Hogs

[Big_wals]

Got this one last Christmas. Hunting with the in-laws in Texas.

 

[jayhawk]

No, but I really want to get into hunting them

 

[BT_707]

Northern CA

 

[GSPHUNTER]

I hate pigs.

 

[pirogue]

This is a fairly big hog. Only shows in the middle of night. For perspective, the bottom of the wye opening, is 32” above ground

 

[wytx]

A big boar is on my bucket list. I think my biggest is 225#.
Taken lots of 150-185 pounders.
Looking like nice warm weather next week down South. Hope the pigs are active.
Family has not been baiting all over so the few sights should be active I think.
Spot and stalk works pretty well on the property too.

 

[Boltgun]

Hunting hogs is so much fun! How in the world is there not a subforum just for hogs?

We have a lease down in GA specifically for hogs, and it's overrun with them. We make 3-4 trips each year and bring back tons of pork.

It started as a cheap hunt, but after the lease, multiple thermals, 6.5 Grendel builds and suppressors, it gets expensive! We've done stands, still hunts, hound hunts, vehicle hunts, but I think my favorite is still daytime stalking. It's a rush every time.

 

[Ownthewest]

Just an average day checking cattle in TX.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

View attachment 542441
Just an average day checking cattle in TX.

I hate pigs. I love shooting pigs.

 

[BLJ]

Couple questions that I hope are relevant.

1) How’s the meat? Is it like farm raised pork?
2) Any good spots on the East Coast? I’m in central WV. We have a season but it’s only in 4 counties. I don’t think there are a lot of public land options there. Thanks.

 

[Stugotz]

 

[Jbogg]

I hunt public ground in the Southern Appalachians of North GA. I’m usually far enough in that they have to be quartered and packed out. The big black sow felt like she was every bit of 300lbs. The boar was even bigger.

 

[Fordguy]

Hunting hogs is so much fun! How in the world is there not a subforum just for hogs?

We have a lease down in GA specifically for hogs, and it's overrun with them. We make 3-4 trips each year and bring back tons of pork.

It started as a cheap hunt, but after the lease, multiple thermals, 6.5 Grendel builds and suppressors, it gets expensive! We've done stands, still hunts, hound hunts, vehicle hunts, but I think my favorite is still daytime stalking. It's a rush every time.

Does a tactical (gun mounted) light work well with a standard scope for night time hunting/shooting? I had hogs on my place for the first time last week. Ended up with 20-30 of them making a run at me in the dark, in the rain.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Couple questions that I hope are relevant.

1) How’s the meat? Is it like farm raised pork?
2) Any good spots on the East Coast? I’m in central WV. We have a season but it’s only in 4 counties. I don’t think there are a lot of public land options there. Thanks.

The ones I have got tasted nothing like farm raised pigs. The meat is closer to beef, a deep red color and very lean. For breakfast sausage I add pork fat, 15-20 %.The chops are the closest to farm raised. I really like it as does the wife. As for where to hunt on the East coast, I think Florida has a pig problem, but like Cal. a lot of the pigs are on private property so it's likely a pay to play situation.

 

[Boltgun]

Does a tactical (gun mounted) light work well with a standard scope for night time hunting/shooting? I had hogs on my place for the first time last week. Ended up with 20-30 of them making a run at me in the dark, in the rain.

It certainly can! I killed a lot of pigs that way before I had NV and thermal.

You’ll want something with a narrow beam that roughly matches the scope FOV. Some fancy hunting lights (Wicked Lights) actually have zeroing dials on the mounts, but that’s not usually necessary.

Just make sure it’s not a wide shallow beam, and look for hunting spots with open shot lanes. Any foliage between you and the target will light up and make it tough for your eyes to focus on the dimmer hogs in the background.

 

[BLJ]

The ones I have got tasted nothing like farm raised pigs. The meat is closer to beef, a deep red color and very lean. For breakfast sausage I add pork fat, 15-20 %.The chops are the closest to farm raised. I really like it as does the wife. As for where to hunt on the East coast, I think Florida has a pig problem, but like Cal. a lot of the pigs are on private property so it's likely a pay to play situation.

Thanks. I sounds like there worth taken care of for table fare. I guess that was my real question. More about how they taste.

I’ve heard about Florida having some issues. The public situation doesn’t sound much better than WV. Thanks.

 

[Jbogg]

Couple questions that I hope are relevant.

1) How’s the meat? Is it like farm raised pork?
2) Any good spots on the East Coast? I’m in central WV. We have a season but it’s only in 4 counties. I don’t think there are a lot of public land options there. Thanks.

I usually just cook wild hog on my pellet grill. Always thought it tasted somewhere between domestic pork and venison. It’s always been very good with the exception of one tough big boar hog.

 

[Felton]

I win the smallest pig award! I can’t stand them.

One of the methods we use to catch/kill them was to put a “hog bomb” in our food plots that had a fence around them. The hogs would find the corn mash pile and couldn’t eat all the corn and then bed down in the field. We’d then drive up to the gate and close it and proceed to kill every last one.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

View attachment 542897

I win the smallest pig award! I can’t stand them.

One of the methods we use to catch/kill them was to put a “hog bomb” in our food plots that had a fence around them. The hogs would find the corn mash pile and couldn’t eat all the corn and then bed down in the field. We’d then drive up to the gate and close it and proceed to kill every last one.

I think I got you beat, but it's close!

We kill a couple 100-200 lbers per year for sausage and various ground mixes. I like to make bratwurst with them especially. Where our camp is at the population is nutrient limited, nobody feeds corn or plants crops so their numbers don't go crazy. Usually we'll just see the dogs winding something while in the back of the truck and let them out, they'll bust the hogs out of their hide and we'll swat them down out in the open after calling the dogs back. I much prefer shooting them in the daylight. I just got a fat one a couple weeks ago so my big kid just chases them around with the drone, he took this vid last weekend.

View this content on Instagram

View this content on Instagram

 

[Felton]

I think I got you beat, but it's close!

Where’s the judge? I want him over right now to see the numbers! Lol