Scenario: Night hunting a baited spot from blind approx 50 yds away. The hogs come in and a kill is made. Hog is removed. Should I continue to hunt that same spot thru the night or should I relocate and bait a new spot? Should I expect the hogs to return to where the kill was made that night or even the next night for that matter?

hog will return. maybe the same night, maybe next day or week. They will be back.

I have had them return to eat even with the newly dead hog laying on the ground under the feeder.

The noise and activity of removing a dead hog will likely disrupt things more than a hog on the ground. If it is cool enough to avoid spoiling, sit tight and let things quiet down for a while. That sounder may be spooked, but if multiple groups are using the feeder they will come on in. A can limits disturbance of the area. Steady shooting several nights in a row will make them feeder shy, especially the bigger ones.

Just leave them on the ground. Here is a video of the hogs coming back to an un baited spot less than 10 minutes after killing one out of the same group.


[video:youtube]http://youtu.be/XlPV9hLO6do[/video]

They come back every time it might not be the same group but they'll come back.

Thanks for the great info and confirmation. Hunting at night south Tx in July, probably 75 deg nights. How long can I wait before the hog needs to be retrieved, gutted and iced down?
Thanks again.

Get them on ice as quick as you can I usually get them done in 30min. But if it takes you an hr to track one your better off getting pics and leaving it for the yotes and buzzards...

Good luck

Ages ago I used to go hunt feral hogs in Florida during Spring Break. I recall shooting a small boar where a couple of hours later another boar was eating the gutpile of his fallen comrade. I am not sure if a kill will upset the routine of other pigs. In addition, the first black bear my Dad shot over bait in Maine showed evidence of a bear eating the rest of the bait while the dead bear lay on the ground while he waited for the guide to pick him up.

Animals can be funny.

I bowhunt hogs, day and night. ALmost every time they will come right back if you sit quiet and they aren't too spooked. If not a lot of blood is spilled on the bait pile the rest of them come back the night also.

I killed three in a group one night at 1:00 and had the sounder return at 4 in the morning

Was that with a rifle or bow?

caught 16 in a trap killed them within 50 yds of the trap. 1 week later caught 18 in the same trap

it was rifle 308 bolt action

I've only been hog hunting once.

Shot mine during the day, at a feeder with my suppressed 300 SAUM AR10 and before it was done kicking...I had hogs returning to the feeder.

You just never know how long it will take.