re: feral hog tips

The easy way is to ask 10 farmers/ranchers in your area. 5 will likely tell you the have hogs.

They dont sweat so during this time of year they hang out in the deepest shade they can find during the day, and move mostly at night. They use mud to keep them cool and to keep the bugs off and will wallow in shallow runoff areas over natural clay. They also use pine trees for the terpintine laden sap to keep bugs off and you will be able to find rubs on multiple small trees anywhere there are hogs and water mixed.

There are no acorns left and without rain the gubs and bugs are deeper in the ground so they wont be rooting up fields much. Look for rooting in the woods, damage to crops, and natural mast trees that may be dropping fruits.

They create and follow set game trails in groups. So, you should be able to find those failry easily. Look for what appears to be dee trails with obvious low obstructions only 1-2 feet off the ground that indicate the trail is likely not used by deer. Look for coarse black hair and mud caked on the lower run of barbed wire on fences.

Look for their tracks which appear very similar to deer tracks but less pointed in the front, a little more rounded, and usually a bunch of them together.

Once you have found an area that looks good pour out a bag of corn or rice bran and set up a cam. If you dont stink up the area too bad you should be able to get pics of hogs in only 1-2 nights.

Good Luck.