My family property in in East Texas and we often see the rooting from hogs that visit our place, but it is rare to ever see a hog.
I was thinking it might be nice to lure some hogs in during daylight hours, but am not intrested in baiting for deer.
All helpful hints and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Bob Nisbet

Get a deer feeder and put some corn in it near where the rooting signs are--won't be long before you have hogs, but don't count on them coming in daylight hours. I've been hunting a place since early May and my game cam has recorded one visit during daylight hours, and the hogs come to the feeder about 9 days out of 10.

Pour a quart of diesel fuel over five gallons of corn. Hogs love it, deer and coons don't. Get there a little before dark with a varmit light good luck.
Jeff

With even a little bit of hunting pressure from your family or the neighboring properties...the hogs learn quickly to go nocturnal to stay alive.

On the property I used to guide hog hunters on...the hogs would show up only in the beginning/last 30 minutes of light, and all night. When more and more clients became aware of the operation and we started having a lot of hunting traffic, they would show up right at last light and we had to start using spotlights and nightvision.

We would walk up to the top of the sand dunes and peak over at the feeders that were about 100 yards away at each location with the cheap nightvision unit. (+- $100). It was very easy to see that there was a pig or pigs under the feeder when they were there...most times you could hear them feeding.

We would then get the hunter to bring the riflescope to the lowest power and take the safety off and point in the general direction of the feeder. I would flip on the spotlight and it would be a quick shot to anchor the pig.

Since you said East Texas I am sure you have a Big 5 Sporting Goods over there....thats where we picked up the cheap-o NV monocular

Get a sack of corn and pour it in a trash barrell. Fill to the top of corn with water along with a couple of cans of cheap beer. Put in a box of strrawberry jello and let it get good and sour. Take it to the place of hogs and dig a hole with post hole diggers and fill with concoction and wait for them to come. It won't take long. I used this on a lease in south texas and I was the only one to lill hogs during hunting season.
Okie

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Get a sack of corn and pour it in a trash barrell. Fill to the top of corn with water along with a couple of cans of cheap beer. Put in a box of strrawberry jello and let it get good and sour. Take it to the place of hogs and dig a hole with post hole diggers and fill with concoction and wait for them to come. It won't take long. I used this on a lease in south texas and I was the only one to lill hogs during hunting season.
Okie

That's a time tested hog-getter for sure. The deeper you bury it the longer they have to stay around to root it up.

There are some hog heeders made from 3" or 4" pipe that you have drilled with holes just bigger than corn, and about 4 feet long. weld or bolt a chain to one end cap and make the other removable for filling (like a threaded cap).

Anchor the chain and the hogs have to root the pipe around to make corn fall out. It's a natural action for them and it keeps 'em interested.

I've seen these feeders made from PVC pipe to save money but those don't last long before the hogs tear them up.

Vanila works well. try the diesel and corn mix and soak a rag in vanila and hang it in a tree near the bait. The hogs can smell the vanila over longer distances. It will bring them in.

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Vanila works well. try the diesel and corn mix and soak a rag in vanila and hang it in a tree near the bait. The hogs can smell the vanila over longer distances.

or you can get a a nice expencive allseasons deer feeder fill it with about $200 worth of corn and not put hog panels around it, install a high end game camera and the only pictures you will have will be of hogs destroying your said high end feeder.

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Posted 15 January 2010 07:49 Hide Post
Vanila works well. try the diesel and corn mix and soak a rag in vanila and hang it in a tree near the bait. The hogs can smell the vanila over longer distances.

or you can get a a nice expencive allseasons deer feeder fill it with about $200 worth of corn and not put hog panels around it, install a high end game camera and the only pictures you will have will be of hogs destroying your said high end feeder.

Too bad the last is so true. You have to put some real effort to keep your feeders standing on my lease. Vanilla is a good attractant. I don't know that I want to eat a hog that has been eating diesel fuel myself though. PM me if you want details for a hog toy that will remain effective for up to a week. It won't generally cause hogs to appear in the daytime though.

The only thing I've seen that will get nocturnal hogs moving in the daytime is a product called Black Gold. Here is a link to it:

http://www.wildboarusa.com/Black_Gold.html

Used in the same general area as corn, cheap dry dog food (very effective) or whatever else you choose to feed them should give you an opportunity for a shot IF the hogs are actually in the area. But keep in mind they are nomadic and move wherever the easiest food opportunities are found. They may hang around for days or weeks and then disappear completely.

By the way, the favorite thing I like to feed them is lead...

Over at 4K ranch in Brady Texas where the DRSS hunts hogs, we shoot them at the deer feeders. Unless it is a full moon night, we see them mornings and evenings. It is the only place I've seen hog regularly in the day light hours.

I always had good luck with corn soaked in some molasses and water an allowed to ferment a bit. Of course, the will hit it at night if left out all the time.

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There are some hog heeders made from 3" or 4" pipe that you have drilled with holes just bigger than corn, and about 4 feet long. weld or bolt a chain to one end cap and make the other removable for filling (like a threaded cap).

I've done this. It works quite well. Except hogs can empty it in a few days if there's very many of them or they work at it very hard. Here's some photos.

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Used in the same general area as corn, cheap dry dog food (very effective) or whatever else you choose to feed them should give you an opportunity for a shot IF the hogs are actually in the area.

I've also found Ol'Roy dog food spread around to be a great attractant if the hogs are in the area. It's very fragrant, and they find it quickly if close by.

LWD

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Pour a quart of diesel fuel over five gallons of corn. Hogs love it, deer and coons don't. Get there a little before dark with a varmit light good luck.
Jeff

there was a neighboring rancher to our hunt area in zim that swore by this for bushpigs. my PH had never heard of such a thing, but tried it and it worked like a charm

you can of course try an oil barrel. they will hold plenty.

However one of the things they do like the most is if you but TAR on the trees!

They love to scratch against the trees and the scent will make em find the food faster.

We filled a big Rubbermaid tub full of dry dog food and corn, poured in a few 2 liter bottles of strawberry soda and some water to get it all wet, then added a couple packets of yeast to get the mixture to ferment. We put the top back on it and let it sit for a week, then put it out for the pigs. It was a big hit.