Supporting Wildlife with a Wildlife Guzzler

Update 08-10-2022

Texas Redoubt no longer markets the Texas Metal Tanks products. However, these fine folks will sell you a custom tank directly. Just go on over to their website at www.texasmetaltanks.com and then give them a call. Each tank is hand-made to order in their Dripping Springs, TX factory. It’s a great product brought to you by fine folks.

If you have any questions about guzzlers in general, feel free to give us a call. We like jaw-boning about wildlife guzzlers.

The Wildlife Guzzler

Landowners often supplant naturally occurring deer fodder on their property with corn and protein feeders or grass and legume feed plots.

But unless you have prominent water features such as a tank or stream, it’s a good idea to provide supplemental water for your wildlife.

Texas Metal Tanks has developed a wildlife water guzzler which should stand the test of time.  Constructed out of heavy gauge galvanized steel, water storage comes in 200 and 250 gallon sizes.

The large, top mounted inverted collection cone has a debris screen to keep leaves and acorns out.  The low profile drinking pan gives the little critters a chance to escape, while the float keeps the water refilled after heavy drinkers.

A supply hose permits the drinking pan to be located away from the storage/collection tank.  The remote fill hose also permits the tank to be located uphill, or the pan to be located in the shade to minimize evaporation.

Texas Metal Tanks Guzzler Sizes

What to Expect from a Wildlife Water Guzzler

According to Texas Metal Tanks:

The 200 gallon tank will collect over 600 gallons of rainwater per year in Central Texas.  The 250 gallon tank will collect approximately 750 gallons.  Water is dispensed through a small pan with a float valve.  These wildlife guzzlers are still great for wildlife on your property, or they can be used as a remote watering system too.

Texas Metal Tanks will install wildlife water guzzlers and bird boxes to facilitate your Texas Wildlife Plan.  They will also install rain collection systems at your ranch.

Texas Parks and Wildlife has produced a video on supplemental water systems and the re-population of the Texas Bighorn Sheep.

Here is a handbook produced by Texas Parks and Wildlife on Water for Texas Wildlife (PDF format).

Installing a wildlife guzzler is an inexpensive way to attract and support wildlife on your property.  Whether you use a prefabricated wildlife water guzzler like the Texas Metal Tanks product or you build one yourself, the wildlife you attract will be fun to photograph.