I could use some tips on wild hog hunting. Some may find this amusing but I have over 40 years experience hunting ducks and geese. Never hunted a critter with four legs before. I have spent 8 winters in the Crystal River, Florida area. Last winter I found where hogs had been rutting along a highway only a 1/2 mile from the RV resort. I began waking up early in the mornings armed with my camera and began hunting hogs from my Ford Focus and taking pictures of them. I began researching hog hunting. Then began contacting land owners for permission to hunt hogs on their property. Out of 15 landowners contacted, Three granted me permission to hunt their property. Now I have 140 acres leased within a mile of the RV resort for hog hunting.
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I began blending my own hog corn bait around Jan 1, 2016. Around Jan 6, 2016 I began setting out the fermented hog bait and constructed an 8' treestand. I placed the bait in areas where the hogs had been rutting. I thought this was going to be pretty easy. I placed the bait in the mornings, check it at sundown, and the bait was untouched. Check again in the morning, bait was gone. Something was eating my bait during the night. I began checking the bait at 3:30AM and caught raccoons eating my hog bait.
After two weeks of baiting the hogs I realized all I was doing was feeding raccoons. I concluded the
hog rutting was not fresh and never really found any hog tracks. Three days ago I discovered fresh hog rutting along a highway about 2 miles away so I know wild hogs are not far away.
Here is my question. Why haven't I attracted hogs to my bait? Not enough time? Wrong bait?
It is possible a hog or hogs have found my bait but don't leave obvious tracks.
A wild game camera would be great to have. Then I would know for sure what is eating the bait and the exact time of day, probably about 2 hours before sunrise.
Thanks for any pointers you may have. Jim Glass, Homosassa, Florida
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