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Ok so I have used corn before but I got to thinking, what about onions, Rutabaga, perhaps sweet potatoes? I have tried the hog bait they sell at Bass pro with ZERO results, anyone here ever use anything other then Corn? I thought rotten veggies or just smelly ones like onions would be a good idea, any thoughts gents? | ||
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fish guts are good... rotten corn...anything that smells bad! | |||
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You might try rice bran. You can get it at the local feed store in 50 or 100lb sacks. It is a powder and is harder for the hogs to eat it all and it sours up more than corn. Here is what I do: mix corn and rice bran with water in a 5 gallon bucket let it sit until it reaks (wk or 2), then take it to your hunting spot pour it in standing water. Some folks bury it but I never had to go to all that effort. Good luck | |||
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Well here in CA beer and Pizza and you can get all the Berkeley Coeds you want... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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sour some corn. put it in a 50-gal drum filled with water and cover it for a week or so... it'll ripen right up. | |||
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If fish guts are not available, try Sardines in a can... | |||
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The quick fix is to pour a bottle of unfiltered beer (like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale) into the corn and water mixture. The yeast is live and takes off quickly. In a few days the mix becomes irresistable to hogs. I can't swear to it but drunk pigs just seem a little less alert.... "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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I haven't tried this, but in Boarhunter Magazine some guys have buried corn with diesel fuel on it[fuel keeps the coons out supposedly], and topped off with a few dry packets of strawberry jello. Mad Dog | |||
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Apples when in season!Heard they love coal,but never tried.Anything old outa the freezers.Old jellies gone bad in mason jars,etc.Donuts! | |||
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Aloha Cold, Since hogs are omnivores, don't forget their carnivore/carion side. On the Island of Niihau, we use feral sheep carcasses for bait. The hogs will be on the sheep carcasses in a matter of hours, sometimes minutes. Try using meat scraps and guts from your local butcher or slaughter house. I tried that strawberry jello thing and was only laughed at by the local natives, and ended up laughing at myself as it only scared the pigs away due to the strange scent. There are no strawberries or wild fruits on the island. Rotting meat gives of the most attractive scent. Geoff Shooter | |||
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Corn, Beer and cherry cool aid. or boones farm wine. Let it set for a week or three. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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Whatever you use, I have found that its best to use a post hole digger to dig a narrow deep hole to have any chance at holding them for some time. Dig one hole as narrow as possible as deep as you can and they will make a bomb crater. good luck. | |||
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Put together milk, corn, sugar, beer and some fish if you want and wait three weeks, use a close recipient of about 30 litres. The make a hole in the ground and put it inside, if you want you can add a domestic feeder near so you will keep them in the area for a longer time. Use another hard plastic recipient (also around 30 litres or similar), full it with corn, make some holes on it and tied it to a tree. The pigs will learn that hitting the recipient with their nose will pay good dividends....at least before you shoot them  Or you can avoid all that smelly mess and just use a sow in heat and wait for the big boys  L | |||
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Another good method is getting a sow in heat and make her sleep over an absorbing piece of cloth. Presto!. Take off the sow and put the cloth in the desired place...the hogs come running at full velocity. | |||
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and exactly how does one getting a sow in heat?!? Take her out to dinner, buy flowers... (sorry, could not resist) | |||
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yea expand on this sow in heat aspect | |||
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lawyers? sour corn, in a 18" deep posthole dug hole... mole-asses!!!! pour it on an old t-shirt and let it wave in the wind.... catfish... you can NOT believe what happens if you throw a catfish into a pigpen.... they are decended (??) from swamp critters... you can get yucko catfish from any fish shop, as throwaway.... be sure to bring a JUNK cooler... btw, clear vanilla will get the smell off YOU jeffe opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Ok, I found some fresh hog sign, which is quite an accomplishment, with very few hoggs in the middle of a 1/2 nillion acres of National forest. it's in a little creek bottom of an old grown up farm, difficult to walk through the brush. I want to bait it. Very hard to get too, it's all walking and you must carry everything in.. Soo, not to sound dumb, but how do you sour corn ? Can I dig a hole, put in the corn and a little yeast in with it ? Problem is about another ridge over(where I really wanted to hunt) is another old farm ,lots of hog sign, but some one build a hog trap. Darndeds thing I ever saw, It's a half dome frame covered with wire mesh and pulled up about 5 " with a pully and cable with a trip trigger wire covered with conr. I want to draw the hogs away from that spot(it's ideal with lots of hog sign, spring fed creek and more open) My secondary spot doesn't look as good but does have a hog trail and some sign. What would be the be the best way 6o do this ? Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. Either way it's alwasys exciting. Sieze the Day ! | |||
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