Soonlobo
LSB Member
The land we hunt is very wooded with a creek that forks into two branches, one that travels northwest the other to the west.
Our feeder and blind are located NE of the branch which travels to the NW. We've had plenty of deer hitting that feeder, the deer nest out to the northeast of the property.
This week the owner of the property found several factors that have stopped the hogs from getting to our feeder site.
The north branch of the creek has an obstruction of logs at least 10 feet tall blocking any hog travel up the creek; the obstruction is at least 200 yards south of our feeder.
The west branch has at least 2 obstructions of logs that can block hog travel from the east to the west down the bed. There are at least 2 hog nests along the west creek branch, so it appears the hogs are moving in from the west. We need to find a feeder/blind spot close but not too close to those nests.
Since the wind is predominately from the south, we are thinking about baiting in the creek (it's dry at least 1/2 of the year) on each side of the creek, and then putting a feeder about 50 feet north of the creek bed and eventually putting an elevated blind about 70 yards north of the feeder.
The disadvantages to this are the inaccessibility of this location, the deep woods, and lack of sunlight to power solar panels for feeders, cameras, and IR lights. Stalking out in those woods poses many problems, it's thick out there!
Another factor which I'd like input on is clearing the creek bed. A bobcat might be able to be used but how long would the racket caused by clearing the obstructions keep the hogs away?
The good news is we've found the hogs! Now comes the tough part getting to them without disturbing their nests.
Our feeder and blind are located NE of the branch which travels to the NW. We've had plenty of deer hitting that feeder, the deer nest out to the northeast of the property.
This week the owner of the property found several factors that have stopped the hogs from getting to our feeder site.
The north branch of the creek has an obstruction of logs at least 10 feet tall blocking any hog travel up the creek; the obstruction is at least 200 yards south of our feeder.
The west branch has at least 2 obstructions of logs that can block hog travel from the east to the west down the bed. There are at least 2 hog nests along the west creek branch, so it appears the hogs are moving in from the west. We need to find a feeder/blind spot close but not too close to those nests.
Since the wind is predominately from the south, we are thinking about baiting in the creek (it's dry at least 1/2 of the year) on each side of the creek, and then putting a feeder about 50 feet north of the creek bed and eventually putting an elevated blind about 70 yards north of the feeder.
The disadvantages to this are the inaccessibility of this location, the deep woods, and lack of sunlight to power solar panels for feeders, cameras, and IR lights. Stalking out in those woods poses many problems, it's thick out there!
Another factor which I'd like input on is clearing the creek bed. A bobcat might be able to be used but how long would the racket caused by clearing the obstructions keep the hogs away?
The good news is we've found the hogs! Now comes the tough part getting to them without disturbing their nests.