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<blockquote data-quote="HSmithTX" data-source="post: 2675273" data-attributes="member: 121677"><p>Texas or Florida are your best bet IMO, lots of other places have high numbers but TX has the most and FL the second most, I think....</p><p></p><p>In TX if you want to hunt free you are pretty much limited to public land, I don't even remember the last time I heard of someone hunting private land without a lease or fee unless it was a family/friend/connection type deal. Most huntable land in TX is already leased to hunters so there is no access without being part of the lease or paying the fee. On my lease if you aren't named on the lease you aren't allowed on the property, every landowner sets their own rules. Sam Houston National Forest north of Houston has high hog numbers and outside of deer season you probably won't see many people. There is more public land in East TX with high hog numbers but I don't know any specifics. During deer season if you are on public land at an even relatively known/easy access it will be pretty western in the woods. I would and do avoid. Lots of places to hog hunt for a fee, from not bad to OMG prices. Day fees, multiple day hunts, whatever you want is available. Success rates could be good, could be bad. The only guy I used for a pay hunt isn't doing it anymore so I can't point you to anyone. </p><p></p><p>Night hunting is definitely better, you can get closer and hogs are for the most part nocturnal or close to nocturnal and your chances of seeing a hog go way up. Where I hunt we have seen hogs in daylight once, and that was a really heavily overcast day with no moon and was at last light. At night they are moving much more. You can night hunt without a $5K get up, a thermal or night vision monocular and rifles with lights is what I use. The key is knowing where they are and that is the reason for the need to see in the dark. In the dark you can get pretty close, we usually get within about 80 yards and light them up. Would a good NV or thermal be better? Absolutely, but on my priority list that stuff is down the list.</p><p></p><p>The meat is excellent large and small, provided they are killed decently. If you don't kill it quickly the meat can be a bit more gamey. We have eaten them up to about 400 pounds and the meat is very good, backstraps and tenderloins are eaten as cut, front legs we will make carnitas or something out of, the rest gets ground and eaten. If I could pick I would shoot 80 to maybe 140 pound hogs, easier to work with in every way than big hogs and still enough meat for the effort but we shoot what is available. Unlike the TV shows we can go a month or more without a hog on the property in a high density hog area even running feeders. </p><p></p><p>If you want the best chance spend the money and go on a guided hunt with the thermal provided, those operations kill a lot of hogs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSmithTX, post: 2675273, member: 121677"] Texas or Florida are your best bet IMO, lots of other places have high numbers but TX has the most and FL the second most, I think.... In TX if you want to hunt free you are pretty much limited to public land, I don't even remember the last time I heard of someone hunting private land without a lease or fee unless it was a family/friend/connection type deal. Most huntable land in TX is already leased to hunters so there is no access without being part of the lease or paying the fee. On my lease if you aren't named on the lease you aren't allowed on the property, every landowner sets their own rules. Sam Houston National Forest north of Houston has high hog numbers and outside of deer season you probably won't see many people. There is more public land in East TX with high hog numbers but I don't know any specifics. During deer season if you are on public land at an even relatively known/easy access it will be pretty western in the woods. I would and do avoid. Lots of places to hog hunt for a fee, from not bad to OMG prices. Day fees, multiple day hunts, whatever you want is available. Success rates could be good, could be bad. The only guy I used for a pay hunt isn't doing it anymore so I can't point you to anyone. Night hunting is definitely better, you can get closer and hogs are for the most part nocturnal or close to nocturnal and your chances of seeing a hog go way up. Where I hunt we have seen hogs in daylight once, and that was a really heavily overcast day with no moon and was at last light. At night they are moving much more. You can night hunt without a $5K get up, a thermal or night vision monocular and rifles with lights is what I use. The key is knowing where they are and that is the reason for the need to see in the dark. In the dark you can get pretty close, we usually get within about 80 yards and light them up. Would a good NV or thermal be better? Absolutely, but on my priority list that stuff is down the list. The meat is excellent large and small, provided they are killed decently. If you don't kill it quickly the meat can be a bit more gamey. We have eaten them up to about 400 pounds and the meat is very good, backstraps and tenderloins are eaten as cut, front legs we will make carnitas or something out of, the rest gets ground and eaten. If I could pick I would shoot 80 to maybe 140 pound hogs, easier to work with in every way than big hogs and still enough meat for the effort but we shoot what is available. Unlike the TV shows we can go a month or more without a hog on the property in a high density hog area even running feeders. If you want the best chance spend the money and go on a guided hunt with the thermal provided, those operations kill a lot of hogs. [/QUOTE]
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