Nocturnal winter hogs

[cincoranchhntr]

I went down to Three Rivers (just south of Choke Canyon reservoir this past weekend for some deer hunting. We saw no hogs during the day over a 4 day hunting trip. These hogs are nocturnal, period. Here is how I know:I had 3 bags of deer corn in the back of my truck that had become wet and had soured over a period of a month. This is what I will use from now on. I put out 40 lbs of it at the ranch house Friday mid-day and the next morning we saw pics of a 20 pig sounder tearing it up. The camera showed that they came in around midnight. Saturday late afternoon, I put another 40 lbs of the bagged sour corn out around a feeder (no camera was operating there at the time) located in the Nueces river bottom which is also on this ranch. I added a 5 gal bucket of corn that was fermented with water, sugar, yeast and "green apple" kool-aid mix over a period of 4 weeks, just for good measure. The hogs came in that night and tore it up. Not a kernal left at the feeder. The hog sign in the area was incredible. My point is that I will now be "souring" corn by moistening it in heavy black contractors bags over a 4 week period and will also be making a few batches of the fermented "green apple" kool-aid corn. Next trip, we will be hunting all night over baited feeders.

 

[FrankT]

ours are not as much nocturnal but are few and far between in winter and deer season, too many feeders and activity

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Sounds like a good plan do not forget to take pictures!

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

I have trapped a lot of hogs and everyone wants to know the secret bait I use. It always comes down to corn soaked in water. I use steamed crimped corn because it soaks it up better and faster (about $1 more)but if you start with that and then add whatever you want for extra treats you'll do alright. The first reason is that you can smell wet corn a long way off so you know the pigs can smell it much farther.