What is it....seriously guys!?!

First you need to know his name......

buy a small pig from a farm.
put a dog chest harness on it and tie a rope around one back leg tight. give yourself 20 feet of rope on each.
let the pigglet have about two feet of play to keep it happy and let it walk around under the stand.
every 15 min or so hoist it up and hang it upside down by its back leg for a min or two then put it back down.

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What is it....seriously guys!?!

This gets asked from time to time on some of the forums here in Texas, and most folks are of the opinion that nothing really works that well.

Some folks have managed to call a few in with the commercially made calls and recordings, but it isn't real common.

Javelina will come in sometimes to a predator call, and if the situation is right, family group and agitated, a javelina call, which sounds a lot like a predator call, just a little raspier and not as loud as the piglet in distress hog call, the reaction of the group is quite dramatic and somewhat scary.

Although I don't claim to be a pro hog killer I have killed my share here in Texas. I have used the Knight&Hale before. The hogs just came a few yards closer and looked around a bit then just walked off. Called them from about 75 yards up to about 60. I may be wrong but a buck grunt tube sounds almost the same. I carry the call in my back-pack but very seldom use it.

Interesting to see what other countrys do to call in pigs. This is what we do here in Australia. Set yourself up in a good area with lots of cover behind you, the edges of water holes are good. Cup your hands around your mouth and (starting in the diaphram)yell out in a loud clear voice...."CALLING ALL PIGS"

I think feeders call em in the best

I tried that hog call a few years back on a bowhunt and it didn't do anything except let the animals know that there "should" be a hog where I am standing.

I have been somewhat successful with "Here piggie, piggie, piggie..."
It is how we got these two within range.

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Originally posted by Buglemintoday:
I think feeders call em in the best

LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking! Corn is like crack to hogs!

Good job, Jeff! Congratulations!

I think Bakes had the right idea. P

Yep, I have to agree..........sour corn, maybe with some strawberry jello sprinkled on top calls 'em best. Pigs generally do not respond to calling. Will they "sometimes"......probably, but not reliably.

Bob

thats what I was affraid of....our hogs are in deep timber and only come out to root at night, sometimes. Dogs are not allowed by the landowner....suggestions?

Got winded by them yesterday in a swirling wind

Damn, that's a monster, Bob! :

Got to find out where they are feeding and ambush them. Are they only feeding at night? They are normally a lot more active by day when the weather is cold. You just have to figure where they are moving (game trails, wallows, etc). Hogs are creatures of habit. I don't know if it is legal to hunt them at night there, but I doubt it is. Find out where they go to feed and if it is at daybreak (which it often is), you have to set up and wait. Can you hunt the woods? You can also try to find out where they are bedding and get them there as well.

we hunt them at night when they come out can you try that or is it not legal. red lights or filters or put out corn and shine a light when you hear them or use night vision.

333_OKH - Do a Hog drive during the day! Space each other out 40 or so yards or more and go at it!

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Originally posted by Buglemintoday:
333_OKH - Do a Hog drive during the day! Space each other out 40 or so yards or more and go at it!

You can get 'em out of their bedding areas this way.......

we will keep trying.

Back in the day folks trained young pigs by calling and feeding so that they became conditioned to come to that person's unique call. They were ear-marked and turned lose in the woods to forage all summer and called in during cold weather for pending slaughter.

Calling them and feeding them lead bullets un-trains them in a hurry.

buy a small pig from a farm.
put a dog chest harness on it and tie a rope around one back leg tight. give yourself 20 feet of rope on each.
let the pigglet have about two feet of play to keep it happy and let it walk around under the stand.
every 15 min or so hoist it up and hang it upside down by its back leg for a min or two then put it back down.


this was not a joke.

nothing brings in pigs like a squeeling baby pig.

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Buy a small pig from a farm. Put a dog chest harness on it and tie a rope around one back leg tight. Give yourself 20 feet of rope on each. Let the pigglet have about two feet of play to keep it happy and let it walk around under the stand. Every 15 min or so hoist it up and hang it upside down by its back leg for a min or two then put it back down.

A good opportunity to dress the squealer in those leftover Latex bits & pieces from a previous encounter........also, during the 15 minute squealer lull it helps is you softly utter your Ex-Wife's name a few times, too.



Sorry, couldn't resist.....