How to hunt the pigs on up coming hunt?

[Knapper]

Interested in information on how to hunt the pigs on the up coming hunt?  What to ware, camo, gillie, ect?  Any input would be helpful especially from anyone who has hunted there in that area?

I read the helpful posts on shot placement.


Tom

[moleman]

Tom ,this will be my first hog hunt as well, seems like were both gonna get a learning lesson.......and brother, aint it gonna be fun!
 

[Dirtybird]

Guys check the anatomy charts above and study them really good.  You can't shoot hogs like deer or you will be very sad. Low and straight up the front leg if broadside or if quartering put it in the armpit.  I hope to hear some stories when you fellas return.

[Dirtybird]

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=108224
Here ya go fellas!

[Knapper]

Yes, it should be a great adventure.

Looking forward to meeting a lot of folks.

I would like to harvest a hog but for me the true measure of a sucessful hunt is not measured by what or if I harvest an animal.

Hope to get some helpful input here.  Like you no hogs in Southern Indiana and I have never read or seen a great deal of information on a spot and stalk hog hunting.

[Matty]

Where will you be hunting?

[killinstuff]

In the Georgia woods, your ears will be your best friend.

[Axis Thinner]

In my stalking experience in Alabama, the best tips I can give you are Binoculars, and learn to use a grunter. Small subtle grunts are reassuring or will distract them to "look" for other pigs. Quite often you can grunt up a single after you have already shot up the original sounder of hogs.
Always have an escape route, or a plan. Sometimes you shoot a good eatin size pig and when the squealing starts Mom will show up, and she won't be happy. I found out I could still levitate up a sapling at 62 yrs.  Pigs don't see well, but they seem to have better noses than deer, even when it is buried in mud. Play the wind.
Best of luck on your hunt.

[Stan the bow man]

Listen they sound like a bunch of old grippie men in the distance. Work the wind. If they have feeders hunt them late evening and after dark. Shoot silhouettes under moon. Thats how i have killed hundreds here in Texas.
Good luck and have a blast.
     

[tuscarawasbowman]

Below thread is a good one.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=42;t=000085

[Knapper]

It is the Feb. Howard Hill hunt organized on this site that will be in South Central Georgia.

[pdk25]

Grab ahold of RC's leg and don't let go.

[moleman]

Thanks for the great resources listed above folks, after some research im more than ready. Now, getting the hogs to cooperate, thats a whole new twist.

[Hoyt]

Cover lots of ground till you find fresh sign then slow down, look, listen and smell.

[RC]

Hoyt hit the nail on the head.You can spend all kinda time trying to figure them out but the bottom line is ....There is no magic potion for killing a hog. You cover ground quickly till you hit fresh sign and walk in the wind till you find pigs. Stay low and move in cover quickly and quiet and shoot at the first opportunity. I believe every minute that goes by that you are inside 40 yards on pigs your chance get less to kill one. I have walked a couple of hundred yards and killed pigs three days in a row and walked probably 20 miles worth in the same swamp and sign and not seen one. Its hunting.RC

[TejasNW]

I have never hunted in GA, but can tell you what my strategy would be for a new area in TX.  Get an idea of how much pressure they are exposed to at that time of year.  Public land or private?  Do they encounter other recreationalist besides hunters frequently in the woods?  Is there a mast crop before or during your hunt?  Has there been drought?

If there is a mast crop they could be anywhere, so key on water sources.  If there is ag crops, then focus on paths between the fields and the closest low bank water source.  (look for fresh wallows.)  If it dry, then they will be very near the water.  Work concentric semi-circles into the wind towards the water.

If the pigs are pressured, they have gone nocturnal.  Your only chance after first light or before dusk, will be to move slow, get low and scan under everything.  It will be dark in the shadows.  Look closely.  Then look again.  They will be in the thick and deep for cover and concealment.  You may have to 'bust them out' but they will either slip out an escape path or be on the move, so react quickly.  You will not get a standing shot.

If they are not heavily pressured, morning and evening is going to be your best bet still; but you may get some action in the mid day.  Early and late, find open meadows, fields, semi cleared areas.  If you are adjacent to agricultural fields you will see the paths.  Ambush coming or going.  If meadows, look for recently rooted earth.  It will look like a roto tiller has been run randomly over an area.  If they earth is not fresh, keep moving.  They have.  

During the mid day, find water.  They will not be far away.  Follow the fresh sign and you will find what part of their home territory they are working; and they will be in cover in the mid day if hot, perhaps still feeding if cool.  Work the wind and move slow.  Don't be out in the open to be silhouetted, even if it means working well around your target.

Like other game, it is a matter of finding the 'triangle' - water, food, bedding - in their area and narrowing that down to the freshest sign.  Work the wind, don't hurry!  Key on water and food.  They are less mythical than some of their press would have us believe; but they are very smart.  They know the best defense is to move out in response to pressure.  Second is to hide deep in the 'thick and nasty'; and dare anyone to come in after them.  

Be patient and enjoy the hunt.

[tarponnut]

Great advice guys.

[Friends call me Pac]

I made this report after my 1st pig hunt.  maybe it can help.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=074286