The wife and I are considering another Christmastime road trip. May leave home just after Christmas and head south to Texas and Louisiana. How the route goes would depend on if I could get into a hog or two. Are there any places that a guy can go for a hog without doing the "pay for play" thing? For being such a nuisance, they sure get pricey in a hurry when you want to shoot one!
Hogs on a road trip?
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emrah1028
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The "nuisance" thing is a joke. I live in MN but travel a lot and end up on a hog hunt or two in FL every year. Aside from the WMAs most places are pay to play. Mostly fenced in or by a corn feeder. I try not to do the corn feeder thing and instead try to add at least a little bit of sport by doing spot and stalk. Anyway, the hog "hunting" industry is weird down there (and I'm sure other places). Some farms grow hogs. Some farms are for shooting hogs. Some do both and they also swap or trade hogs between different "outfitters".
Sorry, didn't mean to thread jack. I'm sure there are ranches with s genuine hog problem, but most of it is man made.
Emrah
Sorry, didn't mean to thread jack. I'm sure there are ranches with s genuine hog problem, but most of it is man made.
Emrah
I can point you to some areas in Mississippi public land but non resident hunting licenses are a little outrageous. Do some research and if you're interested PM me and I'll point you to areas with plenty of hog opportunities. I see you're from Illinois I was born and raised in Illinois only been in Mississippi for a few years
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WildWill
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Check out Three rivers and Honobia creek wma's in SE Oklahoma plenty of hogs plenty of public land and at that time of year all the deer hunters will be gone. I believe to hunt hogs you will need a non resident hunting license ($142) and to hunt three rivers-honobia creek you have to buy the conservation passport for those wma's which is $85 for a non resident. I live 20 minutes from these wma's and hunt turkey on them every spring I'm sure I would be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to pm me.
The Texas hogs are a real problem. They can not be moved and traded , only boars. We have been hunting them for many years with no high fence. They cause massive amounts of damage to crop and pasture lands so finding a ranch that outfits for them is the way to go , not a hog outfitter.You can hunt them in any way possible in Texas and spot and stalk can be very exciting. While hunts are getting pricey you can still find a decently priced hunt that does not have to be over a feeder. Night hunting is a blast and that is where a guide comes in handy. There are some small public hunting lands in Texas and some Corp of Engineers properties that are open to hog hunting.
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