I'm going on the hog hunt I posted about last week on Saturday. The guide at the lodge took us to where all the stands are. The hogs are tearing up the plots and the corn under the feeders. There hitting it hard right now. I'm so ready to go. They told me to use corn soaked in grape cool-aid. Has anyone heard of this? It must work pretty good from what I've seen on their property. The reason I'm asking is because me and some guys that have hog dogs are going on our property when i return from my hunt. I want to bait an area, so that when we do go hunt they'll be in the area. I know hogs roam for miles sometimes, so I want something out to hold them until the hunt. I could just put straight corn out but I want them to come for it in the next couple of days. I want something out that will be real stronge smelling so they'll come take to quicker.
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I have never heard of that one... let me know how it works.
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I have not heard of that same concoction, but corn soaked in just about anything will work.. As long as the corn is soured. You can also fill some 5 gallon buckets up with oats and water and let it sit for a few days.. The stinkier the better...
Duc, I use straight corn from my feeders. They are there every day. We dont have have a high population of hogs but there are plenty.. I set the feeder up up the first time and the hogs hit it the first night. I have used the Hog Wild stuff, and had alot more hogs while it was in the feeders, but that was after i had an established feeder. Since u are starting a new spot (I take it) ,I would try HW of the grape kool-aid to get it started and the go to straight corn(less trouble) Good Luck! Keep us informed
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duc -- elsewhere on this forum you'll find folks who have done things with diesel fuel. Mixed with rotten corn, or soaked in rags and bad milk and wrapped around a tree.
Just do a search for "diesel" in this hog forum and you'll probably find what I'm talkin about. At the very least, it makes for some fun reading
Just do a search for "diesel" in this hog forum and you'll probably find what I'm talkin about. At the very least, it makes for some fun reading
I put 50lb bag of corn out yesterday. I cleared back about 20 yards of pine straw and poured it out all over the area. I cleared it back so i could tell if the hogs come first. I'm going over there this evening to just see if they took to it last night.
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duc,
There are many things you can do to pull the hogs in and get them to hang around. When I first set up a feeder site I'll take about a 3 gal bucket and fill it about 1/3 full of whole kernnel corn. Pour in about 3 or 4 bottles of cheap beer and maybe a 1/2 pint of molassas. Put a lid back on it and let it sit out in the sun for a couple of days. Take a 1 " hole saw and 'drill' some holes around the upper side and 2 in the lid. NOTE: you might want to do this real quick and hold your breath while you do it ;-) Hang it in a tree close by and it'll pull them for miles.
My feeder takes 3 bags of corn. I pour 1/2 bag in and then dust the top of it with Hog Wild and then the rest of the bag on top of the, more HW, etc etc etc I have so many coming in now that I have to stop adding the Hog Wild because they have eaten a sizable pit out from under my feeder. They haven't scrapped the dirt out, THEY'VE EATEN IT AWAY !!! Now when it rains I have a little pond under the feeder but that doesn't seem to stop them much.
Another trick I've done is plant a 6 ft 4x4 in the ground about 3 ft and wrap an old piece of carpeting around it (fasten it real real tight !) and then pour old motor oil all over the carpeting (used and the stinkier the better, like out of a deisel engine). They will come and rub all over it. Just another thing to keep them hanging around longer. They have actually pushed mine up out of the ground several times. An old creosote soaked telephone pole or RR tie lying around will work also. In the photo below you can see my rubbing post just over the top of the middle hog.
I set my feeder to go off for about 2 - 3 sec at 4:30, 5:00 and 5:30 pm so they usually hang around for several hours. That or I'll have different groups comming in at different times. Supposedly if you dribble a little deisel fuel on the corn it'll keep the racoons away from it but I have a difficult time that that won't make the meat taste strange. The hogs will gobble it right up though.
Good luck
There are many things you can do to pull the hogs in and get them to hang around. When I first set up a feeder site I'll take about a 3 gal bucket and fill it about 1/3 full of whole kernnel corn. Pour in about 3 or 4 bottles of cheap beer and maybe a 1/2 pint of molassas. Put a lid back on it and let it sit out in the sun for a couple of days. Take a 1 " hole saw and 'drill' some holes around the upper side and 2 in the lid. NOTE: you might want to do this real quick and hold your breath while you do it ;-) Hang it in a tree close by and it'll pull them for miles.
My feeder takes 3 bags of corn. I pour 1/2 bag in and then dust the top of it with Hog Wild and then the rest of the bag on top of the, more HW, etc etc etc I have so many coming in now that I have to stop adding the Hog Wild because they have eaten a sizable pit out from under my feeder. They haven't scrapped the dirt out, THEY'VE EATEN IT AWAY !!! Now when it rains I have a little pond under the feeder but that doesn't seem to stop them much.
Another trick I've done is plant a 6 ft 4x4 in the ground about 3 ft and wrap an old piece of carpeting around it (fasten it real real tight !) and then pour old motor oil all over the carpeting (used and the stinkier the better, like out of a deisel engine). They will come and rub all over it. Just another thing to keep them hanging around longer. They have actually pushed mine up out of the ground several times. An old creosote soaked telephone pole or RR tie lying around will work also. In the photo below you can see my rubbing post just over the top of the middle hog.
I set my feeder to go off for about 2 - 3 sec at 4:30, 5:00 and 5:30 pm so they usually hang around for several hours. That or I'll have different groups comming in at different times. Supposedly if you dribble a little deisel fuel on the corn it'll keep the racoons away from it but I have a difficult time that that won't make the meat taste strange. The hogs will gobble it right up though.
Good luck
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I found where the hogs have crossed again onto my property. They go back and forwards to my land every couple of days. I think my dad is going to sour some corn with cheap beer. I've heard of people doing this but i know its going to stink. I think I'm going to try grape coolaid also for another bag of corn. I appreciate all the advise. I'm ready for my first hog hunt in the morning.
Duc, if you don't have a feeder, you can take a 5 gallon bucket and drill holes in it to allow some corn to come out when it is rolled. Attach a cable or chain of 10 or 12 feet to it, and anchor it to a tree or other similar object. Fill it with corn, place the lid on so it won't pop off, and lay it on its side. The hogs will learn to roll the bucket to get at the corn that comes out of the holes. It keeps them in an area longer and makes the bait last longer. If you don't anchor the bucket, I have heard that they will roll it away.
