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Hunt ruined by hogs. What runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 06:55 PM
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Martin M.
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So, I had a chance to snag a morning hunt this last weekend, and really wanted to get one more doe in the freezer. However, a group of hogs were waiting under the feeder, mouths open, when it went off. Every time they're in there before the deer, they keep the deer away, and I rarely see a single one.
Anyway, that got me to thinking of ways I could run them off, without spooking the deer.
If I had a laser pointer or something and kind of shined it in their eyes, would that run them off?
Any other ideas?
Last edited by Martin M.; 01/20/14 08:33 PM.
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
[Re: Martin M.]
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01/20/14 06:57 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 07:00 PM
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Or throw some lead their way
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 07:01 PM
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Or throw some lead their way
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01/20/14 07:34 PM
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Or throw some lead their way both
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 07:51 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
[Re: Martin M.]
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01/20/14 07:54 PM
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How come you didn't take one down? The rest of the gang would remember what happened would most likely not come back to that feeder for a while.
A real hunter never returns empty handed. Spending time in the wilderness temporarily satifies the soul, but leaves us longing for more.
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 08:01 PM
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How come you didn't take one down? The rest of the gang would remember what happened would most likely not come back to that feeder for a while. yep. shoot one and stay in your blind until your normal time to leave. the hogs will leave and won't be back for a while. You said your hunt is already ruined and most likely hearing one shot isn't going to affect the deer near as much as a bunch of hogs under the feeder.
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[Re: TreeBass]
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01/20/14 08:09 PM
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Or throw some lead their way x2
If I put my wife in a high fence will her rack get bigger?
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
[Re: Martin M.]
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01/20/14 08:32 PM
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Yeah, I guess shooting one wouldn't have kept the deer away any more than what I did, which was to let them hoover up all the corn, and be annoying.
I'm not crazy about a pen around the feeder. It kind of makes it a pain to fill, and if you shoot a deer inside it, it makes it a pain to get them out.
We actually did shoot a lot of them back in October and November, and it did keep them away from the feeders for quite a while. I'd call that a proactive method. I guess what I was asking was, if there's a way to run them off if they end up coming in to the feeder unexpectedly. If I were close enough, a blowgun dart in a few of their backsides might do the trick...
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01/20/14 08:32 PM
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Put a pen around your feeder and when you see a hog, you shoot it.
Hogs remember and stay away from hunting pressure
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 08:38 PM
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Pain to fill? Just leave a panel hand wired so you can open it like a gate.. and I don't shoot a deer while its in the pen anyway
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 08:42 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 08:46 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 08:47 PM
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Pen around feeder with a small 4 foot gate.. Shoot a deer , open the gate and drag it out.. just my
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01/20/14 08:49 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 09:03 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 10:02 PM
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Or throw some lead their way both Don't worry about scarring them off (deer). They will eat corn within 5 yards of a dead hog. Its happened to me more times than I can count. Never let a hog walk that you can kill. The deer would thank you if they could and the landowner certainly will.
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01/20/14 10:03 PM
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 10:12 PM
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Shoot em, two weekends ago I had a coyote show up to my feeder 2 minutes before it went off. Figured that the hunt was wrecked due to the coyote showing up so I shot it. Not 10 minutes later the deer showed up like it never happened. Gunshots won't spook deer as bad as you think.
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 11:39 PM
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A hunter I used to hunt with bought a high powered air rifle to shoot the cows to run them off. It also worked for the pigs. But I'd recommend a heavy lead bullet type!
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/20/14 11:44 PM
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I wouldn't suggest shooting a cow with an airgun. You might be looking for a new lease. Just shoot the pig through the chest. It will run off and die, the rest will leave and the deer will not care. Then you will have some pork to mix with your deer meat for sausage.
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
[Re: Martin M.]
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01/21/14 01:35 AM
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I have shot a hog and drug it off about 30 yards and had deer come in a couple minutes later. Heck, I have killed deer and had more deer come in a few minutes later.
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01/21/14 01:46 AM
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I use a heavy lead bullet type on pigs it's 7mm rem mag
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Re: Hunt ruined by hogs… what runs them off? Lasers? :)
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01/21/14 02:42 AM
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Let me guess.....from a Savage? LOL
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