I Have The Wild Hogs Arrival Time, But Still No Pictures.

I have let the bait sight sit unattended for a week. My Dad was in town, and I am still waiting on the new cover & latch for my Stealth Cam Core game camera. But I couldn't wait any longer. The anticipation of capturing a hog on camera and finally knowing what time they are coming into the bait site was just too much. I woke up early Saturday morning and set out on a hike to set up the camera and bait once again. I was cautiously optimistic seeing as how I have been deceived by these hogs over and over again.

I reached the site at a little after 7:00am. I noticed that the bait I had left over a week ago was gone and it seemed to me that the hogs were still stopping by and checking in, even after the bait had been all eaten. I quickly set out two more buckets of Wild Hog & corn mix, then ventured out, hoping not to be noticed by neither animal nor hunter. I am still doing my best to keep this site a secret, as to keep the local dog and knife hunters as far away as possible.

I headed out Monday morning to retrieve the SD card and set out more bait. Once again, when I reached the site, I noticed that all of the bait was gone. I am feeling pretty good at this point. I know that the hogs have come in and taken the bait. I also know that I had my game camera in working order and pointing right at the bait pile. So now the only question is how good of a picture I got. But somehow, I once again was wrong. The camera only took nine total pictures. Three pictures were from Saturday night at 10:55pm and the other six were from Sunday night between 9:30pm and 9:45pm. The pictures are almost completely dark. I cannot make out a hog in the picture but at least I have a time stamp. That is at least some documentation on when the hogs are making their way into the area.

I repositioned the camera before leaving. I have set it up on a tree that is within five feet of the bait pile. I also positioned it a little lower on the tree. I hope this works in helping to get a better picture of the hogs coming in at night. If it doesn't, it will be time to start looking into another game camera.

This is a lightened up version of the photo taken on Sunday night.

This is a lightened up version of the photo taken on Saturday night.

This is a picture of the bait site on Saturday morning when I was setting up the camera. The bait site is roughly +/-20'-0".