[twoblink]

My buddy in Texas swears by this, he says, corn sprinkled with Strawberry flavored Jello Powder is what he uses for boar bait..

Corn I can understand, but I assume that the jello powder is to get the scent downwind?

Anybody else a jello powder fan? Does it work?

[DigMe]

I've heard of this a lot and I'm pretty sure it does work. We mix our corn with Hog Wild though and then bury it and they seem to find that pretty quick and stick to it for a few days.

brad cook

[NavajoNPaleFace]

In Arizona I don't believe baiting game is legal (correct me if I am wrong) but hunters I know say that putting out a bird seed block will do the trick on 'hogs' just fine, also.

[twoblink]

My friend hunts boar on a big piece of property HE OWNS. Do laws apply for baiting if the land is theirs?

[DigMe]

In Arizona I don't believe baiting game is legal (correct me if I am wrong) but hunters I know say that putting out a bird seed block will do the trick on 'hogs' just fine, also.

In Texas feral hogs are not considered game. Thus they can be hunted year around with no bag limits or regulations. However, it is still legal to hunt deer off a corn-feeder.

twoblink,

In Texas most general hunting regulations apply whether it's your land or not. Then again it doesn't matter per my above comments.

brad cook

[keano44]

Can't see why it wouldn't work. That is exactly what the smell of Hog Wild reminds me of; that or strawberry Kool-aid powder mix.

[Greybeard]

FWIW, baiting for feral hogs is prohibited on most public land in Tejas, but on private land, pretty much anything goes to take hogs. Primary exceptions being, a hunting license is still required and proof of hunter ed. course if born after Sept. 1, 1971. (TP&W is currently working on upcoming year's version of rules and regs. which will be available around Aug. 15 in "Outdoor Annual". )

Feral hogs became such a problem in some areas that the state law was changed last year so that actual landowners are not required to buy hunting license to take them out.

[DigMe]

Greybeard,


"NEW LAW: A landowner (resident or non-resident) or the landowner's agent or lessee may take feral hogs causing depredation on the landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license, but all laws and regulations governing hunter education still apply."

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/general/licenses.phtml

Since feral hogs pretty much cause "depredation" on any land they inhabit this pretty much exempts one from having to acquire a hunting license to hunt them on private lands.

brad cook

EDIT: Grey - sorry, didn't see in your last line that you noted this new law. I wonder what "agent or lessee" encompasses...I know what lessee is but agent?

[BeLikeTrey]

run a search on hogs and/ or wild boar on here, and see what you get... Lots of good advice... H&H should be by any time now on this.. ;) . He and some of the other members that have posted here have quite a bit of hunting experience and info.

got a pretty good basting recipe too for ya if you want (you'd better hurry up and shoot one)....:D

Wild boar is my personal fav to hunt. No limits and plenty of meat. keep your "bait"near a water source or mud wallow. piggies love telephone poles (creosote) and rub on them frequently. Piggies also love dense underbrush. (like a few years old clear cuts that have overgrown)

Good luck!

[twoblink]

The other problem is, 1 mommy pig becomes like 12 pigs in a few months..

All I have to say is... bacon bacon bacon.. I sure do miss wild bacon!!

[Greybeard]

"I know what lessee is but agent?"

I suspect that if a landowner was to give you or I a written statement to the effect of "Feral Hogs on my Property: Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out.", a Game Warden would consider us his "agent". :D

[patentnonsense]

I've heard some people add wasted milk to the mixture - at least for aboveground bait.

[DigMe]

I've heard some people add wasted milk to the mixture - at least for aboveground bait.

Yeah I think hogs will be attracted to just about any kind of stinky foodstuff.

brad cook

[patentmike]

One trick I've heard, but never tried, is to dig a hole with a post hole digger and dump in a box of powdered milk. Makes sense. It will smell pretty strong and keep 'em busy for a while trying to dig it up.

[DigMe]

Whatever bait you use it's always a good idea to bury it. It will keep them coming back for days like you said.

brad cook

[twoblink]

My friend's son in Oregon, the property owners around there get him to bait and hunt whatever varmints are on their land..

they pay him $1 a head.. Not really in it for the money, they say it's to cover the ammo costs..

Man, I hope I get a chance to go to TX this year.. I really miss my guns :(

[Selfdfenz]

Pretty interesting,
I have also heard digging a hole with post hole diggers and filling it with corn followed by adding enough water to cover the corn works well after the corn starts to smell.

And they have to dig it out which causes them to keep coming back.

S-

[DigMe]

selfdefnz,

Or you can just keep a barrel of wet sour corn and pour it in the hole. It's best if it's already smelly and soured.

brad cook

[sturmruger]

One time my dad and I were down at the river doing some fishing. This one guy just kept catching bullhead after bullhead. We asked why he kept keeping a fish that most people either threw back or killed and left on the river bank. HE said that he had a bunch of pigs that just love to eat fish. I think if I was hunting hogs I would try some garbage fish like bullheads.

I am sure brad is right anything with some stink to it will work just fine.

[HARLEYCOLT]

YES, the Jell-O does work also diesel. the secrete to using it is to let it set out in the sun. PLEASE KEEP THE LID ON IT !!!

Drives the hogs wild :D

[Smoke]

Yeah I think hogs will be attracted to just about any kind of stinky foodstuff.

Now that is the truest statement I've seen yet.


I've never tried the Jello, heard of it a lot. Diesel mixed with corn works great. Spoiled grains (any grain) is probably the best. Followed closely by roadkill.

Driving out to the lease...see a dead animal along the side of the road just baking in the sun...pick him up and take him along. Hogs loved fetid flesh.

My favorite hog bait is other dead hogs.

Smoke

[Selfdfenz]

The last few pots have pretty well convinced me I might pass on my next opportunity to dine on wild pork!

S-

[DigMe]

selfdfenz,

It CAN be very tasty. Personally if I shoot a boar I leave it. If I shoot a sow, sometimes I'll just cut out the backstraps (depending on how much meat I have in my freezer already). Sow is where it's at though. I have no guilt leaving a boar untouched or just taking backstraps because this is an introduced species and a nuisance animal.

brad cook

[twoblink]

Remember, the secret to good bacon is THIN STRIPS...:D