Public Land Hog Hunting
 

I am new to the forum. My work finally opened up the filters and let us have some fun. I was just in Oklahoma for a private land hog hunt. It was hot the beginning of April and the hogs were scarce. We are heading down next spring to try it again but are going the public land route. Does anyone know of some public land that may be better than others. We are staying near Lawton. Would drive 1-2 hours if it was worth it. Heard Fort Cobb WMA was a good start. Thanks for any info.

I've heard Love County has quite a few. Anywhere along the Red River would be loaded as well. I have seen them hit on the side of the road coming into Hinton which is pretty close to Fort Cobb. They are even at Black Kettle WMA along the river.

I've never hunted public for them but I am told that all these have good populations. I am thinking about heading to All About You ranch in June. Hopefully they will be around the water holes.

Thanks for the info Kelly. We hunted on a guys land last month and he told us that it was to dry and his land was not holding the hogs, we went anyway and he only charged us half price. We had a great time but saw one hog, but that is when we left and went to public land. Hope you have better luck than we did and I will look into those places.

well, basically comes down to how yer gonna hunt...
not all public lands allow for gun hunting.
We got out a map and highlighted the public lands that allow rifle with one color, bow with another...
then we determined which one had more water runnin through it. it was right on time...we were on a load of hawgs with in 20 minutes of walkin in,
ended up only draggin em bout 1000 yards...
im tellin ya after 4 hogs, dragged out in muck my 18" snake bites were takin on water over the top, gut n cleaned, we were done, toast, finito'...was a good time, we both took home a lil over 300 lbs of meat each.....btw, take a guy with ya who doesnt know what tenderloin and backstrap is...but he was more than happy with 9 legs though.(lol ill get rid of those backbones and stuff hehe)

Thanks HalfBaked. As I look around I see most places only allow shotgun with size BB or smaller shells, at least the ones that I have looked at. I know water is the key. Is one type of water perfered over another, meaning ponds, streams, lakes and rivers. I am a hog novice. Only know what I have read.

Last time we took a friend that works at the pork plant but since we did not get one it was not that benificial.

I'm not an expert . . .
 

My thinking -- which may or may not be correct -- is that as the weather gets hotter hogs look for places to wallow and cool off. That means shallow water with a muddy bank in the shade. Look for hog-sized depressions along the shoreline of tanks or ponds, and hog tracks. If you can find a fresh spot where they've been wallowing during the day, throw some corn out and wait for them to come by.

In theory that sounds good, but where I hunt there are literally dozens of small stock tanks spread around, and who knows which ones the hogs will go to on any given day. The one sure requirement is shade, so rule out the ones with no trees along the banks. Other than that, good luck!
--

those are good ideas too def...the best luck i had was just get on a set of good fairly fresh tracks, and still hunt your way to em.. a mile er so is the most we ever went, and we are on top of em...usually under a tree or low branch in the shade when we find them, they usually bust us 1st..they have a terrific sniffer on them, be ready to shoot.
i don care what n e 1 says, i busted hogs hangin with red fallow under a low limb in the lowlands under a tree canopy. had i know it was fallow i woulda busted caps in bof day azzes..but i stood there stupid just lookin at em, cause i never seen 1 b4..but i got their number now lol (there is a high fence bout 1 mile from this spot, we believe the red fallows escaped from the pen and just stayed in the area)
i aint sure where you are, but better take a snake bite kit and sum snakebite gear, i had one strike from a cotton mouth (poisoness water mocasin here), boots paid for themselves that day.

Thanks, it will go on my list. I live in NW Missouri but we were hunting south of lawton near the red river. Few venomous snakes in MO but we had a run in with a cotton mouth. It almost got my friend. He did not live to almost get the next hunter he got roasted with a shot gun.

cc

holler at me next time you're in okla, i'll put you on some hogs

cotton mouth aint no joke, just as bad as a ground rattler.

Yes, we treaded lightly after that.

Thanks HogHunter. We will be back there in March, i'll hit you up then, thanks.

Good hog gun
 

I have a .416 Rigby I inherited and I've only shot at target with it. I know it's overkill, but is it rediculous?

found a place to purchase hog decoy silhouettes for hunting. Seem to work good. I put 2 out and used an electronis caller from gander Mountain. They only cost $89.00 + shipping. Any interest?

Roger that!!!!!!!!!! A cotton mouth will come at/after you where a copper head or rattler will head the other way if allowed. I grew up in So. Texas and know all bout the bad snakes.
My wifes aunt was just bitten by a copperhead picking 'maters in So. KY/TN border area end of last week. Thay are lousy round their place. This is the 4th time she has been bit in 45yrs. She didn't even go to the Dr.'s. She tends it herself with home remedies and go on bout her way. Tough ole gal!!!!!

Had a friend who went to All About You Ranch. It is a huge canned hunt!!!!!!!! They hunt in a fenced in area bout 400yds long and same wide. They have multiple stand/bait stations set up amongst this area. It is hilly with ravines but in a rather dangerous setting if everything falls right. They allow the use of anything short of an RPG!!!!! :eek2:

Trying to find a place near Lawton area has been difficult with the heat and lack of water. I been a few times north of fort Cobb in a public area and walked forever along a stream. Any1 know the area know where these guys are hiding? And if there are any decent areas around Lawton.

I am looking to take my son hog hunting for the 1st time.
 

Any assistance you could give in guiding me to an area would be great. My son and I have never had the opportunity to hunt together, and it would be nice if we could be guided in the right direction for our 1st trip.

if you are not to far from the same location has been mentioned just in the post above, you may hunt there too

I would like to hog hunt soon
 

I live in Midwest city Oklahoma and I'm wanting to get onto some hogs within the next couple weeks, could you help out?

The red river is crawling with them

Yeah Over hunting is real. But I guarantee there are hogs out there. You have to find areas that don't have a lot of hunters and consider food and water source. Anywhere it's muddy, dirty, swampy near a corn field and you might get lucky

Anybody hunting LBJ Grasslands, I went and scouted unit 4 and 5 and part of 3 this mornin , saw a lot of good signs and three does at one of my favorite spots . They burned unit 5 last fall and it's looking good too . Hope to scout some and set some cameras and hunt the full moon that's coming

Nobody but me at LBJ ? Find that hard to believe , good luck yall