Thats one good thing about hogs. They are a great training animal. For hunting at all but it accepts all skill levels.
The bigger boars are like hunting deer. They are hard to find, scary, live in thickets, bark like a 200lb pitt bull, and pretty elusive. It's about as hard to take a big pig as a big deer.
But then you've got the "sounders" or groups of feeding females. Usually under 100lbs. In groups of 5-10. They can be wary but not usually. They are greedy and get into a feeding competition and ignore snapping sticks and beginners errors. They are great for taking young teens. It's exciting because they are a semi-dangerous animal, there are high populations so you get to have a few chances, and they are easy enough to find.
When you look for pigs its not like looking for deer. I don't bother with an area unless it's literally damaged. Signs to look for are obvious. Poo all over the ground, mud puddles, saplings caked in mud up to waist height, and mostly that the area looks like someone learned how to work a tractor for the first time. Overturned grasses and the like.
Not to mention if you're coming for a winter escape by that time the pigs have worn highways into the woods. Once the frosts kill the vegetation the pigs make it look like a 4wheeler track in the highly used areas. The prints on top of prints make the mud look like they have tire treds in them. Winter is nice too because the mosquitos, alligators, snakes, and ticks are gone.
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