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First Hog Hunt
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08/21/14 04:54 PM
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KCH
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Well i'm going to try to get some hogs this Friday night that have gotten my feeder...this will be my first time. I heard if you sprinkle some cherry jello powder on top of corn it drives them wild. I also bought some C-more Hogs liquid as well yesterday at Academy. This will also be my first hunt on my land so I'm double excited!
Any advice for a newb?
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/21/14 05:26 PM
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Txkiller
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/21/14 05:32 PM
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Payne
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/21/14 05:55 PM
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Wisemd123
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Re: First Hog Hunt
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08/21/14 07:10 PM
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cyberpyrot
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nope they will hear it coming...
I'm a terrible shot but I follow up with a grenade!
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/21/14 08:36 PM
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DirtNapTET
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I wouldnt change a thing. If they are already coming in, Jello or any other additives may spook them off.
Just make sure the wind is right, and have a good light you are comfortable shooting with (if you dont have thermal/night vision). Wont be able to count on the moon, it'll only be at about 10% illumination and doesnt rise until 4:30 am.
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
#5265808
08/21/14 09:11 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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I heard if you sprinkle some cherry jello powder on top of corn it drives them wild. I also bought some C-more Hogs liquid as well yesterday at Academy. If that stuff worked as advertised, then we would all use it all the time. It doesn't. Hogs certainly like the Jello and other special things people make for them, but there is no indication that it is a particularly good attractant or drives the hogs wild. The hogs are already coming, as DirtNapTET noted, changes may spook them. Play the wind and you will be fine. If you drop a hog and don't have other targets, stay on it. They have a nasty habit of getting up after being shot 'dead.' Then they run away and are either hard to find or impossible. If the hog gets up or you think it is getting up, shoot it again. The cost of a bullet is cheap compared to a couple of hours of searching.
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/22/14 06:10 AM
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AP2020
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Kill 'em all....and then...Kill 'em all again!
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
#5266556
08/22/14 08:34 AM
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Perry Outdoors
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Good luck hope your hunt goes well! if they are coming into your feeder I would just continue to use corn I doubt anything else will bring them in better. Corn is hard to beat.
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/22/14 07:16 PM
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texashunter900
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Well i'm going to try to get some hogs this Friday night that have gotten my feeder...this will be my first time. I heard if you sprinkle some cherry jello powder on top of corn it drives them wild. I also bought some C-more Hogs liquid as well yesterday at Academy. This will also be my first hunt on my land so I'm double excited!
Any advice for a newb? as others have said DON'T DO anything different on your set up and make sure the wind is in your favor. most pig hunters I know don't use any of those additives, just plain corn. Pigs are smart and if you change anything they will not come in. Don't even walk to your feeder, just get there and setup, be still and quiet. No grunt calls, turn your cell phone off, turn the thermocell on and wait. One last thing is make sure you are relaxed before you shoot. Your heart will be pounding out of your chest so it will be easy to miss. Good luck.
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Re: First Hog Hunt
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08/22/14 08:02 PM
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cyberpyrot
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but the hogs seem to favor corn.
I'm a terrible shot but I follow up with a grenade!
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
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08/25/14 02:22 AM
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KCH
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Well I never saw a hog but did see the first deer on my new place...three doe on Friday evening and four doe on Saturday morning...will try again next wkd for pork...was really warm and windy Friday night.
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Re: First Hog Hunt
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08/25/14 03:16 AM
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Ramsey
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I heard if you sprinkle some cherry jello powder on top of corn it drives them wild. I also bought some C-more Hogs liquid as well yesterday at Academy. If that stuff worked as advertised, then we would all use it all the time. It doesn't. Hogs certainly like the Jello and other special things people make for them, but there is no indication that it is a particularly good attractant or drives the hogs wild. The hogs are already coming, as DirtNapTET noted, changes may spook them. Play the wind and you will be fine. If you drop a hog and don't have other targets, stay on it. They have a nasty habit of getting up after being shot 'dead.' Then they run away and are either hard to find or impossible. If the hog gets up or you think it is getting up, shoot it again. The cost of a bullet is cheap compared to a couple of hours of searching. X2. If young hogs come be patient sometime the older pigs will wait to come in. They can be patterned at feeders, if they are coming in consistently stay away until it is time to hunt
Big Beckett!!
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: Txkiller]
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08/26/14 06:02 AM
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1860.colt
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
#5272599
08/26/14 01:41 PM
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JHOG
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You will get your chance. If the property has not been hunted before you could have great success with both Deer and hog in the near future! Good luck
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Re: First Hog Hunt
[Re: KCH]
#5272878
08/26/14 04:16 PM
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KCH
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Thanks! Very excited for the Fall hunting season...the place also holds a fair amount of dove.
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