Hello everyone,
I'm from New York and technically we have no wild pigs. We'll we do. I've got pics from last year and htere have been numerous sightings and some killed. my question is Sat while deer hunting I was hunting a trail that had mud caked on the trees like 3+ feet high. I know the pigs travel to a corn field and with my buck tag filled I decided to sit in this area for a pig. It worked right at dark I got out of my stand and turned around when I heard what I thought was 20 deer coming my way, but to my amazment was a pig. BIG pig.I nocked a arrow it stopped broadside and I heard more coming so I took my eye of of it to look at the otheres and when I linedback up on him/her it quartered away and I hit the shoulder plate. we'll after I shot the other pigs started grunting. Scared the S%^T out of me, almost climed back up my stand. What does that mean and what are good tips to hunt these pigs. Thanks for any info.....

Means you got hogs! Put out some bait soon before they move on. I don't know what kind of broad head your shooting, but most will work. If they kill a deer they should kill a hog. I use 125 grain Nap Thunderheads and Grim Reaper Mech's. either ones work for me.

Sound like you hit the shield, it doesn't matter what your poking him with, you hit the shield that's why you didn'tget any penetration. The shield is extremely hard.
If people raise hogs, there are wild ones, they tear down fences and take offand become wild, soon they are mating and the feral pig population grows. Go get you some, you'll like them. Unless your Jewish .

Hey, that's my line!

If your interested in keeping them "located" and maybe killing a few more, here is a suggestion that has worked wonders for us in the Texas Hill Country.

Go get a bag of deer corn and a bag of maze (or any bird/foul type grain). Mix half and half of the above two in a plastic trash can (about 30 lbs. total at a time).

Fill it half way with water and the other half with a couple of cases ofColt 45beer (good cheap stuff), and mix in about 10 lbs of brown sugar. Stir it up real well with a broom handle.

Let that sit with a lid on it in the sun for about 3 weeks.

Then hold your breath lol and put out 5-10 lbs. of that stuff every day. Preferably bury it about 6 inches under the soil if you can. After a a bit of time you will notice the hogs coming back to it every day.

And it is cheaper than store bought baits such as "Hog Wild" or "Hog Draw". Both work well though.

Best of luck.

Thanks guys... Do these hogs have any effect on deer? Knowing they are using this trail should I expect to see deer? Was the grunting a normal social sound from the hogs or what? They are starting to cut the corn, should I get there tonight?Thanks for the info, I've been hunting for 17yrs (deer,bear,turkeys etc...)and with hogs it like starting all over again. All and any help is appreciated.

gergie, mix some whole corn with water in a half full 55gal drum and add 2 cans of Red Devil Lye and let sit with cover for a week stirring it every day. You will wind up with a 55gal drum of Hominy. Rinse it down withwater and feed it to um. You got to be fast, or they'll knock you in the dirt!!

New York Pig down for the count
Well.. I finally got one. Had to sit in the pitch dark for 2 hours and A big male came in. Smoked 'em... I missed 2 during the new york turkey season and made some good bait and they came running.. 100+ pics on camera in 2 days. I will post some shots of the kill as soon as I figure it out. I also just checked my camera and I have a sow with 6 piglets coming in as of 7-11. I might just open up my own preserve.
New york estimates there are 300+ wild pigs runnning around and could triple in a year. Does this sound right?

How do you make the pic smaller? It says file is to large.

Thanks

I think it worked. The pig died right in front of my trail cam. Tis is literally 3 secs after the shot. I will post more pics if this works.

here is the pic from yesterday...

another kill shot..