Improve my feeder visits

[Blancoalex]

I finally put together a Excell spreadsheet to try figure out the pigs that we have in our area.

Using 5 months game camera visits it shows they come 1-2 nights in row and then it can be 7-10 nights later. But nothing consistent about the 7-10 nights either.

Besides the feeder what can I do to encourage more reliable visits?

 

[338 dude]

It's been my experience that hogs will run a large circle possibly 5 miles and have many food stops along the way yours is merely one of them if you want them to stay longer you must offer more food and something more tempting try SOUR corn in a hole dug with post hole diggers about 2 feet deep we call it stink in a hole it will take them a lot longer to dig it out then just picking up what little corn you offer from the ground and running off also look for a product called beast feast very fruity smelling powder to mix with your corn or sprinkle on the ground they love it I've also heard of fruit flavored Kool-Aid powder and fruity flavored gelatin Jell-O powder as well

 

[338 dude]

hogs get ticks and other mites and they like to rub on a creosote post, Install a fresh creosote fence post near your feeder they will love that also

 

[Varmint Hunter]

How about a "pig pipe" to hold them or get them coming back for more?

Anyone try using "pig oil" on a tree trunk?

 

[Blancoalex]

Thanks for the suggestions, I just made up a pipe from PVC . But so far the coons have chewed on pipe and made my 1/2 " holes bigger.
May have to make an all metal one.

Besides creosote what can be used as rub post attractant? -Diesel and/or used motor oil ?

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

When I lived in SC, I also put together an Excel sheet showing times the hogs arrived at my feeder, just to realize they don't run on a schedule.

I had access to over 2,200 acres, which was split into about 15 separate pieces of land. Several of these were within a thousand feet of each other. At one point, I had 3 feeders within about two thousand feet of each other. In looking at the camera times, I found that I was driving back and forth between locations and missing the hogs. When I reduced the number of feeders in a small area, my kill count went up significantly.

For the spots that I baited, I did everything I could to give the hogs plenty of corn and to make it as hard as possible to get it. I would dig two or three holes with a post hole digger and fill them with soured corn. I would then take limbs off trees and build a log pile on top of the holes so the hogs had to "dig" through the limbs to get to the corn. It kept the hogs in the spot longer than if I'd just thrown the corn out.

I also had good luck with a boss buck battery feeder. The hogs would get used to the feeder going off after a few weeks and would often be at the feeder waiting for the corn to drop.

Hogs learn quickly, so if you've only got one spot, they will learn to avoid and to have their guard up when visiting your spot.

Good luck!

 

[338 dude]

Thanks for the suggestions, I just made up a pipe from PVC . But so far the coons have chewed on pipe and made my 1/2 " holes bigger.
May have to make an all metal one.

Besides creosote what can be used as rub post attractant? -Diesel and/or used motor oil ?

Diesel or burnt motor oil on a piece of shag carpet nailed to a tree

 

[JimFromTN]

I am no expert and only get to hunt pigs once or twice a year because I have to travel to do so. Wish I could do it more. Love the meat. I can walk out my back door to deer hunt. That being said, I always try something new whenever I go. I have tried everything from hog attractants to peanut butter to pig calls. It seems like it won't bring them in but if they come through and they notice it, they may take advantage and perhaps hold them in the area longer. I have seen where they completely ignore pig attractants when they come in. I am not a big fan of attractants. I have tried them for deer on my property and they were a total waste of money. You don't mention how much land you have or how many spots you have set up. As mentioned above, you may need more spots if that is an option. If you can get them to bounce between spots, it may keep them in the area longer. You also don't mention what part of Texas you are in. Like 338 dude said, hogs can travel as much as 5 miles. That is all dependant on the food sources in the area. If you are in a large agricultural area, they probably won't ever leave the area. If you are in an area where food sources are more sparse, I imagine their range could increase considerably. The place I hunt in GA sounds allot like the area scrmblr1982cj8 described. Its 2000 acres of swamp and agriculture surrounded by agriculture and you will see the same sounders on the property from one day to the next. They have no reason to leave the area. There are numerous spots but usually they are only actively hitting 4 or 5 spots and we won't bait any other spots on the property.

 

[Blancoalex]

Coupl things learned from the spreadsheet was that they only stopped by on normal wind days ( N and S/SSE ) for us. So far no visits on a due East or West wind.

Using days of the week as "human influence" reference turns out that Saturdays was the very least visit day. Saturdays have highest influence from both us or our neighbors being around to disrupt them.

 

[MJT700P]

The ranch I hunt on in Texas use's 55 gallon barrels with a bunch of 1/2" holes drilled through it. They were chained to a fence post with about 4' of lead. The hogs had to roll the barrel around to get the corn out and it kept them occupied longer.

 

[CA48]

If your in an area where lots of people will be baiting and even if your not they will come to their best option. I regularly put out corn but 2 or 3 nights before I hunt Il dump out the good stuff. Soybean mix, sweet feed for horses, deer protein, or peanut paste after harvest. Sometimes I dump some stuff on the feed called "pig out" that you can get anywhere it's just syrup/sweet liquid. Also be ready for a colony of coons show up.

 

[Old Rooster]

I'm originally from the south and what we did to get hogs attention was to add Sorghum Molasses to feed and that help us but we only shot a few hogs a month.
A close friend from North Louisiana had a better trick.He put 2 sacks of whole corn in a barrel 5 pounds of sugar and a half dozen packets of Yeast and filled it with water and let it sit for 2-4 weeks in the hot sun and let it ferment with a cover on it.Hogs love it.He would add water when it got low as he took 2 5 gallon buckets of the corn whisky and filled a metal container in each feeder with just a little bit of corn to get them hooked.
He had 6 feeders and kept the local butcher busy with fresh pork

 

[mongo4567]

I've been meaning to try baiting them, like a slop bucket with beer, sugar, corn, strawberry jello mix, and the like. I have had luck with sweet feed from tractor supply, it is molasses on regular protein....really draws them in.

 

[david g ranes]

I've been meaning to try baiting them, like a slop bucket with beer, sugar, corn, strawberry jello mix, and the like. I have had luck with sweet feed from tractor supply, it is molasses on regular protein....really draws them in.

Some where on this forum a guy had a barrel attached to a center pivot chain and pipe they had to rollover to get the corn out pretty nifty idea. David