Calling in wild pigs

[m_freeman]

Is it possible to call in pigs like it is with coyotes?

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

i tried it once and another hunter pop out of the woods! just kidding.

i would think if u could pull off a little pig in distress call like their being attacked might get sow or boar to respond to it and come in to see whats up if there close enough....tra

 

[nickmetz]

I have tried to call in Crows with a crow call and seen a quail call used to no avail

I am beginning to think that calls are a little over rated as I have tried to call crows in with my crow call, without any luck, and was quail hunting Wednesday and we found more quail just flushing and listening on our own then by calling. We never got a response from a single quail call, but just flushing them and listening we found plenty.

 

[myfriendis410]

If you are trying to call crows you would be better off with a mechanical call. We use 'em and they work quite well. Crows are flocking and social so they respond to a LOT of crows, which you obviously can't do to well with a mouth call.

 

[biseger]

dude the quail call works very well up in my parts. Ive actully called quail in to the gun. No clue with pigs

 

[nickmetz]

Thanks

Thanks for the encouragement. I will check out a mechanical crow call, as mentioned above.

 

[BigSurArcher]

Pigs can be called pretty easily while breeding. I called in my brothers first pig. We could hear it in a canyon breeding sows. So I stood there outside the brush grunting loudly with a deer call with the band all the way down on the reed. It made for a real deep grunt, and when blown hard it would squeal. The boar came up out of the canyon with the hackles up, heading right toward us. 20 yard chest shot put him down.

 

[Bubblehide]

Ditto what BigSurArcher said. Most game animals are highly susceptible to calling at certain times of the year (breading season) only. At other times of the year, most people get mixed results. But keep in mind that most calling is not just blowing on a call, or turning a machine on and off; it involves some set-up knowhow, predicted or known animal location, and how they will work in towards the call. An animal can easily circle around winding the hunter without them having a clue. And keep in mind that calling is using the animals language, so your communicating to the animals out there, so what to you want to say to them? If I'm trying to flush deer to shooters, I might try to imitate a deer blowing (warning call), but I would never use that if I were trying to call a deer in; just as I would not chose a rut call if it's not the rutting season. I simply subscribe to doing/using what is natural for the time I am in the woods and the environment I am in.

 

[shastaboat]

I heard that a piglet squeel will briing them in. Not sure just something I heard years ago.