Guys
I do a fair bit of feral pest destruction down here in the great southern land but I'm about to try something new. Some property owners I know have an issue with feral hogs rooting up their pasture (both day and night), fouling their dams and recently they picked off a newborn calf
. So, they've asked for the heat and I'm only too happy to oblige, being a feral hog hating conservationist from way back. Anyway, I've shot pigs before but these ones have plenty of state forest to retreat into and aussie feral pigs are crafty bastards with excellent sense of hearing and smell, so I'm not wasting time hunting them on foot in dense bush. Instead, I'm going to try baiting them into the open and shooting them from a hide. I've only done the bait thing once before, using a carcass - and the pigs ate the lot within 2hrs - before I came back to lie up. So, I'd like to seek some advice from the learned SH collegiate on baiting methods.
I was thinking about soaking corn or lupins in a mix of beer and jelly (jello in US speak?) crystals, with maybe a splash of diesel fuel and let the whole mess ferment for a few days before burying it near one of their favourite spots - and maybe spreading a little on the surface. Has anyone tried this or similar bait before and how has it worked out? I'd be particularly interested to know how long it took the pigs to come onto the bait used.
As for the mechanics of shooting, by the looks of the aerial photo map, there's a shed about 300m away where there's been human traffic and the pigs are obviously used to it. That may serve as a shooting point and the system will be a surgeon based 6x47 Lapua shooting 90gr ballistic tips.
That's it. All advice welcomed.
Priest
I do a fair bit of feral pest destruction down here in the great southern land but I'm about to try something new. Some property owners I know have an issue with feral hogs rooting up their pasture (both day and night), fouling their dams and recently they picked off a newborn calf
I was thinking about soaking corn or lupins in a mix of beer and jelly (jello in US speak?) crystals, with maybe a splash of diesel fuel and let the whole mess ferment for a few days before burying it near one of their favourite spots - and maybe spreading a little on the surface. Has anyone tried this or similar bait before and how has it worked out? I'd be particularly interested to know how long it took the pigs to come onto the bait used.
As for the mechanics of shooting, by the looks of the aerial photo map, there's a shed about 300m away where there's been human traffic and the pigs are obviously used to it. That may serve as a shooting point and the system will be a surgeon based 6x47 Lapua shooting 90gr ballistic tips.
That's it. All advice welcomed.
Priest