Another Off Topic - Hog Attack (More info - by the victim)
02-03-2014, 12:11 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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Another Off Topic - Hog Attack (More info - by the victim)
The Pearl River Wildlife Management Area is about 50 miles from my house. I've hunted there often. It's bottomland hardwoods bordering both sides of the East and West Pearl Rivers, with lots of backwater sloughs and giant mosquitos. It fades to marsh at the Southern end as the river enters Lake Borgne. And it filthy with hogs.
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.s..._river_default
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.s..._river_default
Last edited by Semisane; 02-17-2014 at 01:22 PM.
02-03-2014, 01:57 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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I agree. Actual attacks like that are rare. I've had them run right by me a few times and sidestepped a little fifty-pounder once. It gets your blood pumping, but I never considered that one might turn on you like that.
02-03-2014, 04:56 PM
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Dominant Buck
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After watching television programs about States that have a hog problem, as much as I might like to shoot one, I agree with John.. glad Wisconsin don't have them... yet!!
That hog really did a number on him. Semisane, do you hunt them out of a tree stand over bait?
That hog really did a number on him. Semisane, do you hunt them out of a tree stand over bait?
02-03-2014, 05:17 PM
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On our lease they're mostly nocturnal. We occasionally kill one when hunting, but not often.
We use two large traps (10' long, 6' wide, 4' high) to keep the population in check. They are made with heavy highway mesh, have guillotine type doors and a trigger system something like box traps for rabbits. We block the door open and bait with a big pan of soured corn. After they've emptied the pan a few times we set the trigger for a catch. The thing is, once a group of pigs are used to going to the bait they will all rush in together trying to beat each other to the fresh pan of bait, and we catch a whole group at a time.
We use two large traps (10' long, 6' wide, 4' high) to keep the population in check. They are made with heavy highway mesh, have guillotine type doors and a trigger system something like box traps for rabbits. We block the door open and bait with a big pan of soured corn. After they've emptied the pan a few times we set the trigger for a catch. The thing is, once a group of pigs are used to going to the bait they will all rush in together trying to beat each other to the fresh pan of bait, and we catch a whole group at a time.
02-03-2014, 11:18 PM
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Fork Horn
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The Pearl River Wildlife Management Area is about 50 miles from my house. I've hunted there often. It's bottomland hardwoods bordering both sides of the East and West Pearl Rivers, with lots of backwater sloughs and giant mosquitos. It fades to marsh at the Southern end as the river enters Lake Borgne. And it filthy with hogs.
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.s..._river_default
http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.s..._river_default
I'm dying to kill one with my bow!