Hog Calls

TNHagies · 10-30-2009, 10:39 AM

Have any of you ever used hog squealer calls or grunt calls? If so, what kind of sucess have you had with them?

98Redline · 10-30-2009, 12:48 PM

Never tried any sort of audible call.

For me, it has always been scents and/or spot and stalk.

TNHagies · 10-30-2009, 12:53 PM

I've never tried them either but hogs are curious animals just like deer so I thought it might be worth a shot. All the calls I found were about $10 so I think I'll just get one and play around with it. I was just curious if anyone else had any luck with them. Cabela's and a couple other places had favorable reviews of them.

rmocarsky · 10-30-2009, 04:47 PM

I was watching Tred hunt in Fla a while back and his guide actually snuck up on a piglet, ran back to Tred and began to shake the baby.

It squeeled like crazy and guess what? . . . .

HERE CAME THE ADULTS TO THE RESCUE!

Amazing.

Rmocarsky

P3FE · 10-31-2009, 05:55 AM

I've tried them in areas where I could hear the pigs close to me and got no response. To me the calls sounded like injured rabbits not piglets. But I have had some success walking up on hogs if I have made a noise or stepped on a stick I grunt like a hog and that seems to cover me.

SWThomas · 11-01-2009, 05:18 AM

I've never tried an actual call but I did have a couple hogs come close to my ground blind once and I tried snorting at them. They seemed curious and snorted back a couple times. Another time I was standing at my truck and I heard something in the woods across the street. I snorted a couple times and out walked two small hogs. They stood there looking at me for about 10 seconds and then bolted.

Rebel Hog · 11-02-2009, 09:19 AM

Learn Hog vocalization before using Hog calls............

SWThomas · 11-02-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebel Hog

Learn Hog vocalization before using Hog calls............

Good advice. I have learned more about hog hunting by just sitting and watching them do their thing instead of shooting the first one that comes out.

TNHagies · 11-02-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebel Hog

Learn Hog vocalization before using Hog calls............

Good advice. I'm fairly well versed in their vocalizations, I was just curious if anyone has had any sucess with the calls.

After I posted this I spoke with a good hog huntin' buddy of mine who uses them. He says that it's about as effective as calling deer. Some times they love them, other times you get nothing.