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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2466777" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>WOW!</p><p>I really like how some Posts are revived from many years ago. There is years in good information to read and some advancements over time. </p><p>I have a few good stories with hog hunting in the SE. Up until Hog Hunting started to get more commericialized with more peploe wanting to hunt and then regular "Hog Hunters" saw the money involved with "Guided Hunts" and the advancements in NV.</p><p>I remember even up to 15 years ago you could go to farms in south GA and ask the land owners about Hog Hunting. You were more than welcome and they would even give you contacts with hunters that were doing it more or less = Professionally. I have hunted several times with a few guys that got set up with some Hog Hunting Dogs, some pickup trucks, and a even some with "Cooler Trucks" to put the hogs in right after field dressing. We could hunt with them for FREE just as long as you didn't shoot their dogs and they got half the meat from the hogs you shot. They had basically started a business with some landowners paying a small fee to remove the hogs and then they sold the hog meat.</p><p>Hogs are very destructive. I have seen farmer fields that looked like they were "Plowed" by a tractor when a herd of hogs uprooted their crops.</p><p>A lot of the hogs were killed with a big Bowie type knife when running with dogs and not shot. I saw these guys go in when several dogs cornered a hog and just swing that big knife to cut the throat of a hog. They let us shoot the hogs that ran away or when posted on power lines or fields where the hogs ran away from the dogs.</p><p>Talk about FUN and an experience doing hunts like that. There was also the dangerous side of hunting with dogs. I saw dogs get snake bitten and ripped up by hogs. Some of them got actually had "VESTS" to protect them.</p><p>Well those time are all too gone now with commercial guided hunting. I personally have not done any commercial hunting, but there are some good Guides and hunts in South GA. Actually a lot of States now since hogs are spreading like crazy. A Sow can have litters up to 14 and twice a year. If there is food in the area-good luck getting rid of them. They are a really bad invasive species for Deer and Turkey. Get a bunch of hogs in an area and all the acorns, nuts, roots for plants will be gone. Not much food left for deer or turkey and hogs have excellent smell so they find everything.</p><p>About 6-7 years ago we started seeing groups (3-4) of hogs on our trail cams for deer and turkey. The next thing we knew with the property behind our's about 1,000 acres before they built the Hard Labor Creek Reservoir, there were hogs everywhere. Between us, my neighbor and the other large land owner we killed over 250 hogs in two years.</p><p>Too long of a story for this post, but have many more.</p><p>Six months ago our neighbor about 2 miles away had 3-4 hogs. Had pictures they were all Boars. Well a sow got into the area and now there are dozens over several hundred acers. One thing is a lot of people here are hunters so there is not a lack of lead removing the hogs.</p><p></p><p>Just take away. If you get a chance to hunt Hogs in South GA, try to go to an area where they have a lot of "Peanut" fields. Hogs love peanuts and really destroy those crops. A BIG PLUS is that those Hogs that have been eating peanuts all their life have a real good flavor in the meat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2466777, member: 116439"] WOW! I really like how some Posts are revived from many years ago. There is years in good information to read and some advancements over time. I have a few good stories with hog hunting in the SE. Up until Hog Hunting started to get more commericialized with more peploe wanting to hunt and then regular "Hog Hunters" saw the money involved with "Guided Hunts" and the advancements in NV. I remember even up to 15 years ago you could go to farms in south GA and ask the land owners about Hog Hunting. You were more than welcome and they would even give you contacts with hunters that were doing it more or less = Professionally. I have hunted several times with a few guys that got set up with some Hog Hunting Dogs, some pickup trucks, and a even some with "Cooler Trucks" to put the hogs in right after field dressing. We could hunt with them for FREE just as long as you didn't shoot their dogs and they got half the meat from the hogs you shot. They had basically started a business with some landowners paying a small fee to remove the hogs and then they sold the hog meat. Hogs are very destructive. I have seen farmer fields that looked like they were "Plowed" by a tractor when a herd of hogs uprooted their crops. A lot of the hogs were killed with a big Bowie type knife when running with dogs and not shot. I saw these guys go in when several dogs cornered a hog and just swing that big knife to cut the throat of a hog. They let us shoot the hogs that ran away or when posted on power lines or fields where the hogs ran away from the dogs. Talk about FUN and an experience doing hunts like that. There was also the dangerous side of hunting with dogs. I saw dogs get snake bitten and ripped up by hogs. Some of them got actually had "VESTS" to protect them. Well those time are all too gone now with commercial guided hunting. I personally have not done any commercial hunting, but there are some good Guides and hunts in South GA. Actually a lot of States now since hogs are spreading like crazy. A Sow can have litters up to 14 and twice a year. If there is food in the area-good luck getting rid of them. They are a really bad invasive species for Deer and Turkey. Get a bunch of hogs in an area and all the acorns, nuts, roots for plants will be gone. Not much food left for deer or turkey and hogs have excellent smell so they find everything. About 6-7 years ago we started seeing groups (3-4) of hogs on our trail cams for deer and turkey. The next thing we knew with the property behind our's about 1,000 acres before they built the Hard Labor Creek Reservoir, there were hogs everywhere. Between us, my neighbor and the other large land owner we killed over 250 hogs in two years. Too long of a story for this post, but have many more. Six months ago our neighbor about 2 miles away had 3-4 hogs. Had pictures they were all Boars. Well a sow got into the area and now there are dozens over several hundred acers. One thing is a lot of people here are hunters so there is not a lack of lead removing the hogs. Just take away. If you get a chance to hunt Hogs in South GA, try to go to an area where they have a lot of "Peanut" fields. Hogs love peanuts and really destroy those crops. A BIG PLUS is that those Hogs that have been eating peanuts all their life have a real good flavor in the meat! [/QUOTE]
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