grain bags

[blackpowder]

anyone have any ideas for keeping deer away from
grain bags?

[ColevilleH2S]

7mm REM magnum ;-)

[mcfarms]

I've been ponder this but as I got hail and didn't have bags here this year you could be the Beta tester.


http://margosupplies.com/public/canadian1/bear_deterrents/critter_extra.htm

[fjlip]

Seems to be a huge drop in bags used where ever I drive. Is this the same else where?
Every COOP and Viterra sold dozens of hopper bins.
A fad losing favor?

[blackpowder]

speaking for my operation only I may have built my
last steel bin. Nothing is perfect. Not piles. And for
me neither is $3 / bus. for storage on rented land
that only hold air when no crop.
Bags are,although a pain, a useful tool.
lookit where silos vs bags went for silage.

[freewheat]

I put steel on rented land this fall, sick
of spoilage, sick of the long haul home.
Thing with steel, I can always haul them
home. And they were more like 2.50 a
bushel. I have lost far more than that in
piles and rings. They are an investment
that never goes away, and you can write
off the entire lease payment. Just a few
benefits, IMO.

[blackpowder]

of course everyone may have different #s.
thanx mcfarms, will call in am.
will post results.

[SASKFARMER3]

No bag use isn't dropping, it's a shitty crop. Plus
moving grain off ombine to elevator.

[freewheat]

In my hunt for predator dissuasion for
sheep, I found some lights called fox
something or another that flashed totally
at random, and are supposed to keep
wildlife away. If I can find them again, I
will tell you what they are. I wonder if
they would work for deer???

[bigzee]

For some bags may work for me they were an absolute pain. Always liked pushing snow one day to haul the next and then that night it snows. They are good for short time storage, get them empty before winter, ya they are fine. I built 235,000 bu grain storage a yr ago and no regrets doing it. When i see bags in fields now i say to myself glad its them not me.

[blackpowder]

called margo supplies. I was intent on spending a little money and doing no more work.
The rep for margo was so honest he talked me out of all their products.
Bangers and slugs work if you can spend a couple nights there.
Motion sensored distress calls could eventually attract aggressive bucks.
Other motion activated bangers have very small coverage areas and don't work reliably in the open, or in the cold. wildlife also become accustomed to predictable repetitiveness.
Like keeping cows out of the chop bin!
He recommended 4' snow fence up against bag so they cant strike with hooves. Oh well. What you don't have in your wallet you have to have in your back.

[Partners]

All farmers invest many hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars on there farm equipment..Nothing is more important than the grain we harvest to pay for that iron..Hopper bins with air and opi cables are cheap in comparison...plus they will last longer than we will...and they are moveable when we retire..they do not depreciate either..so grain storage might work out to be free in the long term..

[blackpowder]

I am happy for everyone who has the money.
Everyone who is young and or highly capitalized.
Everyone who doesn't tenant farm 65% of their
business. And all 3rd gen. ops.
Of course bins are the best. But they don't make
bushels. As our land prices become ever more
transparent, like S.A. So will our methods.