Wild Hogs

[faw3]

We are over run with 3 kinds of hogs or pigs or I think one was a boar, whats a good thing to put out to get them all to come in to one spot?? Im real close to the lake and its way down so they come thru my back yard about 2 tp 4 am to get to the water and have torn everything up around here. And twice have had a go at our dog. the longst string Ive seen is 18 of them the biggst Id guess about 350 to 400 pounds the 2 on the side of the road yesterday 2 good size guys couldnt get into the back of the pick up ( I think they hit it it messed that Chevy up. ) Im sure this has been asked a bunch before but Ive never got on this site Thanks much. FRED :hatsoff:

 

[shmrck1]

fw,
I'm no expert for sure but I would think
corn or about any other type of grain. May
take a day or two.....You don't really say,
do these belong to someone...If not and they are
damageing your property, I would think you would
have a freezer full of bacon :hmm:
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

 

[Lone Carabiner]

Hogs will eat anything including you so don't stake yourself out.
No seriously corn, apples, sweetfeed, restuarant scraps, leavings from baby food or canned vegetable (beets is good one) processing.
Plug him behind the ear with your .50 and good eatin' :thumbsup:

 

[faw3]

These are wild have been around for many years ,some started with great great grandhog back in 1836 and before. They tore up so much farm land last year they had a bounty on themin the next county. I was told corn and beer would bring them running was wondering if anything else works really good, I dont drink anymore (got to be a problem with a small kid around years ago and just lost the intrest) and its like 25 mile to a booze store, beer was 1.65 a 6 pax last time I bought onr, I got it by the case or keg for weekends, Anyway anyone with a sure fire wild hog food please let me know, they seem to eat anything, but really tore up sweet tatos last year. Thanks again. FRED :hatsoff:

 

[Plains99]

We hunt them a lot in Texas under a plain old corn deer feeder and the land owner spreads corn on the senderos to the feeders. They will come along and find every kernel. But you can't just put out bait. You have to put it out at certain times of the day... otherwise they'll just hit your bait in the middle of the night. I'd try to get them in the habit of coming in at sundown and only use a small amount of bait for each set. You are going to have to get them habituated to the bait so they will be eating on your time schedule.

 

[tom hargrove]

they got the potatoes be cause there rooters, watermellon is what we use for ferrow hogs in southeast mo works well they can smell the mellons miles away ,we are overrun with pigs conservation dept say no limit anything goes except dynimite. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[shmrck1]

conservation dept say no limit anything goes except dynimite.

2b,
Would that include nite time shinning????
snake-eyes :hmm:

 

[Pork Chop]

If you were closer, I would volunteer to help...

 

[spitfire]

In my area of lower Alabama,we use deerfeeders with timers. :v

 

[tom hargrove]

i guess, the book says non-regulated. :hmm:

 

[Slowpoke]

In South Carolina we use a couple different types of attractants, spoiled meat or honey, when hunting pigs. Since pigs are considered domestic livestock in SC you can hunt them year round. In the fall everyone trys to gut their deer at this one spot near the river, that way if anyone in the group needs some pork, you can usually find a pig or two around that area. We also use burnt honey, we get a Coleman stove, a big coffee can, and turn it on low. In 20 minutes it will start to burn and will cook slowly for a couple hours. Pigs will come from miles around to the smell on a dead run.

 

[tx-hunter]

I've had good results spreading out strawberry jello powder under the feeder or just speading it out on the ground. They seem to like the sweet smell.

 

[Wehrmacht]

Every thing that makes a living in the woods will go to yellow corn. You might want to soak a few pounds in water for a few days to get it to fermenting a little to put out an odor. But about anything will attract them,and there are some good suggestions on the other posts.

Let me mention this about feral hogs, and it'll most probably upset a few who are unknowning and too ethical about hogs and radical Islamic terrorists...Nothing in the woods is more detrimental and damaging to all native species, especially deer and turkeys, than feral hogs. Kill every one that you possibly can. Gut shoot them and let disease and internal bleeding run its course if you can't put one down on the spot. I say this based on many years of working in wildlife management,and every wildlife biologist that I have ever met will echo my sentiments.

 

[roundball]

Every thing that makes a living in the woods will go to yellow corn. You might want to soak a few pounds in water for a few days to get it to fermenting a little to put out an odor. But about anything will attract them,and there are some good suggestions on the other posts.

Let me mention this about feral hogs, and it'll most probably upset a few who are unknowning and too ethical about hogs and radical Islamic terrorists...Nothing in the woods is more detrimental and damaging to all native species, especially deer and turkeys, than feral hogs. Kill every one that you possibly can. Gut shoot them and let disease and internal bleeding run its course if you can't put one down on the spot. I say this based on many years of working in wildlife management,and every wildlife biologist that I have ever met will echo my sentiments.

I agree with everything you've said...and they are becoming a very real problem in North Carolina...we're trying to put pressure on the WRC to publish clarification about them to differentiate between feral hogs and true wild bore of which there are apparently a few pockets left in NC and have seasons on them...we want the WRC to clearly designate free fire zones across the state for feral hogs so there's no chance it might be a wild boar.

The fear we hunters have is for lack of clarity, shooting one thinking it's a feral hog, having it turn out to be a true wild boar, and suffering stiff penalties from Wildlife.

The irony is that the WRC says they can't publish anything about feral hogs because they're not a game animal, therefore they have no authority.

I pointed out that coyotes are not a game animal either but they see fit to mention them in the regulations, simply saying no closed season.

Just drives us crazy trying to get a clear picture...seems like feral hogs could provide some good off season muzzleloader opportunities, but I'm not about to risk fines, my gun, vehicle, etc, shooting a hog of any kind for fear it might one of the few so called "wild boars".
:cursing:

 

[spitfire]

Let me mention this about feral hogs, and it'll most probably upset a few who are unknowning and too ethical about hogs and radical Islamic terrorists...Nothing in the woods is more detrimental and damaging to all native species, especially deer and turkeys, than feral hogs. Kill every one that you possibly can. Gut shoot them and let disease and internal bleeding run its course if you can't put one down on the spot. I say this based on many years of working in wildlife management,and every wildlife biologist that I have ever met will echo my sentiments.

Amen bro and pass the ammunition :winking: !In SE Alabama were they are a destructive lot of HOGS the Gamewardens are on the side of the hunter.On Alabama WMAs they can be shot during Deer season and off the WMAs a year around open season! :thumbsup:

 

[Plains99]

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has just totally banned hunting of feral hogs in Kansas to discourage people from importing them into the state (which I'm sure they are doing) for hunting purposes. A lot of people at KDWP think that outfitters are importing them to increase hunting opportunities. After the damage I've seen the things have done in Oklahoma and Texas, I understand... but I wonder if the policy will backfire. As far as I'm concerned if I see one he's dead. We do not want them in Kansas.

 

[paulvallandigham]

The only help I can give you, since the wonderful State government of N. Carolina has decided to simply leave the monkey of obeying its regulations on your backs, is this:

On hogs that have gone wild, it takes only a few generations for the 2 toed structure of the hooves to close, or " fuse together " and become one hoof, like the Russian Blue wild boar hoof is. The wilder they seem to get, the darker they seem to get, too. Feral hogs seem to keep their two tone colors, or light tan color for a generation or two after they break from captivity.

Check the tracks left by the hog you are stalking, and then check the colors. If the hog is very dark, you should err on the side of caution, and let him go. Just report the location to the Game Department so they can verify and update their maps as to where " wild boar" are located.

Finally, it is not uncommon to find feral hogs feeding and living with wild hogs. Again, the changes in the hooves is the most readily visible clue as to whether the hog is now wild( and may be protected) with the color being second- a very distant second place. Talk to locals about the colors on feral hogs, if you are hunting an area where you are not familiar with the local stock.

Its a darn shame that hog farmers don't collect and return hogs that get out of enclosures, but those operations have gotten so big these days, it may be weeks or months before a hog is recognized as missing, and no possible way to know then where it went or what happened to it. Over years, the problems compounds. I would think the Government would encourage Hunters to go out and shoot feral hogs, during those limited wild boar seasons, by selling much cheaper permits, so many more people would be out reducing the populations of hogs, wild or feral. Instead of charging, say, $20 for a wild boar hunting permit, and selling maybe 1000 of them, why not sell 20,000 permits at #2.00? You wuold double your money, still reduce the wild boar population, and all those hunters would surely have an impact on the feral hog population, no?

 

[faw3]

dept say no limit anything goes except dynimite then I guess claymore mine's are out too? Didnt think Id get this much info back. Lets see as far as to what they are that big one yesterday was black as night and had real thick hard "fur"? I havent bothered to look at the foot prints most times they hit the fence at night because the dog trys a go at them ( really dumd dog, but makes up for it in letting me know anyone or thing is around ) last one i hit was with a 62 ball 100 grs 2f from maybe 30 feet and it spun him around and thats about all, he/she went after the closest hog. I will be trying a bunch if not all of these out. I dont know a lot about them, but they have in the last few months started causeing car wrecks hitting them really close to me (like a 1/4 mile) around the time sun goes down. I live in a heavy wooded place lots of ground cover or I could sit on the roof and have a few miles free fire zone ( I dont hunt anymore but winter I like to watch the deer go by, I get some kids to rake up acorns for me to put out side the fence and they stop for a bite and some salt - the kick to this is my land lady lets me shoot all I want because Ive been here awhile and use those "old Davy Crockett guns", really ticks off the hunters that live out here.) But the hogs ,pigs, what ever are becomeing more than a pest now, and like a good guy I plan on takeing some down. (lots of small kids around here too) Thank you everyone and add what ever might help, I can shoot at night till it gets late and may wake someone, if that helps. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[SavageArcher]

FW, if you ask around, I'm sure someone can point out a hog trapper. Most would be willing to set up traps on your property for free. My older brother trapped for several years on Federal Refuge land here in South Texas and he learned that if you don't change your loacations and techinques from time to time hogs get trap shy and learn to avoid them.

 

[faw3]

Thanks for the idea, in Dallas of all places just a few months ago a guy ws trying to get some out of his yard and tryed them, they took one look at the prints and how they had torn up the grass and told the guy they "got no trap (live) for anything that big. Also the next county over is so over run they woulde have to have 1000s of them. Think thats why they put the bounty on them.But thanks for the idea. Fred :hatsoff: Last count my son got of some at lake was 18 in a small herd. FRED :hatsoff: