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stravis
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They don't stay wild long when you're feeding them. On another property we caught 11 in a night. In three days you could walk in the pen with them.
Feral Hog Damage
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EddieWalker
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A friend has been trying to trap one on my place. He put some corn inside the trap and some outside of the door. They ate all the corn outside of it, but never touched the corn in the trap. Then they figured out how to push the trap out of the way of the corn so they coulg eat it without having to go inside of the trap.
Now it's anchored and in a more wooded location so it's not so easy to push around.
I'm having fun hearing what's happening.
Eddie
Now it's anchored and in a more wooded location so it's not so easy to push around.
I'm having fun hearing what's happening.
Eddie
Bartcephus
Gold Member
Yesterday, Some of my seat time was devoted to leveling out hog damage in a pasture area. I was using a box blade to "drag" the field. What a BUMPY ride. I could imagine that shredding this summer would have been slow and ruff. They have our place torn up quite a bit, but finding them in the day is tough. We have wooded areas, pasture areas and thick overgrown areas which you can barely walk through. We have killed several but when you see a Sow with 6 piglets getting away, you know you are losing the battle.
Not wild after 3 days of feeding? Climbing in the pen with them? Sorry folks, I don't want to risk a mishap of one getting away. I'd rather eradicate them right from the start.
We have traps, and hunts going on. We have about 1100 acres. Good news is that we have seen more deer and turkey this spring! Skunks seem to be out a lot this year too. Need to thin out the raccoon population a little.
Not wild after 3 days of feeding? Climbing in the pen with them? Sorry folks, I don't want to risk a mishap of one getting away. I'd rather eradicate them right from the start.
We have traps, and hunts going on. We have about 1100 acres. Good news is that we have seen more deer and turkey this spring! Skunks seem to be out a lot this year too. Need to thin out the raccoon population a little.
deerefan
Veteran Member
I have dealt with, tracked and hunted wild hogs for over 20 years. One thing a hog does not care much for is plenty of human scents and activity. As an experiment, my neighbor had a bad problem with them wallowing on the outskirts of his cow pond, so I told him to leave some old, dirty clothes lying around the pond and anytime he was on the property and had to urinate, do it in the wallows. Sure enough, the hogs left and 2 years later have yet to return. I know it sounds silly, but they have a tremendous sense of smell and are quite smart. Their sense of smell is what makes hunting them so hard. They smell you long before you see them. If you are interested in trapping or baiting, take a 5 gal bucket, put 3 gal of corn and 2 gal of milk in it, set it in the sun and let it ferment. Put it out where you have seen some activity and sit out in the early am or late evening. They will stop to wallow in it and eat the corn on their way out in the evening and their way in to bed in the a.m. The sour milk odor attracts them and the corn keeps them eating.
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stravis
Gold Member
Did it work? I've tried that but there never seems to be enough dirt to fill in the holes. I would have to bring in soil from somewhere else to have enough. Any tips?
Bartcephus
Gold Member
What I "leveled" out was where the hogs were "rooting" up not a wallow. They tore up the ground making little pits and mounds of dirt. The dirt was pushed around a bit from the hog activity but it's not like they dig under the corn feeders. (Yes, I will prolly have to bring in dirt there.) The rooting however just leaves the ground rough and bumpy. It's kinda like box blading shalow pot holes, but I didn't have to use the scarifiers on the box blade because there were the mounds pushed up too. I didn't get it "seed bed" quality. Just trying to make my summer shredding a little easier. I'll see if I can get some pics next time. I always seem to leave my camera elsewhere when I'm on the tractor.
Hope this answers some of your questions. If it was much worse I would have disked the field and then box bladed since I don't have a drag harrow or regular blade.
Hope this answers some of your questions. If it was much worse I would have disked the field and then box bladed since I don't have a drag harrow or regular blade.
Gary51
Silver Member
I got several large used truck tires from the local tire dealer for free and chained them together, tread to tread. 3 in front and 4 in back. If you drag the damaged areas after some rain, but before the grass gets too tall, it will level the mowing areas pretty well. Not smooth enough for hay meadow, but good enough for bush hogging.
Bartcephus
Gold Member
I remember draging pastures with a "tire harrow" back when I was in high school. Those things sure are nice to smooth out soft ground too. Cheap to make, and depending on what you tie the tires together with, they can last a long long long time. We would use them to smear the manure in the pastures to keep dead spots from showing. I'm thinking that was my first significant seat time was draging the tires.
Glad you brought that up... may have to just make one, havent used one in years.
Regards!
Glad you brought that up... may have to just make one, havent used one in years.
Regards!
