springbok787
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As the title suggests what are other people using? I currently use maize, but I was wondering if there is anything better?
What are people using for wild boar feed/bait?
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Dan Gliballs
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Maize and larder offal as food. Maize is put in 5 gallon drums that have holes drilled in them, the pigs roll barrel around and maize slowly dribbles out. Stockholm Tar rags hung around as attractant.
springbok787
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When you say don’t buy cheap where/what do you buy may I ask?
Dan Gliballs
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So much better? I don't see how it can be, we've shot every boar that has appeared here.
Pine tar or beech tar, can't be that much difference in the two. I believe Stockholm tar IS the expensive stuff.
Jagare
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I've just got in from shooting a boar. I've tried the maize in alcohol, assorted flavour additives and have found plain maize works as good as anything else. There are lots of different tars on the market now with different properties if you believe the marketing bollocks. I use what ever I can buy cheap and Its mainly the larger boar use the rubbing post. There was a Telegraph pole out on my neighbors ground that was well tarred in manufacture and the boar love rubbing on that pole even when there was no visible tar left. The drum with holes in is a good idea but I find that if you fill it up a sounder will empty it in a evening. I'm into putting out the minimum food per boar shot.
John Gryphon
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Dead cows,nothing better,pigs will travel 20 miles up the scent line.
Jagare
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Its illegal to put out animal waste here in Sweden. A mate of mine that hunted in Germany just after the wall came down said dead turkeys from a turkey farm were a favorite bait then.
Bavarianbrit
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In Germany it is illegal to leave any dead food chain cadavers in the countryside to avoid cross contamination from BSE or other lurgys (shot foxes, badgers etc are ok to leave) but hunting ethics means best to hide them in an old tree stump or a hole in the ground. The tar is good if the boar also have a muddy wallow close bye.
Jagare
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That fat fecker has never had a hard life and has eaten to many dead sheep .
springbok787
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I can see me having some landowner issues if I start dropping dead cows in his woods.
Nice knashers though
Dan Gliballs
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I should've made it clearer. I only ever put a couple of kilos in the drum. By using the drum method we find that it makes the pigs more comfortable and confident in their surroundings as it takes a couple hours to get all the maize out. The more time they spend on the feed station the more confident they get.
Jagare
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I made one out of a 60 ltr blue drum attached to a chain with swivels etc. It worked well for a couple of evenings and then it disappeared. I found it quite away out in the forest where the boar had rolled it minus the chain,swivels and anchor pin. To this day still not found the chain. Even though the plastic on those drums is quite thick it suffered from mice nibbling round the holes. I've got some metal eyes like they use on the edge of tarps to put in the holes to make them mouse proof.
I use a German purpose made drum that works really well and as you say it keeps the boar busy for a while. My main way of feeding maize is still to put maize under a half sheet of ply with a large stone on it.
A chap I know made a drum out of a square 25ltr drum tied with a bit of rope and that worked perfectly well.
springbok787
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Thank you for this. Can I ask where you get it? The two sources I can find are Bushwear who are out of stock and a couple of German sites, which I suspect might make the postage a bit expensive. The both Mole Valley and TFM just looked confused when I asked.
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