How will hogs react...

22donk

Ok, a friend of mine and me did some hunting over feeders last week. He shot one and lost it in some thick palmettos. We looked for about 1 hour. Found decent blood, then the trail stopped, after scouring in the pitch black with handguns and headlamps we stirred up a rattler. Never saw it, but was rattling near us dangerously close. It was the most nerve racking thing I've ever experienced, chest deep in palmettos entwined in grape vines with a rattle snake pissed off within 5 feet of us. We narrowed down what direction was safe and backed out. Question is how will the remaining resident herd (about 15 roughly) react to a dead hog within their bedding area? Would they stick around, or split?

fish_stix

They'll eat him and look for more!

Turner River Terror

Buzzards are gonna be on it by weeks end.
Maybe Cayotes tonight. Possums soon .
It won't last a week but it'll stink there till the next hard rains. Hogs don't really have a Bedding Area . Nothing is forever with Hogs.
They might be 5 miles away right now just cause Acorns are falling over on the Ridge.
You put out lot's of Food they ain't going anywhere . They might start showing up after dark , but they'll still stop by for a late night snack Stinkin dead Hog layin 50 yards away or not..

22donk

Turner River Terror wrote: »

Buzzards are gonna be on it by weeks end.
Maybe Cayotes tonight. Possums soon .
It won't last a week but it'll stink there till the next hard rains. Hogs don't really have a Bedding Area . Nothing is forever with Hogs.
They might be 5 miles away right now just cause Acorns are falling over on the Ridge.
You put out lot's of Food they ain't going anywhere . They might start showing up after dark , but they'll still stop by for a late night snack Stinkin dead Hog layin 50 yards away or not..

Good to know. I'm gonna run a camera again there in a week or 2, see what's going down. Them hogs found a home there. I know they tend to move, but these ones are lovin the food I'm dropping. Got over 800 pics of them. They feed and forage near the feeder from sunup to sundown. Out of all those pics only got about a dozen after dark. Pretty cool. Got em sleeping under the feeder for hours on end and mating under it too. Don't think they're going anywhere either.

CatchDog

fish_stix wrote: »

They'll eat him and look for more!

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JRussell

I shot one with my rifle on the edge of a big palmetto head. It dropped instantly then jumped back up and ran off into the palmettos. I had good blood but just like you it dried up on me completely. I was on my hands and knees looking for more blood and a 100# boar walked right up to me at less than 10' and just starred at me. He got a face full of 10mm lead. Never did find the 1st one but those hogs were right back in the same area the next day.

Capital Punishment

Ive had a very similar experience and it took a couple days for them to show back up to the feeder but it was always at dark....never had them on camera in the daylight again, until some new hogs showed up a couple months later.

mindyabiness

I think the scent left by you your friend will have a bigger impact on the hogs than their dead comrade. There is no telling where The hit hog is, or even if he's dead. He may survive. I've taken apart hogs and found lead and broad heads. I took a mechanical broad head out of a hogs neck once, it was completely grown over. I've seen a fractured rib shard sticking 3/4" into the chest cavity that flesh had grown over and completely healed.
My experience is they will be less likely to come to the feeder during daylight hours for a while, but that would depend on how much food is available elsewhere and how many young pigs or piglets are in the group.
You don't say where you were or where you are from, but isn't it getting a little hot for trying to kill a pig? Were you hunting at night?

a little knots

Dont even worry about that !!
Let it calm down in there .
maybe a rain or two an your good !!!
That pig is on alot of menus its goin to be
gone fast !!
The rain will be good to get your sent out
of there !! Good luck !!:machinegun

22donk

mindyabiness wrote: »

My experience is they will be less likely to come to the feeder during daylight hours for a while, but that would depend on how much food is available elsewhere and how many young pigs or piglets are in the group.
You don't say where you were or where you are from, but isn't it getting a little hot for trying to kill a pig? Were you hunting at night?

I'm in Vero Beach. Just love off season hog hunting, heat doesn't bother me. I do understand the effects of this hot weather on fresh kills. Been pretty fortunate to locate our kills quickly and get em on ice. These hogs have been out daily even in the very hot weather. Have very few pics of them at night. Never seen hogs so diurnal. Got one pregnant sow and one sow with about 10 little ones. I've ran cameras there since early march. Have only seen the herd grow. My guess is more will come in eventually.