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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 08:43 pm |
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| Hello there I am new to this hunting feral hogs I have a large boar that has made his claim on my property. I set a trap Monday on him but had no luck catching him I think he knew something was up. I work offshore and leave for a week @ so I took the feed and baited the trap and left the door open for him to go in and out. he did not show last night my wife checked the trap and everything was normal. I have a digital camera to watch him but I take it down when I leave. Will he leave the area knowing that he has to go in and eat. I want this animal bad due to him being so large and also tearing up my pasture. Any suggestions on how to keep him around so that I can harvest him.
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 11:55 pm |
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| Need all the help I can get new @ this sport.
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 12:39 pm |
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Glad to see you here laborman. This time of year, the board slows up a little, as the weather warms and people start fishing. If you have any particuliar need or question, pm one of us and we will be here.
You need to tie the door open on your trap, and leave the feed in it, while you are gone. You also need to use all the standard trapping skills, with the number one being leave NO SCENT. I wear rubber boots and touch no more than neccessary. When you check the trap, do it from as far away as possible. If the hog is not going in to eat the feed, change the bait up. You can try sweet feed (corn and oats with molasses) for horses. Also, camoflaging the trap is a good idea. Put the trap in a brushy area, and weave branches through the sides. If he still doesn't come near, you can try jello mix added to the feed, or something like vanilla extract. If you have trouble with coons eating the bait, pour diesel on it. Sometimes, it take months before a hog will venture in a new trap, so don't get discouraged.
Last edited on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 12:46 pm by Chick
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D Grass
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Posted: Wed Oct 28th, 2009 01:14 am |
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| Hello Hunters & Trapper's,My name is Dave,Just join today found this sight last night about 11.05 pm.I have been hunting and fishing all my live,grew up in the woods.But, I sure love trapping those old wild hogs,I build my own traps,But,now I've found about the (snares),think I'll give it a try.Caught two sows last week over 150lbs.If I can help anyone just let me know,its nice to be part of something you love. Not to good with computers,but I'll try anything once.See Ya,Ole Country Boy from Texas
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Posted: Wed Oct 28th, 2009 05:42 am |
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| Welcome D Grass. Good to see another texan here. Snaring those big uns can get addicting.
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Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 03:20 am |
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Hello Laboarman:
I hope your old hog hasn't left yet,I just joined this group.But, here is a little tip I use when I'm baiting my traps.There's a donut shop down the road from me,I take donuts to the camp when I'm checking my traps.The owner gives me all the old donuts they have, I just pile some in the back of the trap with corn,works for me Good Luck,Ole Country Boy.
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Posted: Fri Oct 30th, 2009 06:17 pm |
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| When I was a kid, and old Cajun use to raise hogs on an old wooden barge, floating on the bayou. Didn't have to deal with the stinking mess in a hog pen, like others had. Anyway, he fed his hogs old donuts daily, along with anything else he could find. They stayed fat!
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