I just found a very fresh wallow near a pond in an area I never new had hogs.

This place is a US Army Corps of Engineers walk-in area and a 40 min hard walk. Thick cover fades to oak wooded area.

A good friend and I returned yesterday and broadcasted 20 pounds of dog food and 50 pounds of rabbit feed all around a 1/4 acre area close to the wallow.

Now we hung stands last night on the same trip in to spread bait. When should we return to re-bait and hunt?

In might be worth the time and money to put up a game camera to see when the hogs are showing up.

Get yourself a pickle bucket and fill it 3/4 full with corn.Then add I gallon of milk and two boxes of Grape Jello,add 1/4 cup of vinegar,get a stick and stir it all 2gether.Let it sit for about a week.Happy hog hunting.

Ted, while I don't have a good answer to your question, I would check it a time or two within the next few days and see if you have any activity. I would watch the wind going in and out.

Now I must say that I admire your "want to". I don't know many folks in our areas that would walk in for 40 minutes with the prospect of either dragging out a large hog or boned meat. You obviously would, as would I, but it is not common in our areas.

pour out some corn. a game camera is not a bad idea to learn their pattern. a good hog density will wipe out a 50lb bag of corn in short order. can you hunt at night in this area?

Check it the next day. It shouldn't take long to clean that up. If they hit it, put out more and go that afternoon.

Use a game hauler to haul corn in / hog out. Search for 'hog baiting'; post hole diggers, etc. Easier on the wallet.

Yes I can hunt at night for hogs in Missouri.

Cant dig with a posthole digger....the Missouri Ozarks are very rocky soil.

One other thing,get yourself a good t-post.Slide the t-post through the handle of the pickle bucket it will make it easier for you and a buddy to carry the bucket for that 40 minute walk.

I say put a hog toy out. Spreading corn out all over a 1/4er acre isn't as good as baiting two specific spots. You may be able to legally huht at night in your state but the Corps rules may not allow it, they don't in Texas.

This method is cheap and not labor intensive. Go to WalMart and buy one of those snow saucer kiddie sleds to drag out hog. Buy two bottles of Patis fish sauce at the international food section ,buy two loaves of day old bread. Pour fish sauce on bread in bait area, use empty bread bags to pack out plastic bottles. Cache sled in tree or near bait site to pack out hogs. Total cost is less than $20 and the sled has a long life.

Goto a local fast food chain and see if you can talk them out of there used cooking oil...

If you can get about 2-3 gallons you will be prime! Pour it on the sides of a couple trees close together. THey will lick ont he tree and also rub on it. If you come back to the tree and there is mud all over the sides of the tree. Hunt that spot... Also if you cant get the grease use some diesel fuel. Dont spread it on the ground of course. Get like a 5 gal. bucket and fill it up with old rags or towels or whatever. Put a lid on the bucket, drill lots of holes in the bucket to allow the smell to get out. hang the bucket about 3-4 ft. off the ground. That strong smell will keep them coming back and rubbing on the tree. Those rags will keep the fuel smell in the area longer. Then you can refill it with about 1 gal. of diesel about once a month.

Game Camera's help ALOT! Pigs are crazy, if they are pressured alot they are almost purely nocturnal.

You can also get come Code Blue Sow in heat scent spray. Stuff works pretty good, just dont be down wind when you spray it cause it SMELLS!

My friend and I put out two cameras yesterday evening. One is looking at the wallow and the other is at a trail intersection.

We have been putting out corn for 3 different evenings and sitting in the stand until dark with no luck yet. Last night the local owl population sang it’s roosting song and just after dark a couple coyotes cut-up at the moon just down the hollow from us.