Thread: Baiting Wild Pigs

Originally Posted by A330driver

Quote”Found a tonne of Yankee videos on YouTube (crikey, there's one where a hunter headshots 3 pigs with 1 round using bait - grain?) and it seems to be the preferred method of pig hunting over there. Did a bit more scratching around and it seems like the best bait is fermented maize (corn)?

Nah mate...the lazy ones use this shit ...TANNERITE.....look that one up,saw it used in Texas,Austin to be exact.A mate of mine whom I work with has a hog issue,not much of a hunter and uses this stuff as a “quick-fix”........plenty of videos of “hogs & tannerite”,certainly not my style,but when your overrun with pigs,its actually a quick fix.

TANNERITE is commonly sold in many states,you have to mix the ingredients........I have used it several times when shooting,its a short lived thrill type experience

Um, I'm not sure that Tannerite is legal in NZ (at least not without some kind of controlled substance licence)? I mean, you can buy ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder readily enough, but once combined you are technically liable for both manufacturing and possessing an explosive. I did watch a few videos of cullers using Tannerite. Not pretty.
Although wild pigs are an issue over here with regards to the amount of damage they do to native flora, as far as I can tell (judging by the hog culling videos I've seen online), we don't have anywhere near the amount of wild pig infestation they do in the States. Still blowing them up does seem a bit excessive - won't be long before they're mowing them down with drones!