Trying to find some hog hunting info.

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Rock Knocker

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Luckily we don't have a pig problem up here in MN yet but being the ever helpful great guys we are me and a buddy or two are looking to help you southerners out.

There's info as far as my mouse can click on the internet about outfitter and ranches offering pig hunting but I figured I would try to get some info from guys that have done it.

I don't know where to even start with my questions but I think for the most part what we're looking for is something cheap, possibly minimal guide service but with 3 or 4 days of hunting included. Not too interested in night hunting but that could be a fun bonus. Not particular to any states right now. Not terribly interested in taking trophy animals, we would love to have some meat to take home but we would be traveling in a small private airplane so size and weight is a factor.

I would love any suggestions and helpful tips!
 
Night hunting is the way to go imo. Also your not going to find anything cheap to tell you the truth, hog hunting has turned into a business just like trophy qhitetails. It's very difficult to find anyone who will just let you hunt without charging outrageously. I'd start with Texas though, from there look at South Arkansas. Florida is also a great place to look, Georgia as the above post says. You say you want meat? Look at any of the mentioned states. If you think you even might want a trophy, I'd look at South Arkansas and Texas. But that hog meat gets heavy quick so you saying that weight could be a concern I have no idea what to suggest.

There was a decent hog ranch a couple miles from me but they got caught letting hogs go so they got shut down (I think) but you can look them up, Rolling R Ranch Zinc, Arkansas.
 
Being from MS, we have quite a few hogs but it is very hard to hunt them. I have a few farms that i was given permission to hunt on. Since 2011 ive killed about 650 hogs. But we go several months between sightings. One farm we killed a big boar 3rd week of january, the next one was June 22nd. Now there are no more signs. So we wait.

It is really hard trying to get land owners to let us hunt them even [beeep] we have a stack of references from other farms and deer hunting clubs that will vouch for us being legitimate and respectful of their land.
 
Originally Posted By: NonnieselmanBeing from MS, we have quite a few hogs but it is very hard to hunt them. I have a few farms that i was given permission to hunt on. Since 2011 ive killed about 650 hogs. But we go several months between sightings. One farm we killed a big boar 3rd week of january, the next one was June 22nd. Now there are no more signs. So we wait.


I would not complain with those numbers. To get 650 kills you would have to average killing an 11 hog sounder every month for 5 years running. That's a lot of hogs .....Especially since you say you go several months between sightings.

 
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If I were looking for a guided hog hunt I would call Glenn Guess. He is in Texas and kills a bunch of hogs. I think he is on youtube as Hog Zombies.
 
Originally Posted By: TyrodIf I were looking for a guided hog hunt I would call Glenn Guess. He is in Texas and kills a bunch of hogs. I think he is on youtube as Hog Zombies. +1
 
Hog hunting isn't as easy at it may seem, you may want to rethink the guide situation. 6mm-06 posted a story on their hog hunt in South Georgia awhile back, I want to say it was over toward Savanah somewhere, and that one offered fishing and hog hunting opportunities on the same hunt.

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...066#Post2901066
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...477#Post2952477

You might want to look him up and chat.


Everyone sees the numbers on hogs in southern states and thinks they can just wander into a given patch of woods or knock on a farmers door or two, and they're going to find hogs, and unfortunately it just don't always work that way. Yeah, there are a lot of hogs down here, but...

1.) They tend to move all the time, they don't necessarily stay in one spot. Any hunting pressure, heavy traffic, food source gets a little scarce, water source gets scarce, bear, cats, and coyotes put pressure on them, they move. I had problems here at the house for 2 - 3 years, 25 - 30 of them here on a regular basis, the neighbors and I put the heat on, I've had one come and go, on no predictable schedule, at no predictable hour, always at night, for the last 3 years. Otherwise I have seen 2 young sows with pigs on one occasion only in the last 2-3 years.

2.) They love thick cover. Hunting them on public lands can be about impossible. Your best chance of finding them is right after a rain, otherwise they're going to be holed up in a swamp someplace hiding in a cool damp spot where they have a mud hole nearby, up until about mid-October when it starts cooling off a little down here in the south. They will typically move and feed at night, because it's cooler then.

3.) Farmers aren't going to be as open to hunting hogs as you might think them to be. A lot of the farming down here in Florida, Georgia, and a few other southern states is produce. And, unlike farming in the north, the guys down here have to deal with health inspectors harassing them incessantly, inspecting everything they do in their fields.

Above all else, wild hogs are not necessarily as stupid as their domestic cousins might lead you to believe them to be. They can be at times, don't get me wrong, but they can also be very very difficult to do anything with, unless you have a great deal of experience dealing with them in this environment. You'll have a far more enjoyable experience if you seek out a guided hunt.
 
Rocky you could not have said it better.

Just to give you a reference of how much they move, about 2 years ago I kept getting a big boar on my camera around 12:30p at night and another guy would get that same exact hog on his camera at around 1:00-1:30 and by trails we drove it was about a mile and a half away but cutting through the woods you could cut it down but still it was a ways away.
 
Thanks for the info on some guys to talk to. I knew a guide service was in order, and figured just walking onto some land and shooting away wasn't going to happen. I will start checking out our options, I'm just not looking for a full on trophy hunt where I am walking on the guides coat tails and having to wait for him to tell me when to shoot. Just want to get out to a new area and have some fun, or at least try.
 
Its strange, you hear about all the farmers and ranchers that have "hog problems", but when you ask to hunt them, they want paid or refuse to let you hunt. Kinda makes you wonder if its realy a problem.
 
Originally Posted By: pyscodogIts strange, you hear about all the farmers and ranchers that have "hog problems", but when you ask to hunt them, they want paid or refuse to let you hunt. Kinda makes you wonder if its realy a problem.

I have often wondered the same, only thing I can figure is they must have Federal crop insurance and get paid rather they harvest or not. It's their land and have the right to manage it anyway they want but don't cry to my about how much damage the hogs do and then want me to pay them to shoot them
 
I am also looking to go hog hunting, kind of thought about Oklahoma. Haven't seen any mention of Oklahoma. Would be looking for a reasonable guide with possible multiple hogs and or predators. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
 
Quote:Its strange, you hear about all the farmers and ranchers that have "hog problems", but when you ask to hunt them, they want paid or refuse to let you hunt. Kinda makes you wonder if its realy a problem.

Have you ever asked a farmer or rancher that you personally know about hunting hogs after they have complained about them? Or just repeating something you heard?

Don't expect a landowner to open up their land to total strangers. It is also often the case here that hogs are tearing up pastures of one owner, but spending most of the time on another persons property or roaming across multiple small properties. Most damage is done in the middle of the night. You might have to sit on a pasture for weeks to catch the hogs there. Then the one night you don't go, they show and wreck the place. Or they show up, you get one shot and they are gone again.
 
Another reason that people don't grant access is that they have already leased the hunting rights out to a group for a sizable amount of money. They really can't.
 
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