how do you guys make your hog tubes.?

I made mine out of 3" pvc (5'). Capped one end with a regular cap, the other has a female threaded end. I drilled a hole in the male threaded cap and ran an eye bolt through it. Drilled 1/2" holes, filled with corn, then screwed the cap on. I tied rope from the eye bolt to a tree. I mighta drilled too many holes, I'll find out tomorrow when I go check it.

i used mine for a trip inside my trap. didnt work or i was too impatient. here is a picture to give a ideal.

Got back from the in laws. I estimate there were 20 holes in the 5' tube... Waaaaaaaay tooooooo many. Less than 6 days and there wasn't a sign of corn around the thing. I guess I'm building another. I think I'll make 6-7 holes next time. It worked though, I had 9 hogs playing around with it!

Im gonna try this during the winter I like the idea

i have thought about using sweet feed or a mix of sweet feed with corn to make it a little sticky from the molasse and make it a little harder for them to empty it.

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I have always heard that mixing diesel with jello and corn is awesome, especially the green jello and it will make it syrupy and jello is cheap and easy to get. I am going to try this recipe inside mine and see if that kind of keeps it in there.

We're going to get this down before too long!!!

Trail and error, but Tejas has the right idea

Will the hogs eventally tear the pvc up?

Every idea that has been posted works . The jello and diesel is what we use evey winter . But we use the strawberry jello mix , dont know why but the hogs in Falls Co. like it better than any other we used . When using sweet feed put a little more corn in it than the sweet feed , when it gets colder the sweet feed kinda gums or balls up in the tubes. You guys are on the right track thats for sure .

I had a couple pig tubes out on my place in Athens. They work great. Only problem I had is that my horses figured out how to work them.

Yeah we had 20 gallon barrels with flanges welded on the ends with a 3/8" chain anchored to a swivel eyebolt cemented in the ground. They tore up the the regular eyebolts in no time flat, so we went to the swivel type that had a zerk fitting on them. I put 12 holes in it with a .45 ACP and those hogs and the cattle ran that barrel around so much, you would think that someone was training horses in the mud there. They empty it in about 3 weeks on average.
Has anyone put corn in beercans on a "trotline"? I used to do that before I had hog lights and NV. Keeps you awake at night.

no they wont

is there an ideal length on a hog tube?

Eight feet seems to work best for me.

Put a false compartment about 6" long in one end of it. Put a handful of pebbles in there and after it is empty they think corn is still in the tube and keep coming back.

Just attach a steel ring to the chain and drop it over a T-Post. They won't tear up the PVC because it spins and rotates.

Well I just made one. It's my first. I had a peice of 4" pvc that is 6'long so that is what I used. I drilled 6 holes 1/2 round. I'll take it to the lease this next week-end. I didn't know how many holes to drill. I'll see how it works out and post results later.

I've never made one, but I'm thinking that 1/2 in. holes may be just a bit too big. Maybe 3/8 would do better? Let us know what your experience is with this one. Six holes I would think sounds about right. Thanks for the info.

I just use empty dr pepper bottles , easy to carry and cheap

Think Coke bottles would work or only Dr Pepper?

Made mine out of 3" PVC, 5' long. I drilled 5 or 6 holes in them. 1/2" is too small as the corn clogs in them. I went up to 5/8" and they work like a charm.

Heres my effort. I built this tonight in about 20 min for around $20. But I did not have to buy the pipe because I work at an electrical distributor so i found a crushed piece and chopped it down to 8', glued 2 female adapters on and screwed 2 clean out plugs in then screwed an eyelet in the end of one.

i read on another forum of a guy had one of these chained to a tree and the hog pushed it around the tree till the chain was tight then bent the tube around the tree till it snapped....donno if its true or not...

Looks good txd33! I put a long rope on mine, they'd have to wrap that thing around a tree a bunch to snap that PVC.