Hog hunting tips

[Aces11]

I will be flying in. One of the guys I am hunting with is driving in and starting to hunt a week before me, plus the week I am there. So he will be able to haul stuff for me, nice he can bring the meat back for me as well.

Looks like you guys are stacking them up during daylight hours. Sounds like most of my chances will probably come after dark under green light. I better start practicing shooting in the dark under a lit up target.

 

[Swamp Fox]

I will be flying in. One of the guys I am hunting with is driving in and starting to hunt a week before me, plus the week I am there. So he will be able to haul stuff for me, nice he can bring the meat back for me as well.

Looks like you guys are stacking them up during daylight hours. Sounds like most of my chances will probably come after dark under green light. I better start practicing shooting in the dark under a lit up target.

Ruh-roh!

Make sure he doesn't booger up all the stands before you get there. Pigs are very smart about baited stands, even at night, and you don't always get a favorable wind where you want one when you want one., so you will want a robust selection of virgin territory.

Scouting and camp noise/activity will also put pigs on alert.

Don't misunderestimate the porkers!

 

[ethanbillingsley]

Ruh-roh!

Make sure he doesn't booger up all the stands before you get there. Pigs are very smart about baited stands, even at night, and you don't always get a favorable wind where you want one when you want one., so you will want a robust selection of virgin territory.

Scouting and camp noise/activity will also put pigs on alert.

Don't misunderestimate the porkers!

Like ole swamp fox up there said, pigs might be blind and they might be deaf, but dang them suckers can smell. That’s how they find bait so well. I’d also add if you see some pigs starting to straggle in it’s a lot like deer. Mature boars/bucks will come alone, fawns/does/piglets/and sows aka sounders will always be lead by a small pig and normally once one or two get settled the rest will feel comfortable. If they spook and you are still they can migrate back.

 

[kcm2]

Run a light corn trail 100-200 yards from you. When they find it, the sound of pigs crunching will ignite the competitiveness of other pigs and they'll come in, too.

One other maxim: there is no such thing as too much corn.

 

[Aces11]

The place I am going to has people hunting before an after I am there. I get the impression they rotate areas so they aren’t over hunted. The guy I am going with mostly goes for javelinas and doesn’t care that much about hogs. He’s been going there for several years and said he has only shot a couple hogs in daylight hours though. I just talked to a guy I know that hunted there a few years back. He said he only seen a few hogs. He shot one that he didn’t find. I was hoping to shoot at least a couple in a 5 day period, but sounds like that maybe a long shot. Feeders are there, but it’s a DIY style hunt. If you’re saying there’s no such thing as too much corn, should a guy dump a bunch of bags out day 1?

 

[kcm2]

Yes, in particular, you may want to be at an approach, maybe 100 yds from the feeder, with corn there. Hard hunted hogs will be very wary at a feeder. And on some ranches, they will be strictly nocturnal if there's plenty to eat. If that's the case, the fun is finding them in their beds during the day and sneaking in.

 

[Texas7866]

I've been killing and trapping pigs for quite a few years now. Best advice is mirrored towards what has been said. Scent is everything. They can't see great and can spook a bit if they hear an odd noise but if they spook for a second just be patient and they will run back. They are so feed heavy that I have killed pigs and watched the group run off just to come back minutes later and eat around the dead pig laying there. There are lots of videos of how to make pig mash on youtube. Most of the time I do a 5 gallon bucket half filled with corn. Then I add in yeast, jello packets, kool-aid packets. Some guys mix theirs with cheap soda. Either way, vent the bucket and let it sit in the sun for a week. Smell is horrendous but pigs love that crap. Good luck with your hunt! Feel free to message me if you got any other questions!

I live in Dallas and I've only gone on guided thermal hunts.

What suggestions do you have if I want to try this on my own? I have no idea how to begin aside from everyone saying to go to public hands to hunt but once there, I'm not sure how to go about in finding them and positioning.

Thank you

 

[ethanbillingsley]

I live in Dallas and I've only gone on guided thermal hunts.

What suggestions do you have if I want to try this on my own? I have no idea how to begin aside from everyone saying to go to public hands to hunt but once there, I'm not sure how to go about in finding them and positioning.

Thank you

Send me a pm and we can chat from there. Too much to spam these gents with

 

[Texas7866]

Send me a pm and we can chat from there. Too much to spam these gents with

Send me a pm and we can chat from there. Too much to spam these gents with

Would it be possible to send me a PM? I'm new to this forum and don't have the privileges to do so as yet.

 

[ethanbillingsley]

Would it be possible to send me a PM? I'm new to this forum and don't have the privileges to do so as yet.

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