Hog Hunt June 5-7

Hey guys,

I am taking one of my best friends out before his first child is due, unfortunately she will need 3 surgeries within the first 2 years of her life. Either way, we want to take him out and have a good time, will probably be around 6 of us.

We are looking at the following areas:
Sabine River Authority (pg 58 of the handbook)
Bannister WMA

We would generally hit richland chambers but it is already closed to hog hunts, but I know that area well. Wife went to SFA so those are first 2 I can think of that seem open year around and have have enough area to hunt.

Any suggestions? Has anyone been out/around these 2 WMAs??

Thanks in advance!

Prayers that the surgury goes well... Have only looked at the Bannister WMA on TOPO USA, had plotted few places jotted cordanences down ta check, just never made it their... Best wishes & Safe a hunt

Thanks colt.45! I will pass on the prayers for sure.

If you know of any other WMAs in the Nacogdoches area that are any good, we are not sold on Bannister yet.

Where is this located at, county that is??? If it is the one I'm thinking about, you're gonna need a boat!!

Lol... I was planning on calling the Bannister WMA to see what it looked like before we headed down. Was not sure if East Texas was receiving as much rain as we are up here.

Sabine River WMA is in Panola County

Think he is thinking of OSBWMA in Smith county ... They opened it up year round archery for hogs couple years ago... We got more rain last night

ya got me going threw the old public hunting lands booklet's.. They didn't send the new one... Didn't get permit till late Feb or March... Every thing going internet, on line... Looking at the 2013-2014 one... June hunt, take it for hog's ? You looking for all legal means, think RC WMA is normaly closed in June... Theirs few opened year round archery only, OSBWMA started couple years ago, unit #708, #747E are few of the ones i've hunted, all got hogs... Theirs few others besides one U mentioned that have year round all legal means hog hunts... Been to a few... Depends how far ya wanna drive... Hunted unit #904, got rained out, but did do some scouting, went threw two sets of hunting cloths before headed back.. Kept raining, & in between dry spells radio said the may close roads.. This year is wetter than that year was... Best wishes...

Would I get slapped if I posted this in the hog hunting sub? This sub does not seem as active as others

thats up ta the mod's, i've had topic's done gone missing... Ya might get some hit's from outfitters, type in looking for Free hog hunt.... First got on here, their were few posts... Suggested WMA land is about as Free as ya can find... i usualy huntsolo rumor has it i stink, do tend ta fart alot... Give it a try, they might move it back here... Just watch weather, & be prepared if ya go in case its a little wet... i use ducktape on my tennishoes more ta keep them tagether than ta keep water out... Best wishes..

Thanks for all the info colt.45! Mucho kudos.

We decided on Bannister WMA for now, I have tried calling the number listed half a dozen times over the last 3 days with no response

That being said, we are ready to hike in a few miles, stalk and spot hunt style! I am sitting at work at the moment and already anxious and itchy!!!! Going to hit up the range Sat morning to x2 check my sights.

Also, per http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5426745.pdf

This seems to indicate that we COULD night hunt in the Angelina National Forest, just not in the WMA... I may have to test it.

Yep, you will need a boat!!!! I know that place. It's also called or known as Yellow Dog. Our place is up river 20 miles or so and where our water level now is about a mile from the river. So what I'm saying, when you drive thru our gate and drop down to the bottom, that's where the water starts!!!

Dang! Hopefully Bannister will not be as bad. Wish someone would answer the darn phone down there!

Hope you guys stay dry, Houston looks like a swamp.

I'm not sure where Bannister is, but everything in E Tx is under water now, that is, any river bottom. They have been getting their share of the rain and all those lakes north are opening their flood gates as well, which ain't helping at all.

Bannister is right here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/31%C2%B021'40.4%22N+94%C2%B013'50.4%22W/@31.361219,-94.230676,725m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Been years back, was on volenter fire department 14 usdta flood over at sabine.. We got call, truck got washed off the bridge had to go rescue people... They finaly rebuilt the bridge... It been years since OSBWMA was a lake due to excess lakes being full... Back then they were talking about putting a damn North an had planes drawn of a lake...

Its pretty boreing on this form, some going not gonna mention no names, rumor has it their postaddic ... Need details on trip...

Any updates on the hunt? We gettimg a gusher here this morning... Rumor has it OSBWMA water been over the road, so far hogs not made it this way.... Ya'll atill go do the public hunt or go with outfitter... Up in the hog hunten form ones doing best are ones hitting the problem area's using NV, Thermal, getting permmission is hardest part... Few having luck trapping... Public land hog hunts, are one of the few, do-it-yourself hunts left... Getting were not able ta do my huntsolo thing... Finding hogs was always the easy part, the backpacking out for en & chillen tis were the work begins... for friends family....