Pigs in the Woods

I was surprised this weekend when I went on a favorite hiking trail in the mountains here in GA, when I saw signs of pig rooting almost everywhere. I know that the wild pig population has been increasing here, but was shocked to see how much activity there was directly on the walking trails and fire roads. This of course got me thinking about trying to do some hog hunting, which I have never done before. When in the thick woods, what are some good strategies for bowhunting these guys?

 

Can you bait? I don't hog hunt but it seems like most hogs are shot over bait.

 

Corn water sugar and kool-aid let set in sun for a week in 5 gallon bucket they will come from a decent distance to eat it.

 

Corn feeders for sure. If they aren't too pressured in your area they will probably find the feeders and hold schedule like clockwork. A bucket feeder works pretty too.


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Pigs are baited mainly because of their feeding habits.

Left alone, a pig won't move until pitch black if he's on roots somewhere.

Toss a corn feeder out and you mess with his mind thru his heavy appetite to hurry and eat before it's all gone, then go root.

They come to rotted anything, fruits, veggies, carcasses. Peanut butter, molasses, sugar cane, and whiff themselves to it.

If you can't bait. You need to trail cam the times they hit the rooting areas. They rotate rooting areas. Best rooting areas are near water where the water nourishes the ground, recedes and plant life starts. Pigs root the fresh growth roots. Dig acorns, palmetto berries too. So oak trees and palm trees dropping berries and palmetto bush berries are great places to look for fresh sign.

Pigs will mud up during the day so find some water , holes with mud, like elk do, pigs love mud !


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If you can't bait, spot and stalk is a lot of fun with pigs also

 

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately we are not allowed to bait up here. I think that spot and stalk is the way to go, but imagine the challenging part will be getting close enough...

 

Keep the wind in your face, they don't see very well but those noses will smell you a long way off, you can walk up well within bow range on them. Also if you can find a good hog waller they often use the same place repeatedly.