The Hammer Feeding System Timed Protein Feeders

What is The Hammer Feeder?

The Hammer Feeder is a timed protein feeder system designed for deer feeding. It's a bolt-on module that controls the gravity flow of feed into a feed tube, allowing you to decide when and for how long the tube gets filled. This system helps regulate feed or attractant, minimize waste, train deer, save money, and save time.

Key Features:
- Programmable Feeding Times: Set specific feeding times and durations, from one tube full a day to full free-choice feeding.
- Adjustable Feed Control: Manage the amount of feed dispensed, ideal for training deer to feed on a schedule.
- Compatibility: Can be installed on new or existing feeders, with various adaptors available for different feeder models.
- Power Source: Requires a 12-volt battery (not included) and a solar panel is highly recommended.

Benefits for Deer Feeders:
- Efficient Feed Management: Reduces waste and saves money by dispensing feed according to a set schedule.
- Deer Training: Trains deer to feed at specific times, helping to manage deer populations and improve hunting success.
- Flexibility: Suitable for various feeding strategies, from attractant feeding to full free-choice feeding.
The Hammer Feeder System is designed for hunters, ranch managers, and wildlife enthusiasts who want to optimize their deer feeding strategy.

It is our belief that when it comes to feeding deer, every pound makes a difference.  Whether you're feeding to draw deer in or you're feeding to improve your deer herd's health or for bigger racks, understanding how much difference a pound of feed makes is important in setting and achieving your goals.

Under normal range conditions, an adult deer will consume 2-3 pounds of supplemental feed a day, if available.  In high stress periods of the year, that number goes up.  When natural browse is abundant, that number goes down.  The high stress periods, after the rut and late summer, are the times of year to increase your feeding efforts for the biggest return on your investment.  So, understand how many deer will benefit when you set your feeding plan.

If you plan to feed as an attractant, the timed feeding function of "The Hammer" allows you to feed in small doses.  The best time of day to feed your attractant will be early morning and late evening, when mature bucks prefer to feed.

There is no debating that full free choice feeding provides the most benefit to the whole herd.  The biggest problem with that strategy is the cost, followed closely by the time it takes to keep feeders full.  If money and time weren't a concern, you probably wouldn't be here on this site.  Whatever your feeding budget is, The Hammer Feeding System timed protein feeders can help you manage your time and budget.​

​So, how do we use "The Hammer" where we hunt?  Our budget is 2000# of protein feed a month.  That's 500# per week.  That's 70# per day.  Our feeding strategy is to feed that 70# every single day in a way that meets our goal of growing bigger racks.  To grow bigger racks, we feed free choice during the six hours every day when middle-age and mature bucks are most likely to be at the feeder.  That's three hours in the early morning and three hours in the late evening, but we do not feed in the middle of the night.  When the free choice ends and the gate closes, there is still feed left in the tubes to be eaten by does and young bucks until its gone.  So, with our strategy, bucks get ALL they want and the rest of our herd gets SOME of what they want.  That's how we manage our budget and that's how The Hammer Feeding System timed protein feeders work for us.