Cass Creek electric handheld boar caller

[379 Peterbilt]

I'm looking for opinions on this caller. Who has used one and can give their thoughts.

http://www.casscreek.com/prod_boar.html

[Graybeard]

I believe your results will be about the same if you'll shout in a loud voice:

SOWEEE, SOWEEE, PIG, PIG, PIG. and repeat as necessary.

It has not been my experience that the sounds of other hogs are that much of an inticement to hogs to come running. The sound of a feeder going off is the best hog call I've ever seen so far. And the ONLY one that worked.

[379 Peterbilt]

Hehe, good one Bill, and probably quite true.

Did wonder about it's effectiveness as a cover "sound" device. Might help sound more like a hog walking through the woods than a human perhaps.

[Graybeard]

Kinda hard for a two legged critter to sound like a four legged critter to the other critters who have vastly superior hearing to our own. I think being as quiet as you can and moving slowly and stopping often are the best options to fool the critters ears. You are NOT gonna fool their noses so don't forget the wind.

[markc]

Tried recorded pigs noises, feeding, squeals etc.. in the past with no results.  Now, my hunting partner has a hand held mouth call of a piglet squeal and it did get results.  Some sows came in to it pretty quickly.  Works like a fawn distress bleat at just the right time of year.  I guess with sows breeding all the time, it could be productive any time they are close enough to hear it...Worth a try I guess.  Otherwise as GB said, the feeder going off is a good call...

[VTDW]

A piglet and pair of vise-grips will make a realistic call.  Other than that you should try Bill's suggestion.

[Zachary]

It has not been my experience that the sounds of other hogs are that much of an inticement to hogs to come running. The sound of a feeder going off is the best hog call I've ever seen so far. And the ONLY one that worked.

Ah yes, the feeder.  "Dinner bell" if you will.  I have seen and used them extensively in Texas.  I may be in a stand and it can be as quiet as heck, with no movement anywhere.  Then, within no more than about 3 to maybe 5 minutes after the feeder goes off, hogs seem to come from nowhere.  It's truly very funny.  Personally, I don't call that hunting, but rather shooting, but that's another story.  The bottom line is that those feeders are dinner bells for hogs, and, might I add, deer too!

Zachary

[Graybeard]

Back in '97 we went down to FL to Carter's Pasture (sadly now closed) for a fallow deer hunt. After taking our fallow bucks Mike told us we could shoot all the meat hogs we wanted for free as they were taking over the place. He also agreed to let Mrs. GB shoot meat hogs at $25 each I think was the fee. While I was out hunting for fallow that morning she got her a meat hog of about 85-90 pounds and that afternoon I went with her to a feeder location with a metal shooting shack for us to hide in.

In that near 100 degree heat that metal shack was not fun to be in at all but it was effective in hiding us from the game. When the feeder went off within a couple minutes deer of at least two and maybe three different species started walking into view and a whole passel of hogs a couple of turkeys and some other miscellaneous exotics arrived. I tried to get Faye to line up on a hog and me the same and then at the count of three to both shoot so we could both get one. She declined saying she'd got one that morning so I should just shoot one.

The distance was a bit far for my iron sighted .44 magnum so I used my scoped 7-30 I'd shot the fallow with. I waited to get two lined up just right but the little 130 grain bullet didn't have enough to get thru and kill both so I only got the one up front but it went down on the spot. Seconds later not a critter was to be seen other than the one dead pig.

For sure feeders are the one game call that works if they are used to feeding under them.

[379 Peterbilt]

Sounds good, and loved the tale Bill. However here in Wisconsin we can not bait the freeranging hogs. I wish I could utilize a feeder/baitstation, but it's just not legal, hence my electronic caller post. I'll heed the advise as per the cass creek gizmo though.

I have actually perplezed the biologist here in Wisconsin, after posing questions to him on hog hunting tactics. Hogs in Wisconsin are the black box for the bios. New and uncharted water for us, so to speak. I am to the point were, through my somewhat limited hog hunting, but successfull experience, that I now have the bio's full attention. I have put my time in, had proven results, and forwarded info to him. But I am relentless in obtaining information on any angle that will help me kill more hogs, here in hog newby land.

Hog hunting tactics in the south are well established, I do know full well. But here in the north, it is in it's infantcy.

Thanks for the tips........