Wild Dogs in SC between hwy 3 and river?

[Don Batten]

Any of you guys hunting over at the old hog heaven ran into any dogs chasin pigs? We seem to have a problem just up the road. Seen at least four different dogs all mixed up looking. Ran in and scared them off a big sow they had down. Saw a pig with no ears. Pigs are very skittish around feeders. We hunt pigs trad but these dogs will probably not get that luxury. DB

[sticksnstones]

None reported up until last weekend, I'll be in a group going next week and will ask around.
Thom

[Blaino]

A LOT of guys that hunt pigs with dogs around SC.

I'm pretty sure now is when the state puts on some dog hunt on the WMA's.  

Probally just hunting dog being hunting dogs....

[postman]

Don, just got back from Wild Things in SC. No sign of any dogs there.

[DEERDOG]

I like that Don. No luxury for wild dogs!

[Pointer]

I was at Wild things in January. Saw one dog but Andrew told me he knew the owner.

[Don Batten]

Thanks Jimmy.
The weird thing is that the encounters we have had have all been on sunday. Granted we are down on weekends most of the time but not one single sighting or hearing on any day but sunday. They have no collars but look very healthy.
No houses around there for a long ways. I have trouble thinking it's yard dogs going for a walk about.

[Wudstix]

In central PA we had a way to take care of that problem, if they had tags the owner got the tags back and a citation.

[Bud B.]

I had two come up behind me on the opening week hunt last fall. I was sitting in a chair waiting for Todd to come out of the swamp and two large black dogs came in from behind me. They turned into the swamp road at the picnic area leading to the turkey foot. They apparently saw Todd and hit the swamp a runnin'. Todd came out of the swamp about two minutes later. No collars on'em that I remember.

[JamesV]

Wudstix.................

I like your remedy

James

[TrueBlue]

I've seen a couple of dogs back in January in the swamp and at the camp. They were deer dogs that swam the Savannah River coming from Georgia. I contacted the owner but he could only find one. They both had collars on them.
At the end of deer season, some low life dog hunters will remove their collars and leave them to starve or get hit on the highways.
I've not seen anymore but a couple of my hunters saw the ones with collars.
In the past we would see a lot of wild dogs or, at least, stray dogs eating and living around the offal pits on hunting grounds. That may be a source of their attention so clubs should be aware of how they dispose of heads, intestines, etc. as pointed out above by a writer, Wild Things is in a very remote area with the nearest residence miles away so I don't believe that any dogs that may be seen in our area have just "wandered" away from home.
Andrew

[Roger Norris]

I carry an AR in the truck for coyotes....just sayin'...

[RC]

On the River WMA`s here poachers turn out all times of the year from boats. More so now with the River flooded.
  The scaredest I`ve been in the woods was about a half mile in the swamp near home. I heard something coming through the swamp on my trail. It was thick and I could not see very far. When they cleared it was a group of a half dozen or so "dumpster" dogs with one big bulldog in with them. They stopped and bristled up growling. I hollered to no avail.They would not leave. As luck would have it my Wife had bought me my first 1911 for Christmas. I dropped the bow and pulled the 1911. All the warning bullets had blood on`m. RC

[David M. Mathis]

I've seen them on the S.C. side of the Savannah river put out by someone in a boat on Groton Plantation a few years back. Some were pit bulls with radio collars on it.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Are these hunting dogs that got lost?

[Wudstix]

Originally posted by JamesV:
Wudstix.................

I like your remedy

James

That was the law at the time, don't know if it was state, county or local.  I did not care much.

[Danny Rowan]

Lots of wild dogs here on Guam, if I encounter them in the jungle they get a 45, have had them try and get me more than once, I do not mess around now, they get the 45 to the head.