have spent a little time with some professionals and the diesel soaked corn is something they used as well as corn or wheat soaked in water with a couple packs of koolaid in it. Let it set for a couple weeks in the sun and its ready (aweful smelling stuff). Another had to trap beavers and pigs on a piece of property and he went after the beavers first so he could use the carcass for pig bait (said it works wonders). Fish heads and guts works very well and don't have to worry about deer getting in there. Trapping has come a long ways and the best way to catch the entire sounder is with the trail camera that gives you a video to your phone and you can watch them go in the trap and when they all get in there, you can trigger the trap door with your phone. Before those triggers, the trappers would let the bait set in there and leave the gates open for a few days like you are saying before setting the trap to let them get used to it. The area we were in had bears so couldn't use snares, but the trapper said that a lot of times when some pigs are caught in the trap, the others kinda walk around the trap and you can put snares out and catch a few more that way.
You are right they are pretty smart critters, good luck kill em all
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