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New at hog huntin, Need Info #1074062 12/01/09 10:04 PM
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Alright so heres the deal, I WANNA GET ME SOME HOGS!!!! Pretty much that simple, A buddies lease has been gettin tore up by em and we wanna go take a few. It will be a weekend deal so were thinkin well go out friday and bait up a freshly tore up spot, bait again saturday mornin, hunt sat night then repeat on sunday. Any help, tips and techniques would be greatly appreciated. If at all possible DROWN me in info. Thanks in advance.


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: txcntryboy] #1074190 12/01/09 10:44 PM
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REALLY I SIMPLY HUNT BASED OFF THE PATTERNS I HAVE SEEN, IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HIT HARD THEY WILL USUALLY COME TO SAME AREA FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. MAINLY AT NIGHT WITH SPOTLIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. ALSO THIS TIME OF YEAR THE ACORNS ARE DOWN BIG TIME. SO THEY MIGHT BE STAYING IN THE WOODS. GOOD LUCK


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So you think we should try baitin near the woodlines or just cit with a good view of it and wait? Would it be pretty useless to try and bring em out of the acorns and onto what I want em to eat


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: txcntryboy] #1074292 12/01/09 11:13 PM
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If you find a trail that they have been using consistently and recently, I would set up near the trail with a spotlight. Without much preparation that has been the best method I've used.


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: Lonestar Hunting] #1074725 12/02/09 01:11 AM
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Any need for scent block and all that jazz? Ive heard mixed opinions and scent block and being absolutely silent the whole time?


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: txcntryboy] #1074774 12/02/09 01:25 AM
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try to stay downwind


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all i can say is that if u are a country boy, and u havent gone on at least one hog hunt....something is wrong.


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Originally Posted By: Brandon A
all i can say is that if u are a country boy, and u havent gone on at least one hog hunt....something is wrong.


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It's still "we the people", right?

"If it bleeds, we can kill it."

Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: mightyp] #1076474 12/02/09 05:49 PM
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Well it happens, family is all 4 hours away and the place we usually hunt has never had hogs. When you go out on a pecan orchard with a pass from the game warden and kill 5 or 6 deer a day you dont really care about gettin a hog. So if I aint what you call "country" I really couldnt care less. Bein "country" aint a contest big guy


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dam son, calm down......


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takes more to be a country boy than living in the country(you gotta kill some Hogs).lol



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Probably a good time to lighten up here, folks. Comparing & criticizing "credentials" really belongs back on the playground, and can't go anywhere but an idiotic "oh, yeah?".


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: RonKaye] #1079629 12/03/09 05:42 PM
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All in fun.He sticks around here he will realize it.Cant have a since of humor and be on a hunting forum?



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Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: txcntryboy] #1079650 12/03/09 05:51 PM
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[quote=txcntryboy]Alright so heres the deal, I WANNA GET ME SOME HOGS!!!! Pretty much that simple, A buddies lease has been gettin tore up by em and we wanna go take a few. It will be a weekend deal so were thinkin well go out friday and bait up a freshly tore up spot, bait again saturday mornin, hunt sat night then repeat on sunday. Any help, tips and techniques would be greatly appreciated. If at all possible DROWN me in info. Thanks in advance. [/quote

Find their trails, i don't know the terrain so I'm guessing there are some open areas. if you can find an open area near the trails, dig a hole about 2-2 1/2 feet deep with post hole digger. Layer corn and jello powder almost to the top. then poor water to the top, and put some of the dirt back on the top few inches (i always leave the dirt kinda loose). if the pigs are there, they will find it. i've done this mid afternoon, and returned the next morning to see the hole completely dug out.


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Not a bad idea to contact your local game warden and let him know where yall will be spotlighting. Might save you an embarrassing moment



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Originally Posted By: erniejs
Not a bad idea to contact your local game warden and let him know where yall will be spotlighting. Might save you an embarrassing moment


just call the number on the back of your hunting license and let them know(dispatch). if game warden gets a call he checks with them to see if anybody has called in, so he doesn't have to get out of bed for nothing


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Originally Posted By: erniejs
Not a bad idea to contact your local game warden and let him know where yall will be spotlighting. Might save you an embarrassing moment


Learned that lesson young... I was hunting coons as a kid, using a Spanish surplus Astra 600 I'd just bought (for $30, no less!). I'd cleaned the bore, loaded her up, and when I heard the coons, I hit the lights on the tractor, took a bead, and pulled the trigger. Emptied the magazine (full auto), with the last couple of rounds up in the trees.

Game warden showed up pretty quick, and asked me what the hell I was doing. Told him I'd just gotten the gun, and he took it, looked it over, and told me to watch as he field stripped it and proceeded to wash all the hardened cosmolene from the action. It had hardened so bad that the sear was literally locked in the disengage position. He told me to be sure and let him know next time I was gonna be hunting at night, so he wouldn't think I was a poacher. Ever since then, I make sure either the game warden or the sheriff's office knows when I'm going to be out at night.


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Not a bad idea to contact your local game warden and let him know where yall will be spotlighting. Might save you an embarrassing moment


just call the number on the back of your hunting license and let them know(dispatch). if game warden gets a call he checks with them to see if anybody has called in, so he doesn't have to get out of bed for nothing


so wouldnt every single poacher just do that????


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All I can say is good luck theres no hogs in Texas


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Not a bad idea to contact your local game warden and let him know where yall will be spotlighting. Might save you an embarrassing moment


just call the number on the back of your hunting license and let them know(dispatch). if game warden gets a call he checks with them to see if anybody has called in, so he doesn't have to get out of bed for nothing


so wouldnt every single poacher just do that????



I think they get the idea when you tell them who you are, and the property you will be hunting on. Vs just calling in and saying that you are hunting county road 411 and 417.


Re: New at hog huntin, Need Info [Re: bwk1975] #1127264 12/24/09 10:53 PM
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Alright guys thanks for the info...Ive wondered about the whole spotlightin at night thing and will definately give em a call first. As far as lightenin up im as calm as can be, I just get riled when somebody goes off sayin "you aint country". Its just a screen name...Thanks again guys.


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