ol mike
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Get a few 5gal buckets with lids -drill about six holes in the bottom edge --the bottom not the side edge- make the holes about the size of a length wise kernel of corn or a tad smaller.
Tie a piece of rope under the over hanging plastic right below the top -I run a couple of screws through the rope use this as a handle because the wire handle will not hold up.
Hang the bucket on a limb that will let it bob up and down -that way the big hogs can't rear up and rough-house the bucket as much.
Hang the buckets two feet off the ground pour in a packet of strawberry jello DRY then pour in sack corn , this way the hogs will smell it and once the corn comes out from bumping hitting the bucket -they will have learned how to get a treat.
If you put out only one or two buckets the big hogs will run off the others by hogging the bucket , and sounders will look elsewhere to feed.
You can sit and listen from a distance and hear the hogs start smacking the buckets -it is very thick here in FL. so I do it like that.
Or of coarse you can sit at a distance w/a rifle.
I have two led solar motion lights that I use at my spot on the lease - I park down a 375 yard cut and sit in the truck -drink coffee and listen to Waylon Jennings until a customer walks in front of the light -hop out and head on down for a shot.
I've read that truly trophy boars will not come around lights -I've seen true 250-300 lb. hogs on cameras hitting the feeders but no monsters .
I've thought about putting some red cellophane over the lights just haven't taken the time.
The reason for the lights over listening to the hogs hit the buckets is that when within hearing distance -a true mature smart trophy boar will circle the feed area -if it smells where you walked -sees your truck or anything out of the ordinary he will not come to the feeder that night.
I was in a treestand one night last year -wind was good -rubber boots -up tree quietly -a big trophy boar came in from about where I expected . He would take four/five steps breaking sticks with each heavy step -then stand silent for five or more minutes -then take a couple more steps then not a sound for so long I couldn't believe it.
This went on for an hour and a half -finally the wind turned around and blew the exact opposite direction that it had blown so far -no forecast of shifting winds or fronts coming in -light and variable predicted --boom gone he tore the woods down getting out of there I could hear him running for maybe 300 yards..
The guy next to me on the lease -we each have our own area- brought a guest -he killed the boar a couple of weeks later .
Real world #300+lb. boar.
Tie a piece of rope under the over hanging plastic right below the top -I run a couple of screws through the rope use this as a handle because the wire handle will not hold up.
Hang the bucket on a limb that will let it bob up and down -that way the big hogs can't rear up and rough-house the bucket as much.
Hang the buckets two feet off the ground pour in a packet of strawberry jello DRY then pour in sack corn , this way the hogs will smell it and once the corn comes out from bumping hitting the bucket -they will have learned how to get a treat.
If you put out only one or two buckets the big hogs will run off the others by hogging the bucket , and sounders will look elsewhere to feed.
You can sit and listen from a distance and hear the hogs start smacking the buckets -it is very thick here in FL. so I do it like that.
Or of coarse you can sit at a distance w/a rifle.
I have two led solar motion lights that I use at my spot on the lease - I park down a 375 yard cut and sit in the truck -drink coffee and listen to Waylon Jennings until a customer walks in front of the light -hop out and head on down for a shot.
I've read that truly trophy boars will not come around lights -I've seen true 250-300 lb. hogs on cameras hitting the feeders but no monsters .
I've thought about putting some red cellophane over the lights just haven't taken the time.
The reason for the lights over listening to the hogs hit the buckets is that when within hearing distance -a true mature smart trophy boar will circle the feed area -if it smells where you walked -sees your truck or anything out of the ordinary he will not come to the feeder that night.
I was in a treestand one night last year -wind was good -rubber boots -up tree quietly -a big trophy boar came in from about where I expected . He would take four/five steps breaking sticks with each heavy step -then stand silent for five or more minutes -then take a couple more steps then not a sound for so long I couldn't believe it.
This went on for an hour and a half -finally the wind turned around and blew the exact opposite direction that it had blown so far -no forecast of shifting winds or fronts coming in -light and variable predicted --boom gone he tore the woods down getting out of there I could hear him running for maybe 300 yards..
The guy next to me on the lease -we each have our own area- brought a guest -he killed the boar a couple of weeks later .
Real world #300+lb. boar.
If not, what technique, if any, is the norm for baiting hogs among the internet world? Thank you for your time.
