with a snow plow we ended up making quite a hole that was filling up with water quickly. we shaped it out with the snow plow, then smoothed it all out with rakes and shovels. It help water for a few weeks since we have some clay in the soil...but it wasnt enough to hold water once the seep dried up for the summer. A friend of mine had this big sheet of some sort of plastic liner and he just gave it to me. It filled with water from rain.

here it is in the spring without the liner and before it drained.
http://s260.photobucket.com/user/norwoodsman/media/habitat 2014/IMG_7983_zps98932c2f.jpg.html



here it is after i installed the liner.


this was taken in July...by september it had filled right up to the drain pipe