Hogs are attracted to rotten eggs

[Cob]

i recently incubated some little chicks, and had about 9 eggs that did not hatch... anyway, i was called away on wildfrie duty, (Google "Blue Ribbon Fire" for a tragic story- I was there unfortunately) and tonite my wife informed me the barn reeked so bad that nobody could go in there. I almost lost my dinner when i opened the incubator lid... Anyway, I disposed of the 50+day old eggs in woods behind the house, and returned to "clean" the incubator with a garden hose... within 3 minutes, i noticed a comotion in the area where eggs were just discarded, and a group of 60-80lb wild black wild hogs saw me about the same time i saw them... i quickly ran inside, grabbed the rifle, returned, but never saw the hogs again. A deer appeared about 100 yards away, less than 10 minutes later, but no hogs.

I am positive the Hogs came to investigate the horrid smell of the rotten eggs.

 

[Art Eatman]

Ehhhh...Dunno. The question arises: Why no infestation around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Don't answer.

 

[Flintknapper]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Muslim?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Anyway, I disposed of the 50+day old eggs in woods behind the house, and returned to "clean" the incubator with a garden hose... within 3 minutes, i noticed a comotion in the area where eggs were just discarded, and a group of 60-80lb wild black wild hogs saw me about the same time i saw them... i quickly ran inside, grabbed the rifle, returned, but never saw the hogs again. A deer appeared about 100 yards away, less than 10 minutes later, but no hogs.

If they were there in 3 minutes, then they were already there and the eggs just helped them make their presense known to you. You have a hog problem.

 

[Cob]

I've known i had a hog problem... they have become elusive though, and generally only appear in the yard at night. to see them that close in broad day-light was unusual.

 

[Liberty1776]

Is that a hog problem, or a hog opportunity?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

As he noted, an opportunity missed.

Put out some rotten eggs at night and see how well you can shoot the hogs!

 

[H&Hhunter]

Hogs are attracted to anything stinky and are well known egg eaters. Wild hogs are absolute hell on bird eggs which is another reason to shoot them on sight they are damaging to some populations of ground nesting birds.

 

[colt1911fan]

anyone know a good place for guided hog hunts never been and I wanna go

 

[788Ham]

Whatta ya mean? As in no fried pork bellies with their okra?