deafdave3
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What kind of attractant or baiting do the fellow hunters here on THR use to attract feral hogs?
Attracting hogs...
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Ike R
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Soured corn or bread mash for me in my traps. Also take an old rug and soak it in diesel and nail it to a tree sometimes near my stands.
When I make a wallow I bait it with the sour corn or mash and add C More Hogs to it and spread some Tink's sow in heat on a few rags tied up in a nearbye tree.
I know a guy that swears by sour corn with diesel added to it ...but to me thats cruel and unusual punishment even for a hog.
When I make a wallow I bait it with the sour corn or mash and add C More Hogs to it and spread some Tink's sow in heat on a few rags tied up in a nearbye tree.
I know a guy that swears by sour corn with diesel added to it ...but to me thats cruel and unusual punishment even for a hog.
FLAvalanche
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Sour corn works well to start. You'll want something stinky to bring them in. There are plenty of recipies for sour corn on the internet and ignore the ones that add diesel to the mix. Once the corn is made I like to add a big bottle of the cheapest maple syrup you can find.
If you have an automatic feeder set out the sour corn near the feeder and set the feeder to go off twice a day for a very short period of time. Once you have hogs coming in then you can set your feeder to go off normally.
I have my feeder set to go off a little after sunrise and little before sunset. They'll get used to it going off and will come running when they hear the feeder after a while.
Damn things won't touch star fruit...
If you have an automatic feeder set out the sour corn near the feeder and set the feeder to go off twice a day for a very short period of time. Once you have hogs coming in then you can set your feeder to go off normally.
I have my feeder set to go off a little after sunrise and little before sunset. They'll get used to it going off and will come running when they hear the feeder after a while.
Damn things won't touch star fruit...
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The best way to attract wild boars is to use a domestic disinfectant called creolin (commonly used by farmers to disinfect animal’s homes from pigs to rabbits).
Don’t ask me how but boars instinctively know that creolin will kill all skin parasites, so they will scratch their bodies against all things that have creolin on it. You can spray the disinfectant in stones or trees (dead or alive), and boars will spread the smell to whatever they touch next (trees, mud holes, etc).
Usually boars use mud to try to kill parasites, so when they discover a tree that has creolin sprayed on it, this is what happens:
By doing that, they will also mark the territory with smells that will attract other boars. Sometimes they will mark the trees with their teeth, or remove all the tree shell exposing the naked wood.
The wind will spread the smell over valleys and mountains near by (probably for more than 1 km). True creolin has a unique smell (smells like what it is, a disinfectant) and even to humans the smell is powerful, lol (great smell, relatively speaking).
In Portugal the registered trademark is “creolina” and we prefer to use the original (don’t use other creolin-type disinfectant because it will probably smell differently). Creolin may be used pure or dissolved in water (will look somewhat milky when mixed).
IMPORTANT: creolin is an awesome attractant but if you want to keep the boars in that spot you have to put some corn near by (probably in boxes or below some heavy stones). Why? Because boars don’t need to scratch their fleas everyday, but they will eat every single day (and night). Attract them by their nose, but keep them there by their stomach.
Don’t ask me how but boars instinctively know that creolin will kill all skin parasites, so they will scratch their bodies against all things that have creolin on it. You can spray the disinfectant in stones or trees (dead or alive), and boars will spread the smell to whatever they touch next (trees, mud holes, etc).
Usually boars use mud to try to kill parasites, so when they discover a tree that has creolin sprayed on it, this is what happens:
By doing that, they will also mark the territory with smells that will attract other boars. Sometimes they will mark the trees with their teeth, or remove all the tree shell exposing the naked wood.
The wind will spread the smell over valleys and mountains near by (probably for more than 1 km). True creolin has a unique smell (smells like what it is, a disinfectant) and even to humans the smell is powerful, lol (great smell, relatively speaking).
In Portugal the registered trademark is “creolina” and we prefer to use the original (don’t use other creolin-type disinfectant because it will probably smell differently). Creolin may be used pure or dissolved in water (will look somewhat milky when mixed).
IMPORTANT: creolin is an awesome attractant but if you want to keep the boars in that spot you have to put some corn near by (probably in boxes or below some heavy stones). Why? Because boars don’t need to scratch their fleas everyday, but they will eat every single day (and night). Attract them by their nose, but keep them there by their stomach.
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I've used a mixture of old rice, oatmeal, and bread and mixed in a jar of molasses and sometimes I'll get a cheap bag of frozen chicken, let it thaw and get slightly rancid and toss that in the mix. Fruit, or anything with sugar draws them in.
Never seems to last long, no more thgan 24 hours if they're in the area. Attracts black bears too. Or, if you're strapped for cash, just save the juicy liquid left over from a fish or chicken package and dribble in the area where you want them. Also, save your bacon grease and smear it about 2-3 feet from the ground on trees.
Never seems to last long, no more thgan 24 hours if they're in the area. Attracts black bears too. Or, if you're strapped for cash, just save the juicy liquid left over from a fish or chicken package and dribble in the area where you want them. Also, save your bacon grease and smear it about 2-3 feet from the ground on trees.
Encoreman
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Nathan don't mean to be smart, but it is called a railroad tie. Telephone poles that have creosote works good to, you can pour some burnt motor oil on the tie or pole to rejuvinate the creosote if it is dried out.
deafdave3
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BOY! She's so ugly, she can go trick-or-treating over the telephone.
Buck Snort
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The way I lure them in is to lay behind a log and make a sound like a can of corn.
MCgunner
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My feeder full of corn seems to work for hogs to the point they'll knock the thing down to get at it. I just bought a Moultrie that has the battery and timer up on the side of the barrel, a cage around the spinner, and feet with holes to drive a stake through. We'll see how that works to keep the critters from eating my feeder. Between the hogs knocking it over and the coons eating my timers, I had a problem with my last one. Problem with staking it is that the ground out there is sand. I need some LONG chunks of rebar.
MCgunner
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Dang, is there anything below the top on that woman? I can't see anything else...
FLAvalanche
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They will rub up against the legs of the tripod and spread them out until they can get to the feeder and knock it over.
Been there, done that...
I finally got fed up, cemented a treated 4x4 into the ground and mounted the feeder to that. They rub up against the 4x4 but they haven't been able to knock it down in a year.
Go here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=552442
Look at the picture of that tripod feeder. He's had the same problem and if you look closely you'll notice he's staking the legs of his feeder down.
5gal of corn with 1 cup of diesel fuel. Mix and bury in layers, also RR ties and pour diesel on them. My friend did some study on this and it has improved their hog hunts by about 60 %. The fuel will not harm the meat and nothing else will eat your corn.
Zombiphobia
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couldn't the oral consumption of deisel fuels be toxic to the pigs?
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Not to mention environmental pollution. I can't believe anyone is idiotic enough to slather bait piles with something like diesel fuel that could end up in drinking water, much less cause a fish kill. I'd not be happy to find the reason why MY water source was bad.
kyle1974
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LOL... because 8 ounces of diesel fuel is really going to cuase an environmental issue..
give me a break.
give me a break.
Zombiphobia
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That's why there are laws against spilling gasoline and deisel on the ground and you can be fined for it. Ever poured it on a plant?? It kills them.
Yeah, it's an environmental issue.
Yeah, it's an environmental issue.
Roughneck08
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Agreed to what has been posted so far. We get a post hole digger dig down, say a foot deep, pour corn down the hole use diesel or what they like the most, cheap beer. It ferments in a few days and it drives them wild.
kyle1974
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diesel might be harmful to the pigs...
but I have personally witnessed hundreds of pigs dying from lead poisoning.
PLEASE STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!
but I have personally witnessed hundreds of pigs dying from lead poisoning.
PLEASE STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!
Zombiphobia
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lol kyle, yea man I was just saying.. I wasn't trying to turn it into a big deal.
they also say that lead shot is harmful, as wounded birds die, and then other animals eat them getting lead poisoning and so on. Think I'm going to stop using lead shot?? Nope.
they also say that lead shot is harmful, as wounded birds die, and then other animals eat them getting lead poisoning and so on. Think I'm going to stop using lead shot?? Nope.
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So whats the deal with using diesel?? Is it, as someone mentioned, a way to make the bait less attractive to other species? IE, make it taste bad enough that nothing will eat it besides hogs?
Or is it something more? Are the pigs somehow attracted to the smell of diesel?
I've heard of weirder things. If they are attracted to the smell I wonder if it could be because they think of farm machinery / implements when they smell that, and figure there has to be good eatin nearby (nice planted fields)
If they just get attracted to the smell, you could hang a bottle from a tree with a little diesel in it, and put a rag in it. The rag would be a wick for the fuel, and get it into the air. hanging from a tree, you wouldn't get any diesel on the ground, just a bit in the air. I think that would be pretty "environmentally conscious" if anyone cared.
Not trying to be a smart-a@@, just trying to learn
I'm in NW missouri.... would LOOOOOOOOOOOVE to go hog hunting sometime. Just making future mental notes....
Or is it something more? Are the pigs somehow attracted to the smell of diesel?
I've heard of weirder things. If they are attracted to the smell I wonder if it could be because they think of farm machinery / implements when they smell that, and figure there has to be good eatin nearby (nice planted fields)
If they just get attracted to the smell, you could hang a bottle from a tree with a little diesel in it, and put a rag in it. The rag would be a wick for the fuel, and get it into the air. hanging from a tree, you wouldn't get any diesel on the ground, just a bit in the air. I think that would be pretty "environmentally conscious" if anyone cared.
Not trying to be a smart-a@@, just trying to learn
I'm in NW missouri.... would LOOOOOOOOOOOVE to go hog hunting sometime. Just making future mental notes....
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