Hog hunting

[KwackWacker]

Anybody have plans to hunt any hogs through the spring or summer? I usually try to get out a few times in the off season and whack a couple with my bow. They're really fun to stalk and they make great table fare too.

[progers]

Hey Kwack, guess it's getting about that time!?! So, what's your stratagy on gettin them fine swines??? Thinking I'm gonna have to get me some hog hunting time in this year!!!

[KwackWacker]

Grab my bow and find a swamp that looks kinda piggy. I start cruising river bottoms and swamps looking for sign. When I find some I start following it's direction looking for pigs. Thay have a GREAT nose, but their eyesight is fairly poor. Anything past 50 or 60 yards is a blur to them. Stay down wind and you can stalk within bow range pretty easily. You can't really pattern hogs like you can deer, so it's hard to hunt them from a stand. They move to where ever there is food. This time of year they're looking for grubs and new growth plants to munch on. About the only way to stand hunt hogs is to find a wallow when the weather gets warm and sit on it. Hogs will wallow almost every day when it's hot. The bad part about that is, well, it's hotter than the face of the sun in Georgia in summertime and just sitting in one place makes it even worse. Those are the days me and Doc need to be on the water, looking for Hawg Bass.

[bambeklr]

me and my buddys are looking for some land to go hog huntin on without and outfitter. I have been to cypress creek outfitters but dont want to spend the money. You guys nowhere I could go to get permission. I know most farmers want them shot they are a pest. But they sure are tasty.

[KwackWacker]

Where are you looking to go? I might be able to help you out there.

[DocHolladay]

i am trying to get the boat fixed so im being tight with my money cause i dont want the fella to charge me a massive amount and i not have it. but as soon as find out the cost of it i will get with you kwack and make plans to go hoggin and do a little fishin. what is the nearest lake to you or you favorite fishin hole?

[carnivore]

There's a few fellas where I work that hunt about a Kazillion acres of national forest for feral hogs here in Mo. There's no bag limit, and any weapon of choice, and all year season, Idon't know much more about it other than i've heard of a few 300 to 500 pounders taken. Just havn't taken the time to learn the particulars of pursueing them, If Mo. might be your cup of tea I'll get you a site reference.

[KwackWacker]

We've got more water than you can shake a fishing rod at Doc, name your fish and I'll find us a place to catch 'em. The closest lake to us is Thurmond Lake, around 72,000 acres. That ought to keep you busy for a little while. It's about a 20 minute ride from my house.

[DocHolladay]

you'll have to club me over the head to get me to leave the lake. ill go kickin and screamin.

[CRO]

I WENT HOG HUNTING OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS ABLE TO GET A 222# HOG WITH MY TRUSTY BOW.

[KwackWacker]

Nice piggy, bet it'll taste great with a side of barbecue sauce.

[CRO]

we are in hog heaven right now. i know of about 10 guys last weekend that went hog hunting and all killed at least one and some was able to get 3 or 4. if i get some pictures i'll try to post a few.

[progers]

Yea, I got some friends in South Louisiana and South Mississippi that is in "Hog" heaven right now! If I can keep em' out of the woods long enough, maybe I can get them here to share some stories and pics. They have really been packing the freezer with meat!

[DocHolladay]

still planning on going to see kwack and bag me a porker.

[hogdogs]

I work 2 traps daily and got 3 in one the other day. here in florida, any woddy, swampy spot will hold hogs. We have bazillions!!! If I had the trail dogs and tracking box...I could run dogs daily! But so far I have one catch dog old enough to catch and 2 that just turned 6 months and need to wait a few months for their adult teeth to set in firm before much more hog action. Brent

[hogdogs]

Hey, CRO, como ce va, bon ami (spelling) I see you live in lafayette! I lived their for a few years in the '80s. We lived in Broussard, Youngsville and Milton. I lived in the country between y-ville and milton actually. There was a mudrace track. It was owned by the landlord of our house so it more like my back yard and it held hogs after the racing was ended for good. I was living the area during the flood that hit around '86-'87 I think it was

[CRO]

I do live in lafayette and my home is off of johnston and bertrand. and yes i know where you use to live and my brother in law "hunting partner" lives in y-ville off of fortune rd. i bet you know were that is. i am glad to hear from a local fella and let me know if you ever return to the area and we can sit down and i'll buy you a cold one. take it easy and watch out for those hurricanes because the gulf is very warm early this year so we will be watching out for each other.

[progers]

If yall coastal boys ever need a place to ride tha storm out, feel free to give me a hollar! Just head due north till ya hit I-20.

[hogdogs]

CRO, I don't remember all the roads but I think the first place I lived was in a subdivision off johnston just north af Amb. Caffery has the area between y-ville and milton grown up with people or is there still gobs of cane and woods? Do you know many lifetime residents bikers that would now be in their early 50's? I was a transplant but loved it there! The only reason we left was the oil crash in the mid '80's The festivals rock. Enough off topic chatter

[Deer Slayer 13]

THe real easy way to grap a hog is in the swampy river bottoms of Alabama from motgomery on down to the Bay.

[craigdgardiner]

Live in Michigan so there arn't too many hoggs around (only on fenced ranches-sucks to hunt that way) I am interested in bow hunting hoggs out of state where they are wild. Would like info on where to go so it dosn't cost too much and would get a shot. Would like someone to talk to about it on where to go. I love the meat but not from a ranch. Tried that last spring and was disappointed with it because it wasn't sporting enough.