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Speaking of feral hogs, anyone noticed fewer this year?
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:11 pm
I only saw one hog this year and that was while driving on the road. My property is in Winn and Jackson Parishes which have traditionally been the highest concentration of hogs in the state. In 2020 and 2022, I killed over 30 hogs each year. Last year due to the baby, I didn't get to trap them.
During deer season I didn't see any sign at all. I have an uncle that killed over 100 each year in 20 and 21 but only killed 4 in 2022. He was trapping about 10 miles from me so it shouldn't have affected my property.
I assumed that they were in the swamp all season with the bumper acorn crop but when I talked to some neighboring hunters who hunt in Caney swamp they hadn't seen any this year either. They think that someone (maybe LDWF) poisoned them all.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad they are gone, but I don't understand where they went. Anyone else see fewer hogs this year?
During deer season I didn't see any sign at all. I have an uncle that killed over 100 each year in 20 and 21 but only killed 4 in 2022. He was trapping about 10 miles from me so it shouldn't have affected my property.
I assumed that they were in the swamp all season with the bumper acorn crop but when I talked to some neighboring hunters who hunt in Caney swamp they hadn't seen any this year either. They think that someone (maybe LDWF) poisoned them all.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad they are gone, but I don't understand where they went. Anyone else see fewer hogs this year?
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Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:24 pm to TigerDeacon
I saw fewer on my place. We really went after them in the spring last year. I had 2 sounders and probably killed 7-8 from both. I think the drought we had in spring and summer made them move and stay closer to water as well. I'm in Amite CO as a reference.
This post was edited on 2/7/23 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:32 pm to TigerDeacon
There was very heavy logging in Winn this year. I killed 13 last year and have only seen 1 during a hunt this past season. I am just starting to see some on camera, but their days will be numbered soon too, once my thermal comes in.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 4:55 pm to chew4219
It is just a matter of time before ASF gets here imo.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:03 pm to GREENHEAD22
We saw less and killed less on our place in Southern Arkansas
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:07 pm to GREENHEAD22
quote:bring it, can I buy some to spread?
ASF gets here imo
Saw plenty sign, heard some, sadly no contact.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:11 pm to White Bear
We trapped a ton last year, and the hogs were everywhere in July and September, but just disappeared in early October. Only trapped one single hog all year, they were that trap shy. I took a few out with my thermal, just stalking them on feeders, but they were nothing like they have been the last 2 years, for sure
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:27 pm to TigerDeacon
The old guys in my local WMA swear the hogs were low this year. Said the past few years the population has been declining. They probably killed over 25 hogs between the few of them. Seems like good numbers to me.
They blame the local wardens for mass killing them through out the year.
They also claim this hurts the deer harvest. Their theory is that the hogs move all over eating acorns. Therefore forcing the deer to move around searching for acorns. Deer moving around means more being seen and killed.
With less hogs the deer can lay in one small area with less competition. Less deer moving around means less deer seen and less being killed.
As for destroying the land. What exactly do they destroy? It’s the woods not your garden. No levees in this section of the WMA. Just swampy land
They blame the local wardens for mass killing them through out the year.
They also claim this hurts the deer harvest. Their theory is that the hogs move all over eating acorns. Therefore forcing the deer to move around searching for acorns. Deer moving around means more being seen and killed.
With less hogs the deer can lay in one small area with less competition. Less deer moving around means less deer seen and less being killed.
As for destroying the land. What exactly do they destroy? It’s the woods not your garden. No levees in this section of the WMA. Just swampy land
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:37 pm to TigerDeacon
I only saw one hog all year and I hunted a LOT. Arrowed that sumbitch too.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 5:57 pm to TigerDeacon
Killed 394 in 2022. If that's slow it's about to be wild once corn goes in the ground
Posted on 2/7/23 at 6:01 pm to TigerDeacon
I had a total of 7 on camera all season in st Helena.
We killed 0 while actually deer hunting and killed and saw more deer than we have in several years.
We killed 0 while actually deer hunting and killed and saw more deer than we have in several years.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 6:09 pm to TigerDeacon
Only killed 3 or 4 on the public I hunt this year and they were all solo. A couple of years ago it was pretty much a given that I'd kill one or two every time i went Squirrel hunting. Didn't see any big sounders. I talked to a warden and he said they'd trapped 5 or 6 hundred of them over summer. They also select cut a portion near where I hunt and it's grown up so thick I can't walk it. I reckon its full of em.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 7:21 pm to Crawdaddy
quote:found the guy spreading hogs “so we can hunt more.”
Crawdaddy
Posted on 2/7/23 at 7:32 pm to TigerDeacon
Saw 0 on cam or in stands this year in NW Georgetown. Always a given we'd shoot a few every year previous. We think they did a lot of trapping on the Corp of Engineer land next to us and around the river.
This post was edited on 2/7/23 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 2/7/23 at 8:02 pm to TigerDeacon
We are south of Abeline about 70 miles.
In 21 we killed more than 30. 22 started hot. 8 feeders with 15 to 20 every night. Killed 10 or so. Drought hit and they vanished. Mid September they showed up again. Just about every feeder 10 to 15 a night. Killed a few and then stopped for bow season. They have pretty much scaled back again. Lots of tracks in the fields, but staying away from
The corn. They are there, just changing patterns.
In 21 we killed more than 30. 22 started hot. 8 feeders with 15 to 20 every night. Killed 10 or so. Drought hit and they vanished. Mid September they showed up again. Just about every feeder 10 to 15 a night. Killed a few and then stopped for bow season. They have pretty much scaled back again. Lots of tracks in the fields, but staying away from
The corn. They are there, just changing patterns.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 9:01 pm to TigerDeacon
Seen one this year in st Helena.
Neighbors had been putting it on them with dogs the last couple years and we only feed corn inside of pens, figured that’s what it was.
Maybe all the trapping, nightvison, dogs is starting to slow the tide.
4-5 years ago we would have groups of 25 at a time.
Neighbors had been putting it on them with dogs the last couple years and we only feed corn inside of pens, figured that’s what it was.
Maybe all the trapping, nightvison, dogs is starting to slow the tide.
4-5 years ago we would have groups of 25 at a time.
Posted on 2/7/23 at 10:37 pm to Crawdaddy
quote:
As for destroying the land. What exactly do they destroy? It’s the woods not your garden.
Dear God!
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:36 am to TigerDeacon
I hunt in Jackson Parish and a guy next to my lease trapped over 80 hogs in 2021, I only had two hogs on camera this past year.
Posted on 2/8/23 at 6:48 am to Rosebud31
Seems nf the same
I think the big freeze we had last year took a toll on them
Drought also
I think the big freeze we had last year took a toll on them
Drought also
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