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How to attract wild hogs

Posted By: Cluck

How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 02:52 AM

Folks, my dad is coming out to my lease this weekend to do some hog hunting. I saw pigs a few times during deer season, but there was no pattern to it. Our feeders have been empty for a few months now. Do you have any recommendations for what my best chance is to put him on some pigs? Should I just corn some roads or is there some better attractant out there these days?

I'll get to the lease late Friday and we'll be hunting Saturday.

Thanks.

Posted By: stxranchman

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 03:09 AM

Corning the roads might help but check the pasture for sign of fresh rooting and corn those areas also.

Posted By: txtrophy85

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 03:10 AM

if you haven't been feeding, any pigs you are going to get is going to be a happenstance.

i always keep one feeder running in case someone wants to hunt pigs or axis.

i keep it set for about 20 min before dusk to feed in the evenings only

Posted By: toolman

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 03:18 AM

Hire a midget to wear a sexy girl pig suit. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Honestly, corn the areas where you see sign and sprinkle some sweetened Kool Aid mix over the corn. We have the best luck using strawberry or tropical punch.

Posted By: Payne

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 03:29 AM

You don't want them, go on a day hunt. Cheaper in the long run.

Posted By: cameron00

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 04:07 PM

If there's any way you can get out there a couple of days ahead of time (or have a friend do it for you), put out a bunch of very fragrant grub. Either mix jello powder in with corn or have some soured corn out there.

If they're anywhere in the vicinity, the smell will eventually reach them and they'll hit it.

Odd still aren't great, but it'll help.

Posted By: stxhunter

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/19/12 04:21 PM

Sour some corn in a 5 gal bucket for a few days.

Here's what I've done in the past:

5 gal paint bucket from lowes with lid
Fill about 3/4 of the way with corn
Top it off with some water, mix in a few old beers if you have any laying around
Let it sit in direct sun until the weekend.
Before you pour it out feel free to sprinkle some strawberry jello on top

How many days do you have for the hunt? You could also try setting up a pig pipe earlier in the week to get them coming around.

Posted By: 10pointdoe

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/20/12 01:54 AM

if you havent fed'em in a month or 2, they may be in hte next county by now

Posted By: Erathkid

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/20/12 02:27 AM

Originally Posted By: 10pointdoe
if you havent fed'em in a month or 2, they may be in hte next county by now
This is true. They could be anywhere with all the vittles out in the pasture. Ours are nocturnal and not real easy to pattern right now. Of course I did shut off the feed a couple of weeks ago.

Posted By: Stub

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/20/12 03:12 AM

I use to have a lot of Piggies, would get pictures of 30 or 40 in the field all the time. Trapped and eliminated 14 of them during the summer, very seldom see signs or get pics of them now.

And thats the way I hope it stays, one every now in then is fun, to many porkers, No Bueno!

Posted By: GuidedHunter

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/20/12 03:34 AM

One good way to make them stay in the area is to get a post hole digger and go down a couple feet then put a bunch of sugary stuff in it. Cool Aid really does work well because the sent travels good. If they have to dig down to something that they can smell it takes them a while and they tend to hang around.

Posted By: statesman

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/21/12 03:23 AM

Good gosh, you guys are trying to attract them, and I've spent that last few decades trying to get rid of them!

Posted By: txoss09

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/28/12 06:52 PM

Originally Posted By: statesman
Good gosh, you guys are trying to attract them, and I've spent that last few decades trying to get rid of them!


Me too !!! I hate them suckers.......but mix some Buckcandy with some corn and corn the roads. If you got pigs they will come.

Posted By: TurkeyHunter

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/28/12 08:54 PM

How about some killer bees and fire ants to go along? laugh

Posted By: Fooshman

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/28/12 10:37 PM

I've got how to not attract them figured out pretty well. They will be in the area then I show up and they vanish. Day after I leave they will be back.

Posted By: Don Dial

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/29/12 12:24 AM

When we used to trap and hunt a lot of them and they'd get shy,
I soak some 5 gal buckets with water and Cherry Jello powder in
them..It's inexpensive and they seem to really go nuts for the
red Jello's...Good luck w/ your Pop...we always enjoy our buds

Don

Posted By: thewrap

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/29/12 12:34 AM

Horse formula Sweet Feed Pellets work pretty well.

Posted By: Leadsh2

Re: How to attract wild hogs - 03/29/12 02:10 AM

Saw this in the March issue of Cedar Post (TPWD new letter)

"Hog Bait by Mary Humphrey
If you don’t already have feral hogs on your property, it’s generally not a matter of “if” you’ll end up with them, but rather “when”.
Some folks see them as a huntable resource, while others consider them nothing more than a complete nuisance. There are various
methods of hunting and trapping that can be used to reduce the population of hogs. Box traps are an ideal way to trap multiple animals
as long as the trap is placed between two or more areas of high use such as rooting or bedding sites, along fencelines, or near
known hog trails. Hogs will eat most anything, but soured corn seems to work well for attracting hogs while limiting non-target
animals. Pre-baiting is essential so that hogs are going into the trap freely before actually setting the trap.

Soured corn recipe:
½ sack of corn
½ sack of cow cubes
6-pack of cheap beer
4-6 pkgs. of strawberry/cherry/raspberry jello
Dry yeast – enough of 1 pkg. to start mixture fizzing
½ gal. Evolved Habitats® Pig Out® liquid – adds sweet taste
(Ferment mixture in tub for 1 to 1-1/2 weeks) Can stagger production if feeding out of tubs."

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