Time release application and monitoring system

An automated feed delivery bait station device, said device comprising:

• a housing having a top, bottom, and outer sides, wherein said top is a removable structure, said bottom includes a bottom access port for ingress and egress of at least one target animal within said bait station within a portion of said bottom of said housing further comprising a plurality of chambers of the same size and shape and evenly spaced from one another;
• a rotating carousel driver providing access to one of said plurality of chambers, wherein said carousel driver includes an opening aligning with said bottom access port which allows said target animal to enter said one of said plurality of chambers as said carousel driver revolves;
• a plurality of stakes extending from said bottom and said sides, wherein said stakes include connection means for staking said device into the ground for secure retention at such a location, wherein said stakes create a passageway therethrough and raise said housing such that said bottom access port does not contact said ground when said device is retained on said ground such that any ingress or egress of said target animal within said at least one compartment chamber of said bait device must be made underneath said housing bottom;
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• an electrical controller to activate movement associated with said bottom access port for the passage of feed therethrough when activated or the provision of an access point for said target animal to enter when activated, wherein said bottom access port is configured to permit ingress and egress of animals upon activation of said electrical controller, wherein said device further includes a carousel direct drive assembly comprising at least one motor, wherein said at least one motor is directly coupled to said rotating carousel driver for carousel rotation control by a PC board, and wherein said device further includes a passive-locking carousel drive in which the carousel driver position is mechanically locked when power is no longer applied to said motor.