jglass
LSB Member
When the hogs avoid the bait pile I'll try anything to get them back on the bait. Here is what I have tried and how well it worked.
Big Game Butter-This stuff comes in an orange bucket and the consistency is like cake. Loaded with peanuts
and peanut oils. I tested it last night and the hogs didn't even taste it. I did see a fox run off with a clump of the stuff through my thermo imaging scope.
Wild Beast Attractant-Available at Tractor Supply. Results are mixed. Can't say for sure it works. I'll try it only when the hogs are scarce. It smells like Liquorish so the smell should get the hogs curious and make them investigate the offering.
Liquid hog attractant-Available at Tractor Supply. It comes in a plastic bag with a screw on cap. It was on sale 50% off so I bought some. A brown liquid that didn't smell that much. It appears to be worthless for attracting hogs. I saw no positive results.
Sow urine-First time I tried it a hog showed up 15 minutes later. Not sure if the hog came because of the sow urine or did it just happen along regardless. If hogs are in the area the sow urine might draw them into your bait pile but not all the time. I think the sow urine makes the hogs curious so they come to investigate so it will only work one time on those hogs.P
Producer Pride Hog feed-available at Tractor Supply. I thought regular hog feed, the wild hogs have to like this stuff. Put some out last night. Best I could tell the hogs ate none of it. The cracked corn was gone but most or all of the hog feed was still there. Don't mix different hog baits, keep each one separate because if the hogs dislike the mixture of bait there is a chance they will turn up their noses at eat none of it. A hog farmer told me that one. NOTE: I continued to put the hog feed out since I bought it, always a separate pile, The hogs began eating it and seem to like it as well as corn but it took some time for them to accept it.
Cracked corn-This works better than whole corn, probably more smell to it. The hogs seem to enjoy licking up the corn particles off the mud floor of the jungle. When 99% of the cracked corn has disappeared I am sure there will be hogs on the trail camera.
Soured corn-I didn't brew up any soured corn this year because the cracked corn worked so well. No need to try it but some hog hunters are convinced it works particularly in new bait piles. Keep in mind hogs can smell a bait pile from very long distances, up to a couple of miles.
Note: At one time I thought burying the corn was a valuable hog attractant and it is but....the foxes get a real kick out of digging up the buried corn. So, seeing the bait has been dug up doesn't mean the hogs did it.
I go back to Illinois in a week. I have had a fantastic stay in Florida. So far we have killed 15 hogs. After last night 16 hogs.
Big Game Butter-This stuff comes in an orange bucket and the consistency is like cake. Loaded with peanuts
and peanut oils. I tested it last night and the hogs didn't even taste it. I did see a fox run off with a clump of the stuff through my thermo imaging scope.
Wild Beast Attractant-Available at Tractor Supply. Results are mixed. Can't say for sure it works. I'll try it only when the hogs are scarce. It smells like Liquorish so the smell should get the hogs curious and make them investigate the offering.
Liquid hog attractant-Available at Tractor Supply. It comes in a plastic bag with a screw on cap. It was on sale 50% off so I bought some. A brown liquid that didn't smell that much. It appears to be worthless for attracting hogs. I saw no positive results.
Sow urine-First time I tried it a hog showed up 15 minutes later. Not sure if the hog came because of the sow urine or did it just happen along regardless. If hogs are in the area the sow urine might draw them into your bait pile but not all the time. I think the sow urine makes the hogs curious so they come to investigate so it will only work one time on those hogs.P
Producer Pride Hog feed-available at Tractor Supply. I thought regular hog feed, the wild hogs have to like this stuff. Put some out last night. Best I could tell the hogs ate none of it. The cracked corn was gone but most or all of the hog feed was still there. Don't mix different hog baits, keep each one separate because if the hogs dislike the mixture of bait there is a chance they will turn up their noses at eat none of it. A hog farmer told me that one. NOTE: I continued to put the hog feed out since I bought it, always a separate pile, The hogs began eating it and seem to like it as well as corn but it took some time for them to accept it.
Cracked corn-This works better than whole corn, probably more smell to it. The hogs seem to enjoy licking up the corn particles off the mud floor of the jungle. When 99% of the cracked corn has disappeared I am sure there will be hogs on the trail camera.
Soured corn-I didn't brew up any soured corn this year because the cracked corn worked so well. No need to try it but some hog hunters are convinced it works particularly in new bait piles. Keep in mind hogs can smell a bait pile from very long distances, up to a couple of miles.
Note: At one time I thought burying the corn was a valuable hog attractant and it is but....the foxes get a real kick out of digging up the buried corn. So, seeing the bait has been dug up doesn't mean the hogs did it.
I go back to Illinois in a week. I have had a fantastic stay in Florida. So far we have killed 15 hogs. After last night 16 hogs.
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