Hog Hunt Recommendations

If you are anywhere near middle TN you can try Caryonah

http://www.caryonah.com/

You can look at their web page, to get the info, but I can tell you first hand that they are a good bunch. Good food, good fishing, and lots of big hogs. I know them well and know several guys who guide for them, along with the lady who cooks. Lots of repeat, every year type of business. If you do try them out ask for Johnny to guide you he will take real good care of you!

Don't know where you are at or willing to travel.

Hog's a plenty in South Carolina, should be able to find something online.

There is public land with hogs on it, also Dept of Natural resources has draw hunts at a few locations that have hogs.

http://www.bigwoodsoutfitters.com/index.html

tell 'em bloodline sent ya.

Bloodline, thanks for the link. I will have to check it out next time I head to SC.

If you head to South Texas, this guy offers hog hunts with dogs. You kil them with a knife. Fun stuff.

http://www.fourseasonshunting.com/

Cleveland, TN. area

What state? I'm going tomorrow and won't be back till Wednesday.

excuse my ignorance, i have never heard of hog hunting before. Is hunting them only avilable through hunting outfitters or are they found wild too?

jonc:

Perfectly fine. And welcome to THR. You're still fairly new.

Boar hunting is a blast. I frequently wonder who is hunting whom. I have taken several medium boar (150 to 250 pounds), and one monster that actually weighed in just over 500 Lbs...I think it was 524. Can't recall the exact number on the scales now. I have it on video actually...two shots from a .375 H&H Mag didn't even bother it. It just ran off 200 yards, and stood there watching us for nearly 4 minutes. There are several types of hog, domestic got-loose, and Russian. Those, at least, are what I have seen. Other members may know of more types. Michigan is experiencing several Russian boar escapees of late. Bad news actually. They can destroy huge plots of farm crops.

They're run to try to out-wit...try.

Doc2005

Hogs are a lot of fun to hunt. I have stand hunted, bayed them with dogs using both rifle and handgun, live trapped, and hand caught (a few with some CRAZY guys I knew). And yes they can certainly destroy a boat load of crop land!

Just an FYI, the two best calibers I ever used to hog hunt were .444 Marlin and .45-70 Gov't. In terms of near immediate drive-'em-to-the-ground stopping power, these two are real sledge hammers. The firearm used? Thompson/Center Encore pistol.

How do they taste,I guess you can eat them,

I'm taking a break from the hunting as it is pouring down rain here ( I know I should be in the mud loving nature and all that). In Mississippi they are considered nuisance animals and the landowner and guests (that would be me) can hunt them year round. No limit, gun restrictions, and baiting is allowed. The only rules are that if it is a hunting season we have to go by the season unless you have a depredation permit. An example of this is that during gun season for deer you have to wear hunter orange and during bow season you have to use a bow. The good news is that in the middle of August like right now there are NO rules or shooting hours.

I went to Caryonah some years ago and got some good meat. There are people who skin, butcher and freeze at good prices. The food and accommodations are great. Everybody gets a hog.

But I must say those southern boys are as good at skinning yankees as hogs. "Look out for that there red'un. It'll getcha." I think from now on I'll go to a more "fair chase" form of hunting, even if I don't come home with meat.

But I must say those southern boys are as good at skinning yankees as hogs. "Look out for that there red'un. It'll getcha." I think from now on I'll go to a more "fair chase" form of hunting, even if I don't come home with meat.

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You didn't try to play poker with those boys did ya?

excuse my ignorance, i have never heard of hog hunting before. Is hunting them only avilable through hunting outfitters or are they found wild too?

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jonc:

Here in Texas, feral hogs are a numerous, prolific pest, destroying crops, damaging game habitat, and being general nuisances. It's estimated that they number between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000, with more of them every year. Hogs are in every part of the state, even in cities and suburbs. They can be hunted without limits, by any means you like, any time of year.

They make pretty good eating (especially the smaller, younger ones), and they're smart, so they're challenging to hunt. (Hunting big boars is called "poor man's grizzly" because they're mean and can be dangerous; I don't go after them myself because I think the meat is nasty.)

Without getting into the politics of it, landowners have figured out that they can charge for the privilege of pest eradication, so while you might think you could hunt them for free, don't expect it, at least in Texas. But there are some very good hunt outfitters who offer a great hunt at an affordable price.

Good luck!

Just move to California and shoot 'em in your front yard.

http://www.kcra.com/news/17304668/detail.html

Feral Hogs are invasive and impossible to irradicate

Texas holds title to most wild hogs per state and growing rampantly. Yes, I'll pay to shoot a Texas Hog, only because Texas ranchers are suffering financially. Texans want hogs exterminated as do all ranchers and farmers nationally. Wild hogs taste better than Domestic farm-raised hogs, and contain far less artery-clogging saturated fat than Domestic Oinkers. Wild Hogs are lean and mean, so a .243 Winchester is generally considered the minimum oinker-buster; NOT that pretty big oinkers cannot be quelled via a 60grain Nosler Partition from a .223 Remington full-boat offering. Sport-hunting does not mean getting injured to gain one's quarry, but anything over .25 caliber seems EXTREME over-kill to me. Hogs have a unique kill-zone, and none of it exists BEHIND the front leg, which is all stomach. The heart of a hog dwells forward of any deer's. Busting through a hog's "shield" provides easy access to heart and lungs. Hunting feral hogs with a hunting knife does not represent my idea of a "good time." This scenario might prove one is "real" man or a self-destructive idiot. Hog tusks are lethal to humans. Cliffy

but anything over .25 caliber seems EXTREME over-kill to me.

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Okay, well, every gun I own is "extreme overkill"? I really don't think so, especially on a 300 plus pound boar. My 7 mag is adequate, so's my .308. I don't consider 'em overkill at all. They get the job done, DRT, what I want. Girls and kids hunt with a .243. Before you get angry, J/K. Springmom will probably slap me for that. Really, anything you'd hunt deer with is adequate for hogs. Since I don't hunt deer with .22s, I don't consider them adequate for hogs. They'll work on a head shot of course and most hogs are taken WELL inside 100 yards so you could use a .22 effectively by just making head shots. Wouldn't even have to worry about bullet selection, use one of those 45 grain varmint bullets, no problem. Most .22-250s I've fired were superbly accurate and that's what counts for head shots.

Personally, I'm one Texan that likes having an over-population of hogs on his place. I bought the place for hunting, after all. Hogs taste better'n deer and my trap hunts even when I ain't there. I keep the freezer full now days a lot easier than before all these hogs moved in. Now, if I could just get some turkeys established.............

I've only hunted pigs once, and that was using a 6.5x55 (.264 bullet diameter). Others on that hunt used 300 Win Mag or similar sizes. Although my caliber was entirely adequate, the Win Mag didn't seem like overkill either. There was little difference in the meat damage and both did the job. I wouldn't feel bad with either caliber, although I would hesitate at going much smaller due to the pig's toughness.

brad

Head shot with a .223 AR dropped my hog in his tracks. Those shot with 270 and 30-30 in the shoulders and ribs ran for a while and took several shots. If you can make a head shot, take it. I put mine just behind the ear.

Got my last pig...330-lb...with a single shot from my SKS (7.62 x 39 Russian) using Wolf 154-gr soft points. That's the best hunting round for 7.62 x 39...both the Winchester and Remington soft points are only 123-gr, and cost three times as much as the Wolf 154-gr, which is under $5/box! The hog fell over, kicked twice, and was dead.

Got turned off by dog hunting...the dogs slaughter all the piglets they can find, and only bring the big pigs too big to kill to bay. Got sick of hearing the frequent frantic squeals of the piglets being slaughtered. I'll hunt without dogs from now on.