Thread: Pig baiting help required

Good luck with the venture.

Let us know how ya get on

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dead goats work to and fish. tie dead goats or sheep to a tree or fence post so the pigs cant drag them away. I had 2 dumps set up 400m from each other one had 3 goats in it and a couple of weeks later I checked it and saw sign so I went back the next night and shot a 120lb sow 80lb sow and a 3rd pig but we never found it. then I went to the second dump the other week in full moon that had goats sheep and heaps of guts and saw a sow a good boar and 2 small pigs but they didn't hang around then saw a 200+ boar cruising through. went back the other night and shot a sow of it. as soon as you see they are eating it start waiting in the evening. don't go there to often or the pigs wont show up so put as much stuff down as you can and put it where you can see from a good distance. make sure your gun has the power to drop pigs and make sure its accurate those pigs can take abit to drop especially if you spook them then shoot them. good luck!!

Originally Posted by johnino

I bought a 25kg bag of maize from a prize prick in Farmlands Waipapa (RD1 in future). I'll get it fermenting away in a bucket.
Went for a recce this morning. Found a little hollow by the edge of the bush with fresh pig rooting. I'll bait up around this area. I just bought a trailcam off ebay. Can't wait to set that up. I might shoot a turkey or two and chuck them down there too. A bit of blood and bone spread around. What pig won't want to come and hang out there.Attachment 22670

johnino

Dig some little fist size holes about 6" down and chuck a hand full of Blood & Bone into each hole cover over and tramp it down where these pigs have already had a root around.

This would be a good spot to bait up, especially if you have a shooting spot away from the bait station.

Cheers
Pete

Just bought a bag of blood and bone today. It's a tricky spot. I can't really get further than about 50 metres from the spot before I lose sight. It's also a wide open flat area to reach the hollow.

Originally Posted by johnino

Just bought a bag of blood and bone today. It's a tricky spot. I can't really get further than about 50 metres from the spot before I lose sight. It's also a wide open flat area to reach the hollow.

Sounds perfect to me

Get into a down wind shooting position late afternoon and sit or lay in wait for them to come to you.

You can put up a blind if you want the pigs wont mind it if your 50m or more away.

Cheers
Pete

Johnino

Have you thought about trapping the pigs

Build a pen like these near where the pigs have been rooting.
Feral pig traps

Tie the gate open and feed them up for a week or so so they get used to the trap then drop the gate and they will push their way in to get at your fermented corn.

Can catch several at a time this way.

Cheers
Pete

A bag of maize silage off the ground sure attracts them if your using a trap.

Good idea. I prefer if I can use stealth and stalk and drop them but if I have no joy I might try that.

I know you won't be using any of these but they are ideal in the Northern Territory.




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monstas

Originally Posted by johnino

monstas

Nah just Babies, mere suckling piglets compared to the really big ones.

Got a call from the missus at 5:30 last night that the pigs were roaming on the farm.
This is from through her car window.

Left work and up on the farm by 6pm. No sign of them. Waited quietly until nightfall. Not a sound. Little buggers.
I went up again this morning before the sun came up and lay in wait but still no sign.
I haven't laid the bait yet. I mixed up the maize and milk this morning and left it in the sun to brew.
I'll probably do the blood and bone and maize on saturday arvo.

Use some bait bonitos that have gone foul or whip the guts out of something and they will come running. There is an offal hole next door to a place i shoot and it always brings in some pigs.