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To Pig or Not to Pig

Zero One Actual

Zero One Actual

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Random question.
You are walking in to get to your spot you scouted for deer season and you see some wild pigs. Do you shoot one (I’m bow only, rifle would be different) or just ignore them so you can get to your tree in time to set up, etc?

The last two mornings I have seen them but passed. Just wondering what others would do? Just came out of the woods. Saw one doe out of range so it made me think, eliminate all pigs because and potentially ruin the area for the day or come back for them another time? This is on public land also. Distance to truck is less than a mile.
 
Do you want a pig or aren't bothered shooting one for coyotes? If yes, shoot one!

You can't "save" a spot for pigs. They blow through food very quickly and move on. They're nomadic and don't pattern and hold to bedding like deer. A bow going off and a pig squealing won't bother the deer on the off chance that there's one close enough to the pigs to hear it. Pigs are noisy SOBs. They squeal and roar and grunt and growl and thrash around all the time.

There is no bad time to shoot a pig.
 
If the thought of shooting one pumps you up, do it! I’d love to have the shot at some again. Or hunt them after deer season to extend your hunting. If you shoot one I wouldn’t worry about the shooting of one affecting your hunting spots.
 
Always pig! Of course I’ll ruin a hunt in a heartbeat to dispatch a pig or a coyote. I shot at a yote with my BP rifle last season just to have a buck walk by about 20 minutes later. Apparently the buck wasn’t concerned with the noise or smell of a .50 Hawken.
 
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Jwiggins762 said:
Where would you send them to? Heaven or Hell? My dispatcher sent me to Birmingham today.
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Id send them anywhere but Birmingham. Last time I was there I couldn’t get out fast enough!
 
Weldabeast said:
But now u won't ever see them again....jahahahahaha
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No. They are there all the time. Little peninsula surrounded by public land. But it’s so close to the roads nobody goes there. Aka the place the big buck lives because everyone drives right by the spot every year due to proximity to cars and roads and noise and he’s smart. But @Nutterbuster said start the grill so I won’t go in there again until Saturday morning since I went last two days in a row.
 
Nutterbuster said:
Pretty good odds. Unless they have piglets. A big sounder with little spotted piglets is more likely to stay put for a while in my experience.
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This is the exact scenario here. It looks like ATV trails instead of game trails. Big mamma, three mid size and two babies. I’m sure there are more but that’s what I’ve seen the last two mornings around 0800.
 

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Zero One Actual said:
This is the exact scenario here. It looks like ATV trails instead of game trails. Big mamma, three mid size and two babies. I’m sure there are more but that’s what I’ve seen the last two mornings around 0800.
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If they have little bebby piggies they'll be there if the food doesn't run out and the cover is good.

If I find a sounder like that, I will try to shoot what looks like the dominant sow first if I can. She's the one who knows the lay of the land and who calls the shots. If you shoot one of her subordinates, she'll figure out somethings gone yucky and move them out. If you shoot her, they may split up a little, but they're more likely to hang around long enough to get another hunt in.

And the little piggies...the poor, little, innocent, helpless, stupid, tasty piggies...if you shoot momma first, you can sit there another hour and shoot all of them. Done it several times.
 
Nutterbuster said:
If they have little bebby piggies they'll be there if the food doesn't run out and the cover is good.

If I find a sounder like that, I will try to shoot what looks like the dominant sow first if I can. She's the one who knows the lay of the land and who calls the shots. If you shoot one of her subordinates, she'll figure out somethings gone yucky and move them out. If you shoot her, they may split up a little, but they're more likely to hang around long enough to get another hunt in.

And the little piggies...the poor, little, innocent, helpless, stupid, tasty piggies...if you shoot momma first, you can sit there another hour and shoot all of them. Done it several times.
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I would take 5-6 of them about the size of a full growed swamp rabbit over a big doe in a blink.
 
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