Hunting & Fishing Hogs gone dark: Hog lures/techniques

[Rediculous]

I live in SC and our primary hunting property is being decimated by the unwelcome hog population. Last year I moved back home and really hit them hard in August just when our deer season starts off. Between me and 2 cousins we downed 24 hogs from August to December just deer hunting. As of late these piggies have gone to sneaking in to eat our deer food plots, corn, and whatever else is laying around, after hours. In SC the laws for night hunting hogs during deer season is laughable at best. Restricting to handguns with iron sights with less than 9 inch barrel and so on and so on. The heart of my sob story is, how or what are people getting these things riled up with. I want to find some attractant; bait, scent, call, etc. that will make these things forget the bad daylight experiences they had last year so I can blast them to kingdom come with a proper bullet, and avoid DNR confrontations over pigs. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jared91]

Sounds wacky, but I have used a creosene soaked powerline pole, (that gross gunky crap you see on powerlines), about a 10ft segment, laying on the ground. Hogs go nuts for it, what they do is rub themselves all over it, because it helps keep the bugs off. Can also dry diesel soaked corn

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[Rediculous]

I have heard about the diesel before, I may try that. The authorities may have something to say if they see me with a chainsaw near a light pole though...

 

[Grizzly23]

Where in sc are you do you have any agriculture other than food plots there are ways around dnr if you farm!

Kevin

 

[Rediculous]

I have spoken to DNR directly about a permit or some special permission, and I live in a small town near Aiken, but they shot it down. We have a farm with small crops all year for personal use and cattle, but the hunting property is a good distance from that and primarily a timber area we plant pines on and hunt the hard woods. They seem to think everyone spotlights deer after asking for permission to shoot hogs at night...

 

[cmica]

use a silencer, meat in freezer or give it to foodbank

 

[308Gunner]

Try digging a post hole and filling it with corn, take a jar of honey and dump it in a pile next to corn and then burn it. The hogs will be all over it, the hole with corn will make them hang around longer and if you can put some distance between you and them they won't be as spooked when a shot goes off.