OK... I have been thinking about my spring/summer hog hunting here in Florida because deer season is almost over (2 weeks) here in the panhandle.
The few hogs that show up on my hunting lease are very wary and only come at night if at all.
First I need a strong attractant because I'll probably be drawing them from afar so I'm thinking of the old trick of putting some corn in a bucket and adding a bunch of water and maybe something else(?) and putting a lid on it and 'cooking' it in the sun until it's nice and RIPE!
Then I'll use a post hole digger and dig a 3' deep hole in my food plot right under my feeder where my cellular game camera will be and putting a light on the bottom of the feeder that only comes on when the hogs show in case they leave between the time the cellular game camera tells me they're there and when I get there or if I spook them when I get close to get in my stand (82yds away).
I'm sure they'll be back but I don't want to have to sit and stare in the PTS233 (thermal rifle scope). I can just sit back and let the light make me aware when they're there.
If it turns out that the light spooks them I can remove it and just go back to waiting and and looking through the scope.
Now to scent problems. I will want to keep my scent to a minimum by not touching the ground at all with my feet if possible so I'm thinking of just driving my truck out and freshening up the corn or just checking for how much is gone.
Does anyone know if driving my truck out to the corn and staying inside will leave enough scent to scare them away? I'll be driving on sand and grass roads for at least a mile before getting to the food plot so any road smells might be minimized.
Does anyone else use this technique for spooky hogs? Does it work or should I just descent my boots as well as possible and not worry about it? By the way I HATE rubber boots but can/will use them if necessary. My hogs are very spooky because the surrounding hunting leases hunt them hard.
Another question. I have a lot of bears and I mean a lot. At least 5 different bears, two of which have cubs, have made an appearance on my game cameras eating corn from under my feeders in the last couple of months. We can't hunt or even harass bears so I'm wondering if they'll like the soured corn too. I suspect they will but am looking for someone with experience.
Thanks,
$bob$
The few hogs that show up on my hunting lease are very wary and only come at night if at all.
First I need a strong attractant because I'll probably be drawing them from afar so I'm thinking of the old trick of putting some corn in a bucket and adding a bunch of water and maybe something else(?) and putting a lid on it and 'cooking' it in the sun until it's nice and RIPE!
Then I'll use a post hole digger and dig a 3' deep hole in my food plot right under my feeder where my cellular game camera will be and putting a light on the bottom of the feeder that only comes on when the hogs show in case they leave between the time the cellular game camera tells me they're there and when I get there or if I spook them when I get close to get in my stand (82yds away).
I'm sure they'll be back but I don't want to have to sit and stare in the PTS233 (thermal rifle scope). I can just sit back and let the light make me aware when they're there.
If it turns out that the light spooks them I can remove it and just go back to waiting and and looking through the scope.
Now to scent problems. I will want to keep my scent to a minimum by not touching the ground at all with my feet if possible so I'm thinking of just driving my truck out and freshening up the corn or just checking for how much is gone.
Does anyone know if driving my truck out to the corn and staying inside will leave enough scent to scare them away? I'll be driving on sand and grass roads for at least a mile before getting to the food plot so any road smells might be minimized.
Does anyone else use this technique for spooky hogs? Does it work or should I just descent my boots as well as possible and not worry about it? By the way I HATE rubber boots but can/will use them if necessary. My hogs are very spooky because the surrounding hunting leases hunt them hard.
Another question. I have a lot of bears and I mean a lot. At least 5 different bears, two of which have cubs, have made an appearance on my game cameras eating corn from under my feeders in the last couple of months. We can't hunt or even harass bears so I'm wondering if they'll like the soured corn too. I suspect they will but am looking for someone with experience.
Thanks,
$bob$