In the farm of Pozzi Zurbriggen family we use ,old apples a gift from the grocery store all kind of old fruits ,and a bit of corn ,by the water .....10 mts from the water just a few gasoil .

I do not know about the conditions any where else, but here if you simply start putting out feed they can get to, They Will Come!!!

Too many folks overthink shit!

Pigs worldwide are equal opportunity eating machines.

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I do not know about the conditions any where else, but here if you simply start putting out feed they can get to, They Will Come!!

Ain't that the damned truth, and then you wish the destructive bastards would go away.

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Ain't that the damned truth, and then you wish the destructive bastards would go away.

I don't wish they would go away, I just wish they could be managed and that will never happen.

In my opinion, the best bait going is the sound of an electric corn feeder going off. They can hear it for miles! In moving locations of the feeder, it only takes a few days for them to find it!

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Originally posted by Wallyfish:
In my opinion, the best bait going is the sound of an electric corn feeder going off. They can hear it for miles! In moving locations of the feeder, it only takes a few days for them to find it!

I've got a feeder placed in a clear shooting lane all of 50m from a trap where a trapshy sow keeps feeding on the trail of bait in front of the trap but refuses to enter (the trap probably still smells of her dead boyfriends and piglets but she keeps standing next to it).
Do you think this sow will eat below the feeder? No, instead at any one time I've had 6 wallabies and three hares in the one trail cam video after the spinner has done its thing! Last weekend cattle showed up from across the river but I've still not filmed the sow.

Do not know if this would work in your situation, but it works for me. Do not know what bait you have available, I use corn.

I place corn around the outside of the trap without setting it for 3 or 4 days or so, and let some corn get into the trap.

The trap I use is not staked down and does have a heavy wire panel bottom.

Once the pigs start moving the trap around trying to get to the corn inside, I will open the door and put a small amount of corn outside the trap, but the majority inside the trap, and wire the door in place just enough to hold it open but when a pig squeezes in between the side of the trap and the door, it straightens out the wire holding the door and the door snaps shut.

I have caught as many as 9 60 to 80 pound pigs at one shot.

I wish I knew how to post pictures on here, and the system I use might not work in your situation.

Dead sheep. If I come across a fresh dead sheep on the property I put it in one of the pig traps.

Pigs love the partially digested cud in a sheeps guts.

Place I go to mostly has had up to 9,000 sheep so a dead one isn't uncommon.

But I am really keen to try the corn and diesel. The owner won't allow anything sheep might even be remotely interested in being put in a trap..

You do have to be careful with meat bait in Qld.

In amongst the details of how to prepare and pre feed pigs for 1080 poisoning in the DAF feral pig manual is this passage

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Pre-feeding meat bait is regarded as swill feeding, and is banned in Queensland due to
concerns associated with the possible transmission of diseases. However, the smell from
rotting meat in wire cages or encased in poly-pipe (that cannot be accessed by pigs) can
be used to attract pigs to bait stations.

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Where pigs are eating carrion, the smell from fermented meat meal or meat pieces
enclosed in a mesh container hung from the trap mesh will help attract pigs to the
trap site.
Please note: The direct feeding of meat or meat products to feral pigs in traps is illegal.

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__d...g-Control-Manual.pdf

And unfortunately my local wallabies are stupid enough to eat diesel soaked corn

One of the issues being kicked around here in Texas is using some type of poison to reduce pig numbers, but the problem with poisoning anywhere is collateral damage to unitended species.

Few if any poisons are completely species specific. Personally I think establishing a bounty per animal is a realisic option.

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Originally posted by GBE:
You do have to be careful with meat bait in Qld.

I tell you it's the strangest thing, sheep walking into a pig trap only to lay down and expire. Wouldn't believe it myself I hadn't seen it.



I am keen to try the corn and diesel but like I said property owners can be wary of such suggestions.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
One of the issues being kicked around here in Texas is using some type of poison to reduce pig numbers, but the problem with poisoning anywhere is collateral damage to unitended species.

Few if any poisons are completely species specific. Personally I think establishing a bounty per animal is a realisic option.

Caught another 5 this week after crows had almost cleaned me out of bait and triggered the door to close twice. Fortunately the pigs were hungry enough to push their way in under the one way door.

Currently brewing up a batch of fermented with green cordial & food colouring added to try out - most of our poisoned grain is dyed green to prevent off target uptake