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Offline beyondmyken

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beginner hog hunt questions
« on: February 05, 2006, 08:41:00 AM »
How far will hogs range from a bedding area to a feeding area?  I have read that they like to bed where it is thick and water is nearby.  Do they use the same bedding area often?
Has anyone tried the chemical Cyalume green stick chemical lights at night on trails and feeding areas?
How sensitive to treestand height are hogs?  Any recommended minimum heights?

Offline Joseph

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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2006, 10:32:00 AM »
The only one I can help you with is the treestand hieght.  I have shot 3 hogs and all three were shot from ladder stands that were between 6 to 8 feet tall.  I could have danced a jig in them if I wanted to.  A pigs head is made to look down at the ground for food and when there nose is on the ground their ears fall over their eyes.  Joseph
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Offline Bacote Kid

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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2006, 02:05:00 PM »
Hawgs ain't got the best eyes but they very well may be second to none in the nose dept. Hogs range alot. They're more nomadic than anything. But sometimes they will find a spot and stick to it for awhile as long as their needs are met. Now what Joseph said is true about their ears as long as it a heavy feral blooded hog but if it a Euopean Bloodline (or Russian) the ears will be very very short compared to a ferm hog and will stand straight up like a Rat Terrier's ears and not be anywere near their eyes. Just one of the many indacators on the strain of hog you are looking at. KEEP THE SHOTS LOW. Good luck...  :thumbsup:
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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 12:33:00 AM »
You need to PM Curtis Keller, better known as Littlefeather on Tradgang. He is the Hog killin' guru of Texas. The boy flat out slays em! Tons of knowledge on the critters too.
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Offline cuthand

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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2006, 07:04:00 PM »
beyondmyken : Pigs need water and food!!! As long as there are both they will not travel to far. As far as stand hunting goes for me I like ladder stands 15-20 ft. up. I think it helps a little on scent control when the big boars keep circling before they come to a feeder. On stalking HUNT INTO THE WIND!!! If you don't you just as well be playing the drums while your hunting! As Bocate said shoot low and crowd the shoulder. If your ever in Waxahachie Tx. area call me and we will go stick one!!

Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2006, 02:47:00 PM »
Hogs in MY neck of the woods are true ROAMERS unless kept in an area by supplemental feeding of corn etc.

I have seen hogs in an area that looked like it was hit by an atom bomb one day- the next day there are no hogs on 2500 contiguous acres - go figure.

they like roaming up and down waterways here...swamps, creeks, streams, rivers. If I have achoice thats where I would concentrate my efforts every time.

Here hunting hogs in stands is only productive if you want to hunt on the runs coming into the feeders...otherwise, and even if you hunt a feeder- its sort of a crapshoot. The more pressure you apply to a feeder- that makes the hogs just go nighty- night to feed.

I like slipping for hogs. There's one of two ways to do it that we have found. Plant something in fields like sorghum, brown top millet...something that has nice tasty roots taht the pigs will have a good time rooting up..and spread the plots around your place..and move between them slipping, glassing, and if you see one, go after that sucker right away..be aggressive, move in, and take your shot.

The longer you mess with em, the more likely the wind will shift and all your work will go for naught.

Another way is to run around the roads of your property and spill a little corn along the sendero or two track as you drive around. This means the hogs have to come out of the thick and stay in the roadway moving up and down, picking up the corn. You can go in the woods or thickets on the side of the road and buttonhook them with the wind in your favor of course, and pop out on em and take your shot.

I like moving around in swamps for them, spotting them feeding- lots of times you will hear them before you see them..move in..get em spotted, check for more than the ones you see and if there's only one or two, move move move and get your shot.

if there's lots of them you are going to have to be more careful...more eyes, more noses. Don't get between a mama and a baby and you will be just fine.

In places where hogs STAY a lot, they do use regular beds i have found...around here they look like big bird nests...they like something we call tai-tai (looks like a weak, stringy sort of cane)..that grows in patches..they'll pile it up in cold weather and make a nest to lay in of it... Ive never seen them making a bed but I guess they bite the stuff off and pile it up just like a momma and daddy bird do twigs.

In warm weather its the muddy and wet areas they like...they roll in mud and rub on trees close to the wallows to rub the mud into their hidesto keep skeeters from biting them...like you wear a bug suit. The boars will mark trees with their tushes too, sort of like a buck rub only lower and a lot bigger than a buck rub...more like a 12 inch legged moose on steroids.

Ive got pictures of 30 inch diameter trees looking almost like a beaver has worked on em for a week but its boar hogs.
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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2006, 09:54:00 AM »
Ray, I'm there man!
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Re: beginner hog hunt questions
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2006, 10:11:00 AM »
Welcome home...let me know, Alex.
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