We have a lease up in the hills and have no standing water, no streams, no tanks, nothing.  

Considering putting a 200 gal water trough/ tank out so the deer will stop for water.  


Any considerations that need to be made?   Are size /shape /materials important?

I have 3 of these 140 gallon stock tanks spread out on my 160 acre.  I have no year round standing water for for quite a ways in any direction.  The deer and turkeys love these.  I may install one more.  They need to be cleaned out with a rake twice a year.  Water is stirred up here as I just raked it out and added 40 gallons of water.  The plastic jugs kitty litter comes in hold about 2.5 gallons and work well for getting water to the site.  

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It is a good idea.  The rubbermaid ones are pretty good.  I used to use the 50 gallon ones so I could easily tip the over to clean them.

We have multiple stock tanks and a couple of creeks, so any additional water is futile. However, when I hunted in south Texas we have a few water troughs set up. The deer hammered those locations continuously.