Re: RE: First Hog Hunt
swampsnyper said:
It all depends on the hunt. Tell me more about the area.
A new area that I didn't know anything about what the hogs were doing, I would just sneak around the woods keeping the wind in my face. Walk slow and stop and listen. They make a bunch of noise and you should be able to hear them and sneak in close with the wind in your favor. If water is scarce, after morning stalking, I'd hunt wallows or water source. You can sit on that all day if there isn't many around and have a good chance at a mid day visit if it's dry. Also after morning stalking, I've had luck walking up on them in there bed. They sleep hard and you can get close especially if it's only one. More eyes and ears the harder it is. If you want to stand hunt, food sources just like deer will be a good bet early morning and late evening. They don't like the heat. Mid day stalking for beds is a good bet. Scan every pile of logs and every root hole from up rooted trees. They dig in in those spots.
It's in North Carolina. The terrain is mostly flat with some hills,which is what I'm already use to. The land owner has feeders setup, and has the hogs conditioned to visit during the day. The hogs are not pressured, only a few have been hunted down. So I hope to stick a few on each hunt. The owner and I plan to stand hunt in the early morning and late evening. I agree that hunting water holes during the day will be a great idea. I'll probably still hunt during the day with my rifle. I've been doing some studying on some techniques and I found out that they can be called in. I'm going try to call some in with "Piglet In Distress". From what I read, it seems as though as long as I keep the wind in my favor I should have success. This is what I have put together so far to have in my field pack, let me know if I missed something:
Field pack
. Tree arm
. Canon xl2 with extra batteries
. Focus fs4 with extra batteries
. Firewire
. Kodak playsport with extra SD cards
. Thermacell with extra bottles
. Water bottles
. Roscoby batteries and mic
. Tick repellent
. Flashlight
. Knife & sharpener
. Bic lighter
. Cell phone
. Binoculars
. Wind indicator
. Extra arrows & broadheads
. Pull rope
. Rag
. Extra shirt
. Compass
. Saddle
. Climbing sticks
. Cranford t steps
. Cranford T screws
. Pruning saw