Hot Weather Doesn’t Stop Hogs

Even though we didn’t get much rain last week and the weather stayed hot, our wild hogs kept moving for the lucky hunters we had in camp last week. Our group of four down from the upstate for two days started things off by killing 4 nice pigs. Clif knocked one down while Ron stacked up two more; their friend Tristan was covered up in hogs for most of their stay, but had some problems hitting the fast moving suckers. And unfortunately the one that he did kill, we didn’t find for a few days despite a huge search for it. That left their good buddy Travis the lone man out with no pigs sighted or shot at… but as I say, that is REAL hunting. And since they are already making plans to return, we have promised to tie one up for him for his next trip 🙂 We also want to wish Tristan well and thank him for his service as he heads overseas to defend our great nation!

We then had a two day break before Jeb Jr. and Sr. showed up from Virginia to try and get the younger one his first boar. And despite having only one day to do it, Jeb saw quite a few pigs and then put a great shot on his 130 pounder which dropped right in his tracks over at the Bar Pit at Boggy Creek. They took some good pictures of it, and they have promised to email us a copy, so I will get it up as soon as I do.

Next our good friend Clay from N.C. came down for two days of hog hunting with his girlfriend Cayla. And I know that they saw several hogs but couldn’t get a shot at them before they got by on their first day out. However I am still waiting for information on their second day’s sits, and hopefully they managed to watch the woods and not each other so that Clay could take home some port. And of course if he did, the pictures will be up here next week too!

So that wraps up our week’s worth of hunting, which considering how hot it is and how few hunters we have in the woods right now is pretty good. Now, since most of our food plots are in, we have another week to work on our our stands before our next big group of 12 come in. And with two weeks of no pressure on the hogs, they should put some pork on the ground while they are here too.

I also promised some new trailcam pics this week, and our new cuddeback over on our bowhunting-only tract didn’t disappoint us. We had lots of deer and hogs on it as well as a gray fox, and they all seemed to come by at all hours of the day and night. Fortunately many of the visits were during shooting hours. You can see one nice boar was at the feeder right around 6am and the start of legal shooting time while another wandered by around 7:30pm. We also had a couple of good sows with their piglets that stopped by quite frequently too – and what was neat about getting them on camera was the fact that you could see the stripped young hogs. FYI: piglets that are mostly feral are a solid, single color while those with stripes have more Eurasion hog genes in them. So obviously some good hogs over there just waiting to be stuck 🙂

So there you have it… a recap of our week of hog hunting along with some new trailcam pics. Now to get back to working on getting some more video clips up on here! See you in a few days…

Jeff