hog hunting
 

I am just curious to see how many of yall are hog hunting out there. Ive been hog huntin the southeast for about 15 yrs now and i am just having a blast with feral hogs. SC is eat up with em. As well as my native land of southern ga. Just curious to see whose doing it.
thanks

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I go every chance I get i got a nice 175 pounder last year in south fla.

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all we have here asfar as hogs are Javelina you would be toting a trophy if you shot one that weighed 50 lbs. lol nothing like the ferrel hogs back in MIssouri, thats where i am from just moved to the southwest a few months back.

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i live north florida and been doin it for only one year and havent got one cuz are area isnt quite stocked up enough....should i kill my first one with a bow or be safe with a 308.??



shootr

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The ranch I hunt in central Texas just started seeing hogs this past fall, sure one or 2 a year but this last fall we saw groups of them and much more sign around the ranch. So. . . once Deer season ended I started going after the pigs, got 8 this spring. I stopped using my .270 with a scope and switched over to a .357 brush gun. No need for a scope at 15 yards. While not the biggest or best caliber, I got a good deal on the gun and have not had any pigs wander off after being introduced to it.:D

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what ever your comfortable with, and depending on the distance to, you can do it with either one though so Just pick which one youd like to use the most and go fo it

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back in missouri I use either my marlin 44 mag rifle with handloads loaded with a Barnes X pistol bullet or my marlin 30-30 with handloads loaded with a 150 grain barnes X bullet or I use 170 grain remington core lokt factory ammo. I even killed a few with a 357 revolver with handloads loaded with a 180 grain Hornady XTP/HP.

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You have no idea how much I hog hunt. We have had so many hogs and it has been so much fun we started our hog hunting outfitter. We have had people from all over come adn hunt. check it out

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I hunt in Red River County, Texas and also in Cass Co., TX and kill several hogs a year. I'm sure we're like Texasaggie in that we're covered up with them and they are a blast to hunt. Good eatin' too. There is nothing finer than jalapino cheese smoked sausage...

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I am thinking of my first hog hunt next year but I like to make this a challenge. Anyone ever consider using a .45 cal cap/ball revolver at close range or is that way to under gunned?
Thanks and good hunting.

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use a mini ball with a max charge and you should be ok at close range... 25 yards and under... just need to hold it real fine...

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We actually have alot of hogs out here, especially in the area i live and on the coast as well as up north. I didn't know about this until several years ago. The place where i went, which was on a huge huge ranch, was rough hunting which i loved. Another time my dad and I went and the terrain was pretty much flat so it easy to spot hogs, just getting close enough for a shot was hard. I have gotten one so far with my dad's 300 Savage Magnum so that was fun. I want to try to get one with a bow someday. I haven't gone in awhile but i am definetly going to try to hunt for hogs as much as i can. I have yet to get any sort of big game with my bow but hopefully that will change soon.

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Hey, did anyone see that show about Hogzilla on NGG? Amazing how a hog could get to be 800lbs and 7 1/2ft.

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What town in NC do you live?

I always wanted to hunt hogs.

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Plenty in Fla.

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Listen to Rockfish. I have done the same with my Ruger Bp cap & ball.

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When I lived in Texas I used my cap & ball revolver 1858 new army. Got me a good hog. It walked right under my stand. 15 feet BANG one dead hog.

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we have done a lot of hog hunting here im Mississippi along the river... but its alot easier to trap them... during spring break we caught over 30... got tired of cleaning them dern thangs.... but my 6 yr old had a good time....

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woofer,
All my pictures are in a shoe box, but when I have a chance I'II figure the
way to post them. We have trapped up to 15 a day.My buddy has
2500 acres 2 miles from me.Here in Tampa Fl. it's a big profit. All the Cubans
want one to roast for Christmas dinner. $4 a pound and $25 to to Shave and
butcher. We have done up to 5 a day.We bought a walk-in cooler from a wrecked
refrigerated truck.

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RE: hog hunting
 

i killed my first this year with a 44 mag. brush gun(win. 94) at 15 yards. the 30-30 works well too. my friend uses one and it does well.