Hot weather huntin (north texas)

[prim79]

How are the rest of you doing this summer in the heat? Here in north texas it is pretty hot and finding hogs is getting more difficult.

I go to the regular spots that have been productive in the past but not so much luck. What would be more attractive to a hog it hot weather, running water, still water, or under tree cover? I've been going from sunup or about 9:00 am then it starts getting warm out and don't figure that they will move around much after that. If I go in the evenings I go from about6:00pm till dark. I'm not asbig fan of hunting in the dark as some of you guys. I've trackeda hogin the dark and don't enjoy it so much, a armadillo made me about crap myself!

Anyway, what haveyou all been doing in the heat of the summer that is different than cooler months. Thanks all,

[txjourneyman]

Mostly what I do different is stay home! I find that on the property I hunt hogs just don't move much until after dark. There is no moving water here. There are several wallows but they are drying up in this drought.

[dhays]

On my ranch in N.E. Texas the hogs are going to the waterholes Mostly at night. They are still coming out into the fields early in the morning and late in the evening. My wife and I drove around on our camo golf cart yesterday evening about 8'oclock and saw 4 different groups of hogs rootin around in the open fields. We have a creek on our place about a mile and a half long, and about 75 yards wide. It is covered with Cedar trees and brush piles. During the middle of the day the hogs stay in this creek in the shade and buried up in the brush piles. We have been sucessful during the day doing spot and stalk hunts. The hogs will hold tight letting you get close enough to shoot with a bow. Sometimes you will step right on them before they bust out of the brushpiles. That can cause your heart to beat a little faster. I vote for hunting early and late, and setting in the shade and drinking lemonade during the middle of the day.

[txjourneyman]

Now that sounds like a good plan. I'm looking forward to our "Huntingnet feild trip"!