There are hogs in the southern part of our county and the northern part of the county south of us, right around the county lines. Years ago some escaped from a private hunting preserve in that area and have been gaining population in the wild ever since. We went hunting on state land a few miles from the place they allegedly escaped from. We walked a creek bed with light water in it for a while. We saw a bunch of trails that were much wider then deer trails. We saw some scat that looked like a cross between dog and horse scat. There were areas that stunk worse then a barn, really bad.

It's hard for me to walk in hilly areas, had surgery in March. So we went to another location. We walked an old logging trail that was a lot flatter. We came upon about a 10 by 20 foot mud hole in the logging trail. Usually standing water holes around here are clear and you can see the bottom. This was as muddy as could be, like something was in it before we got there and the area also stunk really bad, like the other areas did. There was a wide game trail that crossed right through it. There weren't deep wallows in it like I've seen from others pic's, it was just completely mixed up like nothing I've ever seen. There were no ATV's or dirt bikes in the area. The weeds and things growning in the logging trail was fresh with no other foot prints other then deer/hog tracks. We heard some movement but it's so thick, especially this time of year, that we couldn't see to far.

This was the first time we've really went hog hunting. We don't know much about hunting them. It was fun, and I can't tell you how hard it is to try to keep up to a soon to be ten year old that was as excited as could be about hunting hogs. I had to keep telling him "I have the rifle, slow down and stay with me". He was digging in like a husky pulling a sled. We had a good time. Hopefully the NYDEC gets back to me with some information as to where there could be a lot more hogs. They've hunted and trapped them the last few years. They've been reluctant about giving to much information to the public so far.
NYH1!