Hog trapping

toolman · 11-11-2007, 01:55 AM

I recently entered the world of wild hog trapping. My FIL has a half-section of farm-land that is being destroyed by feral hogs. There is another guy trapping out there and he's hauling off as many as 10 pigs\trip using nothing more than corn and milo for bait. I'm using an old trap that was left on the property but wasn't designed very well. I reworked the trigger system so the 'coons wouldn't set it off, but I'm 45 miles from this location. I'm thinking of using an attractant but there are quite a few to choose from. I've tried soaking corn in diesel, but the 'coons still ate it. Long story short, what is the best attractant that you guys have PERSONALLY used? I've tried a few baits to no avail. For some reason, it seems like these guys are going right around my trap to one of the others while the 'coons flock to mine to eat all of the corn.

blaster · 11-11-2007, 06:37 AM

ferment corn in water. pour it in a shallow pan and around on the ground in the trap. our s. fl. ho0gs like it and the coons dont seem to. even if they eat the corn the stinky water still attracts the hogs. we also use old restruant cooking oil. we dig a shallow hole and pour it in soon the pigs will make it a deep hole.

ArkansasHunter · 11-11-2007, 06:46 AM

What happens to the Hogs once they are captured, they can be reprogramed and become demesticated and sold at auctions.
I'm just curious, Im not an animal rights activest I've seen the destruction wild Hogs can do.
Wild hogs eat dead animals so use a shot hog for bait. YUK!!

samuel · 11-11-2007, 07:10 AM

Dress a little girl hog up real cute and put her in a seperate pin.I often got trapped that way.Of course I dont claim to be as smart as a boy hog. sam.

billy · 11-11-2007, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ArkansasHunter

What happens to the Hogs once they are captured, they can be reprogramed and become demesticated and sold at auctions.
I'm just curious, Im not an animal rights activest I've seen the destruction wild Hogs can do.
Wild hogs eat dead animals so use a shot hog for bait. YUK!!

no no A.H.
as a card carrying member of the hog hunting pirates you have to run them through with your cutlass!
it's one of the rules

ArkansasHunter · 11-11-2007, 10:37 AM

billy If you ever want to do that please give all the members here the oppotuity to come watch what that hog does to you when you go to stick it...besides you'll need someone to hep you get out of the pin.
Matter of fact you might become religious LOL if'in a wild Hog got a holt of you and Jerry Clower said it best and I believe you would repeat him ! Somebody Shoot that thang AHHhhhhh LMAO...A.H

billy · 11-11-2007, 11:34 AM

im a pirate but i aint crazy!
run em through.
though the pens walls!

toolman · 11-11-2007, 12:47 PM

I'm gonna pick out a nice lil' 350-400 pounder for you to play with billy! Maybe we could train it so you could ride it around the deck of our pirate ship, then we could give you a cool nickname like "Pork Chop Billy"

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Originally Posted by samuel

Dress a little girl hog up real cute and put her in a seperate pin.I often got trapped that way.Of course I dont claim to be as smart as a boy hog. sam.

Hey, didn't I see that on Bugs Bunny? You might be on to something there, Sam!

samuel · 11-11-2007, 01:05 PM

A vision came to me of Billy dressed up in one of those matadore,s outfits with cape and sword in hand,dancing around on tiptoe,being charged by a 2000lb wild boar with foam running down its jowls and 16"blood red tusks pointing right at him.Poor brave,foolish Billy,he has finally met his match.(shudder)(shudder) sam.

billy · 11-11-2007, 02:36 PM

oh sam thats what the .454 is all about!
remember when bugs bunny had a rifle behind his cape?
uh huh!

hog trapper · 03-20-2008, 08:47 PM

hey toolman pour a box of dry cherry jello in the sack with your corn

elmer fudd · 03-20-2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by billy

oh sam thats what the .454 is all about!
remember when bugs bunny had a rifle behind his cape?
uh huh!

I sure do LOL

toolman · 03-20-2008, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hog trapper

hey toolman pour a box of dry cherry jello in the sack with your corn

Thanks for the idea, and welcome to G&G!
My latest concoction is 25 lbs of corn\2-40 oz. bottles of the cheapest beer I could find (Old English 400)\ 1\2 gal of Hog Wild attractant.
This lovely mix has been sitting in a covered tub for about three weeks now and it smells, ahem, "delectable".

Brother Bob · 03-20-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by toolman

Thanks for the idea, and welcome to G&G!
My latest concoction is 25 lbs of corn2-40 oz. bottles of the cheapest beer I could find (Old English 400) 12 gal of Hog Wild attractant.
This lovely mix has been sitting in a covered tub for about three weeks now and it smells, ahem, "delectable".

Hey buddy, If you got a smoker, I've got a rifle. It's beena while since I had some good barbeque! LOL!

toolman · 03-20-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother Bob

Hey buddy, If you got a smoker, I've got a rifle. It's beena while since I had some good barbeque! LOL!

Well come on down! I've already got around 200 lbs. of West Texas Rat in the freezer!

All I ask is that you contribute to the wobbly-pop fund!

ArkansasHunter · 03-21-2008, 12:17 AM

Hey toolman after 4 weeks of trying to trap hogs my neighbor and I gave up.
It was my neighbors idea so he built a nice trap that we checked every afternoon.
The corn we put out was being gobbled up by coons so someone told him to lightly spray diesels on the corn.
That didn't work either.
I noticed the other day he brought the trap home so I ask him if he's given up and he said the hogs have moved out and it's warming up.
We'll try again next fall.
Any tips would be appreceiated and what does cherry jello do ?

wirehunt · 03-21-2008, 05:37 AM

I'd just shoot the coons and put them in the trap

toolman · 03-21-2008, 07:46 AM

A.H., you can't give up that easy. Try fermenting some corn or milo in beer it and burying in a hole underneath the trap. Also keep in mind that hogs are nomadic and it may take several weeks for them to move back into the area. We've gone months with no hog sign at all and then out of the blue, had a trap full of 'em.

soonerborn · 03-21-2008, 01:29 PM

We trap several dozen some months and zero other months. You just have to check weekly for hog sign and when you see it, set the trap and bait it. If you go checking and baiting it every day then you are just wasting your time.

Best bait I have seen is fermented corn or any type of melon scraps. Certain other veggie scraps work well also especially squashes. Havent had any coon problems but we havent ever just set out plain corn either and yes there are plenty coons around here. If you have a garden or a large melon farm nearby then you should have all the free bait you need.

We sell them. There is one licensed buyer in OK. He is in Velma and he pays .65/lb for hogs 251 and up. 101-250 he pays .32 and hogs 51-100 he pays .16 but nothing for the little ones. He also gives a per hog fee similar to a bounty fee ranging from 5-15 bucks each depending on size. He sells them to a meat packing facility that slices/dices and packages the meat for sell in southeast Asia. Something to do with eating wild hog meat makes you a manly man or something like that. We do not sell to anyone that has any intention of releasing them. Biggest paycheck for the month was 1600. One could just almost make a living on this.

Big Faulky · 03-21-2008, 01:45 PM

i agree with soonerborn on the melon scraps. The jello is good too but be sure and bury it like ur doing with ur fermented corn.

11-11-2007, 01:55 AM	#1
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,582 Blog Entries: 22	Hog trapping I recently entered the world of wild hog trapping. My FIL has a half-section of farm-land that is being destroyed by feral hogs. There is another guy trapping out there and he's hauling off as many as 10 pigs\trip using nothing more than corn and milo for bait. I'm using an old trap that was left on the property but wasn't designed very well. I reworked the trigger system so the 'coons wouldn't set it off, but I'm 45 miles from this location. I'm thinking of using an attractant but there are quite a few to choose from. I've tried soaking corn in diesel, but the 'coons still ate it. Long story short, what is the best attractant that you guys have PERSONALLY used? I've tried a few baits to no avail. For some reason, it seems like these guys are going right around my trap to one of the others while the 'coons flock to mine to eat all of the corn. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

11-11-2007, 06:37 AM	#2
blaster Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: big pine key, florida Posts: 436	ferment corn in water. pour it in a shallow pan and around on the ground in the trap. our s. fl. ho0gs like it and the coons dont seem to. even if they eat the corn the stinky water still attracts the hogs. we also use old restruant cooking oil. we dig a shallow hole and pour it in soon the pigs will make it a deep hole. __________________ peace through superior firepower

11-11-2007, 11:34 AM	#7
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,157 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	im a pirate but i aint crazy! run em through. though the pens walls! __________________

11-11-2007, 01:05 PM	#9
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,087	A vision came to me of Billy dressed up in one of those matadore,s outfits with cape and sword in hand,dancing around on tiptoe,being charged by a 2000lb wild boar with foam running down its jowls and 16"blood red tusks pointing right at him.Poor brave,foolish Billy,he has finally met his match.(shudder)(shudder) sam. Last edited by samuel; 11-11-2007 at 01:08 PM.

11-11-2007, 02:36 PM	#10
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,157 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	oh sam thats what the .454 is all about! remember when bugs bunny had a rifle behind his cape? uh huh! __________________

11-11-2007, 06:46 AM	#3
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,708	What happens to the Hogs once they are captured, they can be reprogramed and become demesticated and sold at auctions. I'm just curious, Im not an animal rights activest I've seen the destruction wild Hogs can do. Wild hogs eat dead animals so use a shot hog for bait. YUK!!

11-11-2007, 07:10 AM	#4
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,087	Dress a little girl hog up real cute and put her in a seperate pin.I often got trapped that way.Of course I dont claim to be as smart as a boy hog. sam.

11-11-2007, 10:37 AM	#6
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,708	billy If you ever want to do that please give all the members here the oppotuity to come watch what that hog does to you when you go to stick it...besides you'll need someone to hep you get out of the pin. Matter of fact you might become religious LOL if'in a wild Hog got a holt of you and Jerry Clower said it best and I believe you would repeat him ! Somebody Shoot that thang AHHhhhhh LMAO...A.H

03-20-2008, 08:47 PM	#11
hog trapper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1	hey toolman pour a box of dry cherry jello in the sack with your corn

03-21-2008, 12:17 AM	#16
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,708	Hey toolman after 4 weeks of trying to trap hogs my neighbor and I gave up. It was my neighbors idea so he built a nice trap that we checked every afternoon. The corn we put out was being gobbled up by coons so someone told him to lightly spray diesels on the corn. That didn't work either. I noticed the other day he brought the trap home so I ask him if he's given up and he said the hogs have moved out and it's warming up. We'll try again next fall. Any tips would be appreceiated and what does cherry jello do ?

03-21-2008, 05:37 AM	#17
wirehunt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Otago New Zealand Posts: 656	I'd just shoot the coons and put them in the trap __________________ Happy Hunting

03-21-2008, 07:46 AM	#18
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,582 Blog Entries: 22	A.H., you can't give up that easy. Try fermenting some corn or milo in beer it and burying in a hole underneath the trap. Also keep in mind that hogs are nomadic and it may take several weeks for them to move back into the area. We've gone months with no hog sign at all and then out of the blue, had a trap full of 'em. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

03-21-2008, 01:29 PM	#19
soonerborn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 320	We trap several dozen some months and zero other months. You just have to check weekly for hog sign and when you see it, set the trap and bait it. If you go checking and baiting it every day then you are just wasting your time. Best bait I have seen is fermented corn or any type of melon scraps. Certain other veggie scraps work well also especially squashes. Havent had any coon problems but we havent ever just set out plain corn either and yes there are plenty coons around here. If you have a garden or a large melon farm nearby then you should have all the free bait you need. We sell them. There is one licensed buyer in OK. He is in Velma and he pays .65/lb for hogs 251 and up. 101-250 he pays .32 and hogs 51-100 he pays .16 but nothing for the little ones. He also gives a per hog fee similar to a bounty fee ranging from 5-15 bucks each depending on size. He sells them to a meat packing facility that slices/dices and packages the meat for sell in southeast Asia. Something to do with eating wild hog meat makes you a manly man or something like that. We do not sell to anyone that has any intention of releasing them. Biggest paycheck for the month was 1600. One could just almost make a living on this.

03-21-2008, 01:45 PM	#20
Big Faulky Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Carhtage, TX Posts: 32	i agree with soonerborn on the melon scraps. The jello is good too but be sure and bury it like ur doing with ur fermented corn.