MCgunner
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Okay, a while back I had pigs coming up in my back yard ruttin' it up back there. I baited a spot, put my motion detector out, and 4AM it started beeping incessantly. I got up, grabbed my SKS, and went out on the back porch. I turned on the green laser and saw eyes glowing back at me. I had cataracts at the time and was legally blind, but I just settled the crosshairs between a pair of eyes and let her rip, one 100 lb pig for the freezer. By sun up it was on ice.
So, along those lines, I just went out back and set up a motion detector. I have it as far back in the woods as I can get it and still get it to signal my receiving unit at the house. It's supposed to have a 400 ft range, but it's only a little over 300 feet through the woods. Trees probably limit range, I'm guessing, but it's far enough into the woods to keep 'em out of my back yard and garden.....I hope.
I put the game camera there and dumped some corn. Don't have a feeder set up, just figured on dumping corn there to attract them like I did before. If I get pigs on the corn, it'll be kinda spooky creeping back there for the ambush, I reckon. I figure to use my M4, 62 gain TSX handloads, and the green LED lamp that's on it. The green laser on my SKS works a lot better, but I'll be no more than 40 yards from 'em when I get in sight of the spot I baited and my cataracts have been fixed.
I've had a spotted pig coming to my feeder for months now, an occasional black one. That spotted pig lives in my woods I think. I don't believe he's transient. He's sorta large, fat looking, and tasty. This strategy worked once. I'm tired of trying to guess when the pigs will be at the bait. Ol' Spotty has been coming in late evening 9-10 lately. Hopefully, he'll find the new spot. Of all the techniques I've tried, the motion detector and my trap have been the only successful techniques since we moved here to hog heaven. And, the motion detector thing is FAR more exciting than just shooting 'em in the trap, though I'll take my pork any way I can get it.
So, along those lines, I just went out back and set up a motion detector. I have it as far back in the woods as I can get it and still get it to signal my receiving unit at the house. It's supposed to have a 400 ft range, but it's only a little over 300 feet through the woods. Trees probably limit range, I'm guessing, but it's far enough into the woods to keep 'em out of my back yard and garden.....I hope.
I put the game camera there and dumped some corn. Don't have a feeder set up, just figured on dumping corn there to attract them like I did before. If I get pigs on the corn, it'll be kinda spooky creeping back there for the ambush, I reckon. I figure to use my M4, 62 gain TSX handloads, and the green LED lamp that's on it. The green laser on my SKS works a lot better, but I'll be no more than 40 yards from 'em when I get in sight of the spot I baited and my cataracts have been fixed.
I've had a spotted pig coming to my feeder for months now, an occasional black one. That spotted pig lives in my woods I think. I don't believe he's transient. He's sorta large, fat looking, and tasty. This strategy worked once. I'm tired of trying to guess when the pigs will be at the bait. Ol' Spotty has been coming in late evening 9-10 lately. Hopefully, he'll find the new spot. Of all the techniques I've tried, the motion detector and my trap have been the only successful techniques since we moved here to hog heaven. And, the motion detector thing is FAR more exciting than just shooting 'em in the trap, though I'll take my pork any way I can get it.