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 hog bait
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07/12/13 02:00 PM
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elvisp_bucks
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I'm setting my hog trap this weekend at my deer lease. What is the best bait to use?
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Re: hog bait
[Re: elvisp_bucks]
#4383382
07/12/13 02:44 PM
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4Weight
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Corn mixed with a 1.75 of Big Red.
Trust me.
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Re: hog bait
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#4383915
07/12/13 06:06 PM
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they are all patterned on corn. I have tried corn mixtures but seems like plain old corn is just as good.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: Adelbridge]
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07/12/13 06:27 PM
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dfwroadkill
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Plain corn....or you can waste money on all that other stuff just to make you feel good.. 
Last edited by dfwroadkill; 07/12/13 06:28 PM.
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Re: hog bait
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#4384144
07/12/13 07:46 PM
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hear buried diesel soaked corn works great.
Iv got hogs an can show you a good time. 
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Re: hog bait
[Re: Humannpower]
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07/12/13 08:42 PM
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Erich
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i also say just regular old corn. i've tried souring the grain too, it works, but also seems to bring the racoons in that much faster too. i've heard a lot said about diesel. but i generally eat the hogs we catch. i dunno about eating a hog thats been eating diesel. just doesn't seem right.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: Erich]
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07/12/13 08:50 PM
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Use the Big Red I mentioned. I told this to a customer in feb. Her husband used it and trapped 24 pigs in 2 weeks. I took 3 60 pounders from them and have the spicy breakfast sausage in my freezer to prove it.
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Re: hog bait
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#4384362
07/12/13 09:30 PM
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mr jones
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We bought a bag of the wally world fruity pebbles and one of the generic fruity sodas. mixed it up. let it sit for 5 or 6 days. it was the sweetest smelling stuff ever. We didnt use it for trapping but just put it out and spotlighted. Got 3 coons and 3 hogs in 2 days. We hadnt seen hogs in a few weeks. It def brought them in.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: mr jones]
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07/12/13 10:18 PM
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Use the Big Red I mentioned. I told this to a customer in feb. Her husband used it and trapped 24 pigs in 2 weeks. I took 3 60 pounders from them and have the spicy breakfast sausage in my freezer to prove it. Unfortunately like everyone's secret recipe for getting hogs, they are all based on scant/limited anecdotal data. Either the hogs are around or they are not. If they aren't there, the Big Red isn't going to matter one iota, or the souring, Koolaid, beer mix, super duper Pigman endorsed special feed blend, pheromone sprays, raw vegetables, raw fruits, dead hog carcass, etc. I have tried all these except the Pigman endorsed products. One thing I have noticed about all the testing is that when it works, it is always proclaimed to be because of the Big Red or other additive. When it doesn't work, nobody says a thing or comes up with other excuses about being winded, that the hogs just aren't around, etc. Based on my experience, all these additives are about as good as wearing lucky underwear.
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Re: hog bait
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07/12/13 10:50 PM
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Use the Big Red I mentioned. I told this to a customer in feb. Her husband used it and trapped 24 pigs in 2 weeks. I took 3 60 pounders from them and have the spicy breakfast sausage in my freezer to prove it. Unfortunately like everyone's secret recipe for getting hogs, they are all based on scant/limited anecdotal data. Either the hogs are around or they are not. If they aren't there, the Big Red isn't going to matter one iota, or the souring, Koolaid, beer mix, super duper Pigman endorsed special feed blend, pheromone sprays, raw vegetables, raw fruits, dead hog carcass, etc. I have tried all these except the Pigman endorsed products. One thing I have noticed about all the testing is that when it works, it is always proclaimed to be because of the Big Red or other additive. When it doesn't work, nobody says a thing or comes up with other excuses about being winded, that the hogs just aren't around, etc. Based on my experience, all these additives are about as good as wearing lucky underwear. Okay Mr. Expert. All I know is Charley had hogs digging up his farm so they were there. He had not trapped one in over a month. I told Barbara about the Big Red and she called me less than a week later when he had the first eight. I will have some sausage for you in the morning.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: elvisp_bucks]
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07/12/13 11:56 PM
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I'm setting my hog trap this weekend at my deer lease. What is the best bait to use? 5 gallon bucket 3/4 full of corn 1 package of bread yeast 1 package of strawberry jello 1 can of cheap beer fill with water and let it brew Take what you need each time you hunt but leave enough corn and juice to continue the fermentation.As long as you leave the "starter", all you need to do is add corn and water as needed to keep the bucket full. DON'T SPILL IT IN YOUR TRUCK 
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Re: hog bait
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07/13/13 03:22 AM
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I'm setting my hog trap this weekend at my deer lease. What is the best bait to use? 5 gallon bucket 3/4 full of corn 1 package of bread yeast 1 package of strawberry jello 1 can of cheap beer fill with water and let it brew Take what you need each time you hunt but leave enough corn and juice to continue the fermentation.As long as you leave the "starter", all you need to do is add corn and water as needed to keep the bucket full. DON'T SPILL IT IN YOUR TRUCK Personal "sourdough" mix? 
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Re: hog bait
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07/13/13 01:19 PM
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Okay Mr. Expert.
All I know is Charley had hogs digging up his farm so they were there. He had not trapped one in over a month. I told Barbara about the Big Red and she called me less than a week later when he had the first eight.
I will have some sausage for you in the morning. All I know is that if these special recipes worked as well as people claimed, then we would have a lot less hogs, but they don't work with any consistency or reliability and don't appear to work any better than corn. So it took a week for the hogs to find it? LOL, now that is funny right there! That sounds about like any other bait. Leave it out long enough and then if the hogs take it, call it success! Sounds like they would have found their way into the trap sooner or later anyway.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: 4Weight]
#4391223
07/15/13 08:07 PM
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elvisp_bucks
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Thank you very much. We are going to try the big red. We have tons of hogs on our deer lease year round.
Jason
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[Re: elvisp_bucks]
#4391255
07/15/13 08:26 PM
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txhunter26
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I mix a 5 gallon bucket of corn up and fill it with water, let it sit for several weeks, furmints up really nice..  they'll smell it from miles away, simple and i've had lots of success running traps with this method. O yea, put a lid on it to help with the furminting.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: txhunter26]
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07/15/13 09:06 PM
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I mix a 5 gallon bucket of corn up and fill it with water, let it sit for several weeks, furmints up really nice.. they'll smell it from miles away, simple and i've had lots of success running traps with this method. O yea, put a lid on it to help with the furminting. only if you plan to powerwash the garage and every thing inside it. the lid will blow off after the pressure builds.  Trust me on this one we won't go into how I learned this 
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Re: hog bait
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#4391388
07/15/13 09:13 PM
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jdh78
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drill a pin hole in the center of the lid. pressure won't build up, very little if any will get out when you move it and it won't stink up the garage.
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Re: hog bait
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07/15/13 09:20 PM
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Cheap Strawberry Jello and Corn.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: Team Hillbilly]
#4392001
07/16/13 12:44 AM
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txhunter26
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Haha I've never had a problem with the lid blowing off, and I definitely wouldn't put it the garage anyways
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Re: hog bait
[Re: txhunter26]
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07/16/13 07:57 PM
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Team Hillbilly
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Haha I've never had a problem with the lid blowing off, and I definitely wouldn't put it the garage anyways The Garage or shed is the only way I can keep the coons out of it, I have the lake on one side and the Nat Forest on the other
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Re: hog bait
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#4394625
07/16/13 11:21 PM
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whenmommaletsme
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I run a trap and feed year round, when they get trap shy, the only differance I use is big red. It has yet to let me down.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: whenmommaletsme]
#4399336
07/18/13 04:13 PM
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blackcoal
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Sounds like from reading the posts the answer is obvious. Soak your lucky underwear in Big Red, eat Cornflakes for breakfast, then make certain you spill some diesel on you while filling up the truck. Use yourself for bait but make certain you have plenty of ammo cause you may bring some in from Arkansas.
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Re: hog bait
[Re: blackcoal]
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07/19/13 01:26 AM
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The benefit to adding a small amount of diesel to your corn is nothing will eat it but hogs. I have been told it doesn't affect the taste of the meat at all. Sour corn seams to attract more coons than anything. You could need to change up your trap set.
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