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For the first time in the 8 years I've lived in this house, we've got pigs.
So far, they've done a rather nice job of clearing out overgrown pathways, rototilling around trees, and destroying that sugarcane my husband keeps planting in awkward spots.
Unfortunately, they make the neighborhood dogs go crazy, and have knocked over a few plants I like, so it's time for them to go.
We've got a bow hunter coming, and we're thinking some bait would be good. What do pigs like (besides mulch and sugarcane)?
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Corn, but they're not picky because they're pigs.
Also, a .22mag works well and you're less likely to have a squealing pig running through the neighborhood slinging blood.
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You mean if I
had a gun, and if I was a good shot...
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Originally posted by oink
Also, a .22mag works well and you're less likely to have a squealing pig running through the neighborhood slinging blood.
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We used to have pigs that showed up at dusk like clockwork. After a little observation we figured it out. We have a lot (an embarrassing amount) of chickens on our property which was previously a commercial guava orchard. At dusk when the chickens went up into the guava trees to roost, their activity would knock the guavas down onto the ground. The pigs figured out the timing and showed up every night for their guava dessert. When that guava season ended the pigs stopped showing up.
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A decent hunting bow and arrow is more effective than 22 mag. You can often send a 1" broadhead hunting tip right through a pig, leaving a devastating wound track. Bows however, are a short range hunting tool. I wouldn't use one much past about 15 yards. Usually you'd use a tree stand for them. .22 mag has a much longer effective range, but for a tough animal like a pig, I prefer .30 caliber and up.
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I trapped 6 pigs a couple of months ago and they went crazy for dog food.It also took quite a while for them to pick it up to eat,so they stayed stationary for a long time.
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When we were trapping pigs a while back, a local friend brought over a pickup truckload of papayas from a local farm. Most were rotten/unsellable, so I think he paid $10 for the load. The pigs loved them...
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Mmmmmmmm!!!!! Papaya fed pig! Get the Imu ready!
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Last I checked Diamond Head Papaya in Keaau was selling a tote of "reject" papayas (about 800 pounds) for ten dollars. They dump them into pickup for free. You need to call ahead to see if they have them.
They use a steaming process to kill fly larvae for export papayas and they use some of the rejects to calibrate the equipment. Most of the "rejects" don't actually have anything wrong with them other than they were the wrong size / color / look for the export market (which is most of the market), or they were used in the calibration process. When you see cheap papayas being sold at farmers markets (4/dollar, 6/dollar, etc) they came from places like this.
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So the bow hunter didn't show and didn't call, and we're back to square one.
I got the list of pig trappers from Yagong's office, so I think we'll try one of them next.
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