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Title: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: rastaman on June 10, 2012, 05:40:00 PM
Recently Greg Campbell of  www.swamphunts.com (http://www.swamphunts.com)  became a new sponsor of Tradgang. I've known Greg casually thru the Traditional Bowhunters of Georgia for quite a few years, but i never had the opportunity to get to hunt with him until recently.  His operation is only about 20 minutes from me, but until just recently i had plenty of hogs to hunt on my own place.  For whatever reason, the hogs on the place i hunt (and for a couple of miles up and down the creek) disappeared. i love to hunt hogs, so i decided to give Greg a call a couple of months ago. i've hunted Greg's property 4 weekends now over the last couple of months, and i've had a blast! i decided it was time to share some of my adventure.
Greg offers you the opportunity to hunt on your own if you are confident in your ability or he will take you out and guide you.  My advice if you are a novice hog hunter, let him take you out for at least a day.  It will shorten your learning curve greatly!  i've been into hogs everytime i've gone out.  We call them "encounters".  i've killed three-missed a couple-and had several almosts!
As an added bonus, Greg took me bowfishing with his son and another friend Friday night.  It was a first for me, and i had a blast.  i didn't get any pictures of the bowfishing adventure cause i was too busy shooting!  Greg can offer you a bowfishing/hoghunting adventure if you want.  PM me with any questions you might have.
Thanks for looking!
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000199.jpg) (http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000190.jpg) (http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000191.jpg) (http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000194.jpg) (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc484/rastaman53/Snapbucket/AFA7CD6A-orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: rastaman on June 10, 2012, 05:40:00 PM
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000196.jpg) (http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z287/rastaman1953/hoghunting%202012/P1000197.jpg)

He doesn't charge extra for the snakes!  :cool:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: jcar315 on June 10, 2012, 06:40:00 PM
Congrats on some fine looking hogs! Sounds like a great time and love the snake pic!
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: JAG on June 10, 2012, 06:53:00 PM
Great hunt Randy!  Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: lilbobby on June 10, 2012, 06:56:00 PM
Thanks for the info Randy, looks very interesting!
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Post by: Duker on June 10, 2012, 06:59:00 PM
Some great looking hogs  :thumbsup:  snake  :archer2:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: on June 10, 2012, 06:59:00 PM
Looks like fun!

Congrats,

Bisch
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: PaPaFrank on June 10, 2012, 07:11:00 PM
Good Stuff Randy!...You really had me into it until those last couple pictures...Yikes!
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: 2treks on June 10, 2012, 07:33:00 PM
Great job Randy, Is that a little baby in the grass?
what kind of snake is that?
YIKES is right!  :scared:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: rastaman on June 10, 2012, 07:50:00 PM
Hey Chuck! That's a little football in the grass..maybe 8 to 10 lbs.   The snake is a timber rattler. Some people call them "canebrakes".  There aren't a whole lot of snakes where there are hogs cause they eat them. For whatever reason, we never see small rattlesnakes here. But we don't see any very often. Luckily I stepped near his tail and not his head!
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: Richie on June 10, 2012, 07:59:00 PM
Sounds like you had fun, nice job.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: team fudd on June 10, 2012, 10:34:00 PM
congrats on some fine hunting!  Just got done with my first hog hunt and have to say you are a lucky man to get to pursue them so often. Nice shooting too!
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: joe skipp on June 10, 2012, 10:43:00 PM
Looks like a great hunt...until the Rattler showed up...   :scared:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: Gil Verwey on June 10, 2012, 10:54:00 PM
Well now I know where those South Carolina snakes went, finally.

Nice pictures and hog Randy.
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Post by: LimBender on June 10, 2012, 10:59:00 PM
great pics and hog killing.
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Post by: Bjorn on June 11, 2012, 12:09:00 AM
Nice hunt-Congrats!!
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: straitera on June 11, 2012, 12:24:00 AM
Well done hunter! Nice job on the pig. Thanks for the pix. You;re right about few snakes in hog country. See how this plays out in a few years with the rodents.
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: 2treks on June 11, 2012, 06:58:00 AM
Thank you Randy,
It sure looks like a good time was had, I bet that won't be your last bowfishing trip, that can get pretty addictive.

CTT
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: maineac on June 11, 2012, 07:56:00 AM
Looks like the place has a lot to offer.
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: rastaman on June 11, 2012, 05:52:00 PM
Hey Michael!  Greg's place does have a lot to offer.  Greg offers bowfishing trips, hog hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, coastal hog hunts (in the winter time) and any combination of the above when they are in season. i'm hooked already!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: T Lail on June 11, 2012, 06:26:00 PM
I have hunted with Greg before and nobody knows more about pigs and getting them then he does.....
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: Terry Green on June 11, 2012, 07:33:00 PM
:jumper:     :jumper:    :jumper:    :jumper:    :jumper:
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: BWD on June 11, 2012, 07:40:00 PM
Good deal Randy.
Title: Re: Successful Hog Hunts With a New Sponsor
Post by: caleb7mm on June 12, 2012, 12:23:00 AM
been thinking about a hog hunt hard latley. I might just give them a ring