The best time for hogs is sunset... They can come out during the day, but normally they bed down until it cools off... in the heat of the summer, they may come out to cool off. Hogs do not have sweat glands, and must cool off. Also understand hogs are very nomadic, just because they are there one day, that doesn't mean they will come back the next. The predictable thing about hogs is, they are very unpredictable.