Great pic ma!!!Lotta folks mistake deer tracks for hogs!!

Ma, those are great pics. You just reminded me of something else. Don;t follow a deer track backwards. The rear of a deer track can look like the front of a pig track when you can't see the whole track. I followed a couple of deer backwards myself once or twice.

yeah that's a really good point too. sometimes depending on what the animal was walking in it can seem like a hog track or vice versa.

Can you stand hunt over wallows like in the pics?

Will you do good ?

How often do they come to wallows like that?

Is the size of wallow the same as the sizeas thepiggy:} ?
Or the size mean how many pigs are useing it?

Do they vist them in daylight or night?

Ty guys doing a pig/niguy hunt in DEC.
Charles Bradford

txmarshmonkey.. what caused the tree to be so ravaged? I'm from Wisconsin and never hunted hogs but intend to next year. Was there some kind of salt or bait put around that tree to cause the hogs to do such damage? I've seen deer do that kind of damage if you bait next to a tree or salt a tree.

I've been watching hunting shows of hog hunts in Texas and Florida and have finally decided I just have to get down there and try that. I want to hunt them with a muzzleloader which should make it more interesting. So excuse me if I ask a lot of what seems to be simple questions. I hate to be uninformed when I hunt something. I think the first time out, I will hire a guide just to make sure I do things right, see hogs, and learn something.

Cayugad, what you see on the tree's is where the hogs
were rubbing the mud off themselfs. They use the trees
as a sratcher, the higher the marks on the trees, the
taller the hog is. You can smell a fresh hog wallow 100yds
away. Dogs can smell them 500yds away.

When they go to rooting it will look like someone used a tractor and disc to plow up the field.
A few hogs can turn a hay meddow into an tractor killer real fast.

No wonder our Department of Natural Resources is so concerned about a current report of hogs running wild in one part of our State. I have been around domestic hogs far longer then I care to think sometimes, and they are an intelligent and clever animal. You need to watch them all the time. Wild ones with the same kind of intellect and survival skills on top of that,sound like a excellent hunt...

Also I was watching a television program last week. People were using catch dogs and chase dogs to hunt the hogs I believe in Florida or someplace down South. I tuned in after the program started but judging by the ferns and undergrowth, I am guessing a warm wet climate. I believe they said the breed was a pit bull that was the catch dog. Fascinating to watch the dogs do what it appears they love to do. Whether I would want to bring one in alive is another matter, but it was something to watch.

Needless to say, this hog hunting is getting me wanting to book a hunt. I just hope I have a good experience the first time out.

Cayugad,
In 1967 I ordered 2 Calahoula pups from Arkansas and
started crossing with Calahoula, Rhrodisian Ridge Back,
and Pitt Bull. I quit hunting hogs with dogs in 2000 and
gave my6 dogs to my life long hunting partner. I had
2 Trail dogs, 2 Bay dogs and 2 Catch dogs for 33yrs.
In 2000 I started hunting deer without dogs.

like others have mentioned, tracks, Mud rubbed on trees, and holes in the ground. If you are not familuar with hog tracks, they tend to be fatter than deer and not as pointed. They also have a tendency to leave due claw prints (that is if you call the two little holves due claws)