Hog Hunting Southern Georgia

[tippit]

Just got done hosting a couple friends Joe Lasch and Jim Domaskin and then my son Zach at my lease in southern Georgia.  Pork in the freezer and had a blast. I primarily hog hunt these days as it's easy on my old body...weather warm,  Variety great to spot & stalk, ground blinds, or tree stand over feeders or just a small amount of corn thrown out to entice the piggy's in.  With four thousand acres of pines, hardwoods, food plots, and Cyprus swamps to roam around, It couldn't be better...tippit

My 56" 40#@28 Pronghorn hog bow with red hog sniper light.  Previously the little Pronghorn longbow was 51#@28 until I reduced it to my Old Man hunting weight...



Mr. Jake came by to say Hi probably knowing I didn't have a turkey permit...



Ground blind on food plot that was getting hammer by hogs...



Small sow and a big sow with tiny piglets.  If you look close, there is a nice 125# boar behind the sow on the left.  Unfortunately he never separated from the big sow, so I couldn't shoot without risk of hitting her...



Group of 80 pound pigs at a feeder...



This is how I know those pigs were 80 pounds...

[drewsbow]

nice , congrats

[Pete McMiller]

Very nice Jeff, good fun and good eats.  You get a ricochet off the ground to get a penetration angle like that?

[2wfstlhunting]

Did you get him to roll onto his back, or simply bank the shot off of a rock?  Heck of an entry site and direction of flight.
Nice work 

[arrow30]

  wow, rough crowd. congratts!
 no matter how you got it in there

[Pat B]

Pit blind? 

[Pointer]

Nice

[tippit]

Actually I dropped him with a spine shot and got down to finish the job.  More pigs were coming in so I got back up in my stand.  You guys are pretty observant! 

We don't gut them just take hams, shoulders, and loins.  Buzzards find them very quickly even dumped in the woods.  Here what is left one day later...

[tippit]

Few more of the attractions...

[mjh]

Thanks for sharing the hunt!   Left the south land some decades ago now......missing all the fun....we still have ice on most of the lakes.....turkeys are gobbling though......

[Kopper1013]

Looks like fun! Congratulations

[Whip]

Maybe Jeff needs to work on his arrow flight if they are entering from below. 

I've heard and read stories of the Paradise for years and have always hoped for a chance to visit that historical property.  My chance finally came last month with Jeff.  I met Jim Domaskin at the Atlanta airport and we drove south in a rental vehicle for a rendezvous with Jeff.

There were some feeders that were being hammered by hogs, so that is where I started out.  I set up some palmettos to fashion a little ground blind.

Within 15 minutes of sitting down I had my first visitors.  Two good sized hogs accompanied by a bunch of pipsqeeks.  I was trying to get a shot and didn't mess with a camera at that point, but a good shot never materialized on that group.  Later that evening another group of small hogs came for a visit but I was holding out for something with a little more meat on the bones.

[Whip]

South Georgia is a unique place, and we really enjoyed the beautiful weather and incredible surroundings. 

I hadn't know it before, but it turns out that in addition to being a great host Jeff is actually an amateur botonist.  He identified this as being a white Georgia flower.

[Terry Green]

Congrats Sir!!!

[tippit]

Hey Joe,
I don't have your picture of the two you shot.  If you post it here, I can save it. 

This past week the gators were back...three of them with one around 12 feet.  Makes for an entertaining sit on the deck with your favorite beverage between hunting.

[Whip]

Our visit was far too short, and before we knew it the last day was upon us.  We spent a lazy morning around camp with a big breakfast and too much coffee.  It was perfect!  Eventually we took a drive around the property checking for sign and trying to devise a plan for the last evening.  As we rounded a corner on the two track road we spotted hogs less than 100 yards ahead.  Jeff stopped the vehicle and without any prodding at all I eased out, pushed Jim out of the way, and was off on a stalk.  Jeff and Jim stayed behind to watch knowing that the odds of anything developing were probably slim.

As I approached from the edge of one side of the road the hogs eased off on the other.  I worked my way across the road behind a bush.  A smaller hog fed out from the other side of it and I took the shot.  The arrow hit solid behind the shoulder but without much penetration and the hog squealed loudly as it ran off.  The rest of the sounder got all worked up and defensive with much squealing, huffing and grunting.  I stood my ground and soon two of the larger hogs worked their way up within range.  As the first one passed broadside at 10 yards a placed an arrow directly behind the shoulder. 

I walked back to the truck with a grin on my face, confident that I had pork for the cooler.  The tracking job of the first hog was a little more exciting than I bargained for.  Although hit well it was still alive when we caught up to it.  After a third arrow it decided it had enough and charged me.  I fended off the attack with my bow before it finally expired in a bush.

[Charlie Lamb]

congrats to both of you. The Paradise is one fine place to hunt. I've hunted hogs and deer there... never killed either. I did learn about south Georgia "ridges" down there.

If I'm not mistaken I have an arrow sticking in one of the lakeside trees next to the cabin.

[keng]

I sure enjoy these pig hunting threads. Looks like a beautiful place. Congrats

[bow loving man]

Sounds like a great hunt! Congrats Joe! Gotta love chasing hogs

[huskyarcher]

Looks like a great time! Congrats!