How long to ferment corn?

[T Sunstone]

Was thinking about trying this for hog hunting.  Ferment the corn with Jello or cherry soda, dig a deep hole and pour in.  Will it ferment in a week?

[FerretWYO]

put a bottle of cheap wiskey in there and give it about a week or so at room temp it will start. Longer the better though. Maybe acolobowhunter will jump in I know he does it a lot.

[BWD]

Add a little pack of yeast, so you can watch it bubble.

[Brian Krebs]

the sugar in the corn will turn into alcohol after yeast gets into it.
 You can add jello to flavor it; but take some packages of bread yeast; and put the yeast into a big jar with some warm water and stir it up; then when it has dissolved- which will happen in no more than 20 minutes- pour it into the corn- which should have water added to it to where it is soaked and has liquid around it.
 Stir it up.
 The yeast will turn the corn sugar into alcohol; and the pigs should enjoy it.

 I don't see how adding whiskey to the mash will do anything- so keep it for when your processing the pigs  

[bornagainbowhunter]

I would not put it in the ground.  Put it into buckets or drums.  Much easier to handle and haul, unless you are putting it directly onto the bait site.  If that is the case the pigs will probably eat it before it ferments.

[straitera]

Only use after it's sour. Use a 5 gallon bucket for curing with yeast water (above) & organic scraps (potato peels, etc). Don't press the top down tight (may explode). It'll "stink" in 3-5 days in warm setting. Prefer to spread it out a few generous handfuls at a time. The pigs will find soured corn PDQ-2 days tops. Rebait & get ready.

[longarrow]

I mix Diesel fuel with the corn, nice SWEET smell in 3-4 days and the hogs love it!

[Jerry Ragle]

how much diesel

[James Wrenn]

If any hogs are around they will find the corn fast without doing anything to it.:)I don't want what I plan on eating chowing down on Diesel fuel myself.    

If you want some smell to help them find it just go to the feed store and get a bag of dryed mollases.It will bring them in and not pollute everything. jmho

[bentpole]

Put out a tub of Jack Daniels for a few days before you hunt them. This way they'll be marinated already.  

[Gary Logsdon]

Buttermilk Terry, BUTTERMILK!

[Bill Skinner]

I put in about 1/2 pint of kerosene to a five gallon bucket.  Coons and deer won't eat it, only hogs.  All the kerosene does is worm the hogs.  Bill

[Chuck Jones]

What's the idea of the fermented corn Trying to get the hogs drunk??????

[TxAg]

Originally posted by straitera:
Only use after it's sour. Use a 5 gallon bucket for curing with yeast water (above) & organic scraps (potato peels, etc).  Don't press the top down tight (may explode).  It'll "stink" in 3-5 days in warm setting. Prefer to spread it out a few generous handfuls at a time. The pigs will find soured corn PDQ-2 days tops. Rebait & get ready.

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[sw]

Depending on the climate - in 50 to 60 degree weather a corn/sugar mix will kick off in about a week or less and make a sweet mash, merely pour your corn in, fill with water about 4 inches over the corn, let it soak for about a week. Once it soaks up it will be breaking down, add your sugar and stir it up. Go back and stir it once a day or two - no yeast needed.

You can add a teaspoon of baker yeast to 50# of corn and 50 pounds of sugar and kick it off faster, but you do not need it. Watch your bubbles - once it stops working it will stop bubbling and will spoil in days.


If you do not want to make that much - cut the 50#/50# down accordingly. I have feed domestic hogs this slop to fatten them up 14 days before slaughter - they eat it up.....

I have heard tales of some wrapping a 55gal barrel with hay and blankets in cold weather to help it kick off. Making a sweet mash is not hard and the resulting liquid is corn beer (sweet mash).

Do not cover the barrel tightly. A board over the top works fine and lets the gases escape. Expect a rotten beer smell from it that will attract horses, cows, pigs and other animals - including your local revenuers......


CAREFUL however you are skirting the law doing so, and could very easily be taken for making shine. In some states it is ILLEGAL to mix corn and sugar in a barrel.


I have seen soaked corn and diesel work VERY well. I have also seen a hole dug 2 foot deep, handfuls of corn with cherry jello powder thrown in and then covered up work very well.... Personally unless you live in the country - stay away from soaking corn and adding sugar to the mix - neighbors can get the wrong idea, and the BATF has zero tolerance for it. To many other proven hog getters to mix up then just corn/sugar.

[Ragnarok Forge]

If you throw in the diesel is it actually making shine?  I was just going to post, if it smells good enough to drink, don't.  Buy the good stuff.