Trying to get smart boar hog

[ARlife4me]

STOP FEEDING THE PIGGIES!!!! I don't let the outfitters setup feeders until maybe a month before deer season. Cameras are there most of the year.

 

[bluedog69]

Time to call in the A-TeamView attachment 541277

Or maybe The Dartman and the Neighbor!

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Watch some video of a gated trap being closed if you want to see some chaos.
Those larger sized adults have tremendous strength, stamina and determination.
You might amaze yourself at how hast you can sidestep and hang on a tree trunk while the train goes by, also.

 

[birddog 68]

No experience with hogs but sounds like Darryle is onto his game of possibility seeing or hearing you coming and going.
I've used a trick of having a buddy walk with me to my deer stand and hang out until I am in and ready. He then walks loudly back out. Amazing how quickly deer become active when they think it's all clear. It's worked for deer for me and is probably worth a try.

 

[trapper1954]

well I think a sow in heat is good for 6 boar hogs, , ,

 

[C-Tex1836]

lol your probably right about the sow. I keep my deer feeders running year round with corn and also have a cattle trough feeder that gets protein pellets put in it for the deer as well. We have worked really hard to grow some large deer so the pigs are just a by product… so not feeding isn't an option for me. I do enjoy the back straps and tenderloins off a hog. Everything else gets ground up. I've got some extended Family that takes almost all the meat I get from the pigs. The biggest boar we have got off the place was 250lbs. I'm not sure what this boar hog will weigh but he is no slouch. That feeder in the pic is 4 feet from the bottom of the motor to the ground. And it's 5 yards from the camera.

 

[338 dude]

So I have two stands that I hunt. One is in the wide open between a patch of thick woods which this feeder pictured is in, and a large open field where my box blind is about 65 yards from one feeder and 105 to another. The other stand is this feeder in the picture which is in a thick patch of woods. The only way to hunt it, is a tree stand or a ground blind. The furthest I could be away is about 40 yards as the woods are so dense. As far as access goes, if I have a south wind which we do predominantly, I can sneak in undetected from the north as he comes from the south the majority of the time. The one in the woods is located to where I have to come from the north as well. This is due to neighbors to the south, east, and west. I have also built a figure six trap as pictured above. It is a good trap and does work. You'd be surprised to see a 250lb boar clear the 4 foot hog panel… I didn't think it was possible until it happened… I put out some more crushed sugar beets and crushed acorns today to see what he does. Ive been working on getting rid of our hog problem the last couple of years. Our neighbors have been doing the same thing. I used to have two sounders coming in both with numbers in the 30-40 range. Due to trapping and blind hunting, we have knocked the population down to 4 pigs. This won't last long tho…. All it's gonna take is a pregnant sow and here we go again. So getting rid of this big boar is to try and keep another sow from getting bread. But as others have said, he knows when I'm there and waits for me to leave. I have cell cameras down there but I live about 10 minutes away. Usually by the time I get to the property he is gone. One thing about him is he won't stay for long so you pretty much have to be there when he is.

Try a climbing stand instead of being on the ground or in the box blind that he is familiar with you'll be in a different position and climb as high as possible. Also try stink in a hole,dig a hole with post hole diggers 2 foot deep fill it with soured Corn. He will have to do a lot of digging to get to the bottom and you might keep him there long enough to make your move.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

i bet they taste really good after a life of corn and protein pellets.
Definitely helps our deer

 

[Darryle]

Hogs have a keen sense of smell, the reason you can draw them in from quite a way away.

There eyesight is horrible, their hearing is as good as their nose. They are hard to fool once they are onto you.

We plumbed my dad's washer so it would quit dumping into the septic system, this is what my dad found the next morning after we ran the hose out into the yard. They came over a mile from their stomping ground and did this.

Coincidence, possibly, but they only came back when they washed clothes. We finally put in a lateral line system and they haven't been back since.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

People have no idea how intelligent wild pigs are, until they have the "pleasure" of dealing with them. Fun at first…
They have adapted, do and will adapt further to thrive in most any circumstance.
If they have sufficient cover to rest easy, most anything will suffice for food.
Usually in the darkness they range out.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

I've got a lone boar hog that I cannot get to come in consistently. I've been after him going on three years now. He shows up 1-3 times a week. One week he's there three random nights and another week he might show up once or twice. He is nocturnal year round. If I put out some crushed sugar beats or something similar and he finds it, he will come back to it but it's never the same time and sometimes not the next day. I've tried trapping him but he's wise to the trap as I'm sure other neighbors have traps as well. I've sat many nights trying to get him. He either won't come or knows I am there and he will show up 30 min to an hour after I leave. Does anyone have any suggestions I can try to get him coming in reliably? I have also tried soured corn, pig jam, jello mix, and several other off the shelf products. I will tip my hat to him as he didn't get as big and old as he is by being dumb.

We have had similar situations. I try to pattern them and usually get them. See if you can find a farmer or other hunters with a Hog Trap since you can't wait him out. If you have a "Farmer/Rancher News Letter" in your County you can find some help.

 

[Roughrice]

People have no idea intelligent wild pigs are, until they have the "pleasure" of dealing with them. Fun at first…
They have adapted, do and will adapt further to thrive in most any circumstance.
If they have sufficient cover to rest easy, most anything will suffice for food.
Usually in the darkness they range out.

Yep.
Phil, as a farmer, I'm sure you've witnessed the damage they can do to crops too!
Down here...When they find a rice field that is in advanced heading stage... they will completely roll flat and bury acres and acres of it in a few nights.

 

[Blancoalex]

Like everyone's suggestions here. Some boars can become very smart. It is good that he is "local" and not a traveler just passing thru. Some boars can have a very large home range. Scouting to find his travel pattern, water hole or rubbing post/tree away from the feeder will help you catch him by suprise and off guard. Make sure your stand keeps the wind at your advantage for major winds in your area. Being patient is important as it may take few months.
That is what makes the hunt challenging.
Good luck and have fun.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

i watched my Dad shooting them one day with his 25 STW about 30-40 yds in front of my combine in dry rice.
he was standing on top of his truck and i'll never forget the crack and pop of that rifle and the impact., through the windshield and over the noise of the machine.
It wasn't a good day for the pigs.

They are a nightmare in levee irrigated rice.
Until we stopped seeding levees, then we had no more issues. They were eating the billibugs out of the rice stems until then and stomping the dikes flat.