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Post by LC '92 on Sept 23, 2003 17:08:11 GMT -5
For baiting our hogs in a pasture full of cows, I dig post holes about 18 inches deep. Pour in about an inch of corn and dribble a little "Pig Out" over that. Then an inch or two of dirt and another layer of corn and so on until the hole is filled. Burying it keeps the cows and the coons out of it and also makes the hogs stay around longer as they have to root the corn up instead of just eating it off the ground. Soured corn works well too in these holes, but man, it stinks so bad I'd rather spend the 6 bucks on "Pig Out" at Academy. It smells like Kool Aide and if you get any on you its no big deal, unlike the sour corn. If you get that soured corn on you your likely to have to ride home in the bed of your truck as no one will get in the cab with you.
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Post by captkb on Nov 5, 2003 18:21:26 GMT -5
Hey Gon,
Was just wondering what you decided to do about baiting the hogs? The past few weeks we have been taking 50 lbs of corn and mixing 4 big boxes of strawberry jello in with it and just enough water to cover it all - mix well and set in sun for a day or so - don't let it sour, just soak a day or two so the corn will absorb the strawberry flavor. We pour it out and the hogs have gone crazy over it - keep in mind we have pens around our feeders to keep the cows out or they would be going crazy over it as well. Was just curious what you decided to do.
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Post by jdickey on Nov 5, 2003 19:54:08 GMT -5
I've used some stuff called HOG DRAW, that worked real well. They have two "flavors" and both seemed to work. Just pour it over the corn in a hole, or from a feeder. I quit using my feeder because it wasn't anchored and the hogs kept knocking it over!  www.allseasonsfeeders.com/catalog.asp?cat=htp |
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Post by PaulB on Dec 26, 2003 21:07:45 GMT -5
I can't say that I blame ya on that one. I prefer the small town country life myself. Ok, Cap'n! I hope your recipe works as well for me as it has for you. I've got strawberry/corn jello brewing out at the ranch as we speak. BTW, the wind didn't seem to bother the quail today. ;D ;D |
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Post by captkb on Dec 26, 2003 23:26:47 GMT -5
Paul,
Your a life saver!! I bought 16 bags of corn today to take out to the place and fill feeders in the morning and I was suppose to jello 1 bag. Well lets just say I had forgot about it unitl I read your post. This time I decided to try 2 boxes of strawberry and 2 boxes of strawberry/bannana. Talked to my buddy tonight and he had taken a client out and when they arrived there was a big boar under one feeder and then just before dark 6 hogs came out to the same feeder. Only 5 made a return trip home. The guy took one that will field dress around 150 lbs from the story I got. I hope to be able to post a pic of it sometime this weekend. Thanks again for the reminder Paul and I hope you have as good of luck as we have using it. Keep us posted.
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Post by Yellowhammer on Dec 27, 2003 0:03:48 GMT -5
One thing that I have seen work is set a few 8" fence posts that are heavily creosoted. The hogs like to rub on the posts to kill lice and ticks. I've seen where they will make a wallow around such posts. The posts can have creosote added from time to time to keep them coming in. Most people I know are trying to get rid of the hogs, not attact them. Might check with the landowner to see what he thinks. I know around here they can ruin a hay field over night.
As far as lease prices, depends on what you want, what you can afford and which direction you go. If you go north into East Texas, you can start around $400/year on timber company land. To get something really good, your looking at more like $750-$1200.
If your going into south Texas or the Edwards Plateau, you can probably start at the $1000/gun like Coondawg mentioned.
Coondawg I would hope that 132 acres would be low fenced. Other wise it would be more like a pen.
Contrary to popular belief, most of Texas is low fenced.
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