Boar Caller

[paf13]

Does not work, for weeks it hasn't worked for me, boars do not come.

[Pinger]

works fine for me as long as they are in range of it and not wary

[MorbusGon]

You have to be within range (200 meters) and then try to use the Wild Boar Caller 4 times in a row and then wait for the 90 second duration. Always works for me with every callable animal.

[briansaxton]

Originally posted by MorbusGon:

You have to be within range (200 meters) and then try to use the Wild Boar Caller 4 times in a row and then wait for the 90 second duration. Always works for me with every callable animal.

Also, make sure you're downwind and that the boars have not recently been spooked. They'll only come if they're calm -- not nervous, attentive, alert, etc.

[Geronimo]

Boars are usually very easy to lure.

I would suggest that there are other dynamics at work when it seems to be difficult to lure them.

Luring any animal involves variables, some unique to a species, and others unique to environment, time, and hunter footprint.

[Striker]

Some callers have a better chance of getting an animal to respond than others but none of them exceed 60 per cent under the best conditions. With some callers you only have a 40% chance.

Other than Fallow or Roe deer, an animal with its' nose down in the feed bag or bellied up to the water bar is unlikely to respond to a caller. That doesn't mean they will always stop eating or drinking, just that are more likely to do so than any other species I've encountered. Most of the time you'll be lucky if it does more than move around a bit (which can actually be all you need if all you want is for some other lesser animals that are blocking your shot at a monster to get out of the way).

An animal moving at a quick trot is intent on accomplishing something. It might be evading a predator or it could just be late for dinner. Either way our chance of getting it to stop and respond to a caller is rather low.

Mating calls you hear coming from downwind can be coming from an animal that is 200 meters away. You might be able to get your scent fan out of it's nose long enough for it to respond to a caller but most of the time those vocals mean your cover is blown and using a caller is rather pointless.

The higher the difficulty level assigned to an animal, the less likely it is to respond to a caller.

Knowing when and where to use a caller is just as important as having one.

Hope this helps and happy hunting.