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Post by Catscratch on Sept 28, 2021 18:22:30 GMT -6
Never seen one of these before. Overnight dew collects on the tin and runs down to a small trough. Buddy said the old timers built them around the dust bowl days for the wildlife to get a drink (birds and small animals). Kept them fenced off from the cattle. Not sure they gather much as when I got up Sunday morning the humidity was 10% and the wind was 40mph, but I guess in those conditions even a few drops is important. I sometimes like to be reminded that habitat guys have been around forever and mostly were people who lived on the land. Anyway, I had never heard of them before and couldn't find anything on the internet about them so thought it was cool history.   |
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 28, 2021 18:31:14 GMT -6
Wow. never heard that before and super cool
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 28, 2021 23:01:15 GMT -6
That’s awesome Cat. An inch of rain on that setup would be about 80 gallons too.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 29, 2021 6:25:42 GMT -6
I keep trying to come up with a way to use one of these on my place but just don't see the justification for it. I'm also wondering if I could put one up at my buddies place to make for an antelope watering hole. Would be kind of neat to have my own private honeyhole that I built. I'm always looking for new stuff to habitat, might lead to a new adventure.
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 29, 2021 7:07:14 GMT -6
So is that a 4x8 sheet of tin laying on a simple frame? I wonder how much moisture would it would produce? This year I could of used a devise like that but most years I would not need one.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 29, 2021 7:11:52 GMT -6
So is that a 4x8 sheet of tin laying on a simple frame? I wonder how much moisture would it would produce? This year I could of used a devise like that but most years I would not need one. Pretty much. I didn't measure it but I'm guessing it was wider than 4ft. Maybe 8x12'? |
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 29, 2021 8:01:57 GMT -6
Search Rainmaker Guzzler products.
Twenty years ago, I saw big plastic tubs sitting out on the south end of the Bighorn Basin. We didn’t walk the miles to examine it, but could see them off in the distance. I assume they needed to be dug in to ground level, but might be wrong.
They might have been for cattle and wildlife both.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 29, 2021 8:14:39 GMT -6
Search Rainmaker Guzzler products. Twenty years ago, I saw big plastic tubs sitting out on the south end of the Bighorn Basin. We didn’t walk the miles to examine it, but could see them off in the distance. I assume they needed to be dug in to ground level, but might be wrong. They might have been for cattle and wildlife both. Jackpot! Thanks for the help. Shows tons of these things on that search. |
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 29, 2021 12:05:46 GMT -6
Search Rainmaker Guzzler products. Twenty years ago, I saw big plastic tubs sitting out on the south end of the Bighorn Basin. We didn’t walk the miles to examine it, but could see them off in the distance. I assume they needed to be dug in to ground level, but might be wrong. They might have been for cattle and wildlife both. Jackpot! Thanks for the help. Shows tons of these things on that search. It seems like our rancher called them guzzlers way back then. They were out on BLM lands. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 29, 2021 12:17:23 GMT -6
Jackpot! Thanks for the help. Shows tons of these things on that search. It seems like our rancher called them guzzlers way back then. They were out on BLM lands. Black Lives Matter has land now? Who knew.  |
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 29, 2021 12:30:09 GMT -6
It seems like our rancher called them guzzlers way back then. They were out on BLM lands. Black Lives Matter has land now? Who knew. You ain’t seen nothin’, yet! |
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