Wondering if you guys are dealing with hogs on the land you hunt. I'm planning a hog hunt sept 20th and want to get some tips.
I have to deal with hogs all the time here at Fort Benning, there are a lot of people that know more about than me but I know a good bit. What do you need to know about them?
Have only seen one Hog in my life in Michigan and sure wanted to go after it. Sucker was huge! Follow some walo or other heavy low cut path and pinpoint those suckers.
soak a barlap sack in diesel and wrap it around a tree, the hogs will rub it for days, or bury some corn, or soak some corn in diesel, hogs don't care kill every single hog you see
They are smart and have very good noses so stay down wind. If they are not competing for food they may not even come out during the day. Fixed broad heads work better and if you don't make a good shot they can run forever so aim for the heart. IMO
yeah, the areas i hunt up here in northern TN some of the famers and even when i was on active duty at Fort Campbell they were said to be around, yet i have not encountered any yet. i did when i was in Germany though, not a very good experience because they are highly aggressive there
Personally, I'm still dumbfounded by Tennessee's move last year making it illegal for hunters to shoot wild hogs. I understand what they were thinking, I just can't believe that they made it "law".
As far as hogs go, they won't move much in the heat of the day. Early morning, late afternoon and before and after a rain have been my most successful times to go. Anywhere with lots of low ground and easy access to water is likely to have pigs living nearby, they usually leave noticeable sign such as rooting or wallows, lots of tracks as well since a sounder can have anywhere from 6 to about 30 pigs and they move a lot.
hogs like to move at night between 10 and 4 and i have seen alot in the middle of the day if it is not real hot the best thing to with hogs is sour corn and put it out and put a trail camera over it check with local dnr and u maybe able to hunt them at night
not illegal to shoot them, just no longer a season for them. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Wild Hogs
Is that from the new guidebook? I'd suggest doing some checking into it before you start "gunning" for them. Last year's rules were very specific. Unless you were a landowner or fell under a lease exemption it was illegal to shoot them. It looks like the lease exemption went away this year too. Their reasoning was that if they made it illegal to shoot them then idiots would stop relocating them to provide year-round hunting hog hunting.
Interesting, never heard of that. I'll have to try it to draw them away from the area of the mineral site.
yes, that is from the book as well as the website. yes you have to be with a landowner and on their exemption starting this july. there is also some areas that are WMA's that you can kill them if allowed during other hunting seasons based on the rules set forth for that WMA. so yes you can kill them if you follow the rules. i see why they did it that way because you always got some knuckleheads that have to play the system and sucks there is no official season anymore. nothing worse that a stinkin hog coming into your area messing up a good hunt
