Hog Bomb
 

I just got the Bass Pro Shops 2009 master hunting catalog and I see that there's a product called the Hog Bomb. It's an aerosol like the buck bomb except that it's for little piggies. Has anyone used them? The WMA's here in Florida don't allow baiting and this just might be the ticket to luring the hogs out of the swamps and thickets.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

I hate to break it to you, but using Hog Bomb is baiting. Whether the WMA's recognize it or not.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

Spencer, it's my understanding that attractants are allowed but actual bait is not. They just don't want someone setting up feeders on the management areas. A hog bomb won't attract turkeys or deer ands hogs are considered a nusance.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

I understand what you're saying and that's why I said "Whether the WMA's recognize itor not". But it is still technically baiting. I have absolutely nothing against baiting and I frequently use bait myself. It's just the misconception that using a pile of food is the only thing considered baiting that irks me. I'm not sure what is in the Hog-Bomb but I think I saw a can of it at Bass Pro and it said something like it smells like fruit... That would probably attract a deer or a bear if there were any in the area.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

If just scent is NOT considered baiting ( I would check with FWC), you could make your own scent that will blow the hog bomb away. Just sour some corn in a five gallon bucket for two weeks. Drain and keep the water. Pour over a bush. I swear when I make a batch of this up humans can smell it almost a 1/4 mile away. God knows how far hogs can.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

If the hog bomb just smells like fruit I could just make a spray using strawberry jello. The corn juice is a good idea, it would also work in a spray bottle if dumping it on the ground classifies it as bait.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

According to the FWC officer I spoke with "SCENT" products ar NOT baiting. But then he said hmmmmm....because I put it to him this way. I told him about the corn juice idea and he thought it would be bait, then I asked about deer scent products and he said they were allowed. So I asked him what the difference was. He said he would get back to me on it. Even the FWC does not know and it would be hard pressed for a ruling.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

Wow! What a crock that is....

RE: Hog Bomb
 

I think that the difference is that bait will actually feed the animal or in the case of corn juice it'll make the hog think that there's food in the ground, and it stays behind and continues to attract after you leave. If the attractant is in spray form it'll drift away and the odor will diminish in the breeze. I've never hunted over in Ft. Meyers but I'm sure that it's similar to the east coast where I am. Where these hogs live the muck is deep, the brush is thick and the mosquitos are even thicker. The spray might technically be considered baiting but if fwc says that it's allowed I'm going to try it.

RE: Hog Bomb
 

More power to you brotha! Like I said, I bait all the time. If it's whithin the guidelines, go for it! :)

I have heard it works great and than i have heard it sucks. your better off just throwing corn out there buddy

I think it's another Human lure or gimmick like the people that make hog wild, to me it's just hog wash.

+1

I find the empty cans lying all over the place but never any gut piles. Stuff is expensive too.

i have used mash several times but never any sprays

mash works great
sprays not so sure about

I've always had great luck with hogs by pouring out some Wal-Mart brand jello mix. Peanut butter didn't work at all. I tested that theory out and that whole jar of peanut butter went untouched for almost a week until the racoons found it. All the corn around the jar of PB was eaten by the hogs but not the PB. Weird huh...

Basically what it boils down to is what their food preference is. If there's something else in the area that they prefer over what you're using....They won't touch your stuff. All animals are that way, even squirrels.

Here in Texas just about anything is legal, with the exception of poison. Regarding baits -- last year my sister-in-law gave me a package of Hog Wild. I tried their suggestion of digging a hole and putting the bait in with some corn, and then covering it. It took the hogs a few days to find it, but they did dig it up pretty well. However, I think it's really just ground berries or fruit with sugar -- basically Jello.

I'm with SWT. I buy generic gelatin, usually raspberry or strawberry, and mix it with corn. I make sure to get the kind with sugar rather than the sugar-free stuff. I think it works as well as anything.

A comment on mash, or sour corn. My (limited) experience is that the hogs don't necessarily like it, but they'll eat it if they're hungry enough. The advantage of using it is that deer and raccoons won't bother it so it stays around until the hogs decide to go for it. If you dump mash and plain corn, the hogs seem to eat the plain corn first.