Using tar anyone
 

I heard that wood tar is great for attracting pigs. That they love to come and rub against it. So I tried it in an area where we were not sure of there were pigs. I just smeared it on a rock and a few expendible trees. A few weeks later we found that they indeed had been there and rubbed off all of the tar.Have anyone else experience regarding this?

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Definitely. We have a lot of pine trees in our area and the hogs will cut some of these trees with their tusk (we call them cut trees), which causes the tree to bleed (seep the turpentine out). The hogs will then rub their shoulders in it and other parts of their body, but mostly the shoulder,particularly the boars. They will then lay in mud, which sticks in the turpentine, which causes the shoulder to creat what we call a shield, which becomes extremely tough. This shield protects him in fights with other hogs. The turpentine also helps keep bugs off the hog.

I've seen these cut areas on very large trees, 2 to 3 feet high and sometimes they completely ring the tree. There will also be mud on the tree.

dog1

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what about old oil, like from and oil change, i heard if you have it put it on a old rug and they will come to it..........any truth to that ?

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huntnma,

Yes old motor oil will work. We use to staple old feed (cloth) sacks around a tree and then put hog wire around it. Would keep it soaked in old motor oil and the hogs will rub against it. The oil helps keep insects off the hogs.

dog1

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coolbeans :) thanks very much, not that i have any private land to try this out, but it's good to know for when i do have some :)

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It makes sense with oil. I was i Tunisia once and there were naturally oily mudponds and they were sure pig rallying points.Im not to sure its environmentally sound though, using motor oil. It doesn´t take much to ruin water.

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The best thing that I have found (and I haven't found it again) is Creosote soaked rope. I have a whole roll of it, but the people I bought it from don't have anymore and can't remember where they got it. You cut of a good length and wrap it around the tree at pig shoulder height. They Love Creosote. Most guys use railroad ties for that reason, but carrying a railroad tie into the deepest parts isn't very practical. You just cut a length of this rope and make a rubbing pole anywhere. Great stuff. I have seen the exact thing dog1 has seen though. The big one I shot last week had cut pine trees ooozing pine tar all over where I shot him. You can usually tell you got a big one when those cuts and pine bark ripped off are waist high on you.

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You can buy creosote in gallon cans and make your own , my Dad used to buy it for weatherproofing fenceposts .

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Where to they have it in gallons? Would Home Depot or something have it! Thanks for the info.

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I don't know where he got it , Home Depot might have it though . Sometimes you have to prowl old country hardware stores and farm supplies for things like that .

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bb23,

I'm not sure you can buy creosote anymore. It's my understanding they have outlawed it because of soil contamination. I would recommend used motor oil. Years ago my grandfather used to tie a chain between two trees, about 2 feet off the ground, and wrap it with old feed sacks (cloth). then soak the sacks in motor oil. The hogs will walk under it geting the oil on them and this helped keep bugs off them. This was for his tame hogs.. That's where we got the idea of wraping a tree with the sacks and puting the oil on them.

dog1

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just go get a rail road tie and put it in the ground when they've got the good out of it refresh it with some cresote from the store if you can't find that diesel fuel will work