Field Reports
Crossbow hog kills on opening weekend
It was a good start to the Southeast Louisiana hunting season for Shawn Nelson. He and his crew got two hogs out of the Bogue Chitto Swamp.[…]
Hog Hunting
Features
High-tech hog hunting
Trail cameras that text your phone, remote-controlled traps are part of a system for taking down the wild hogs that are overrunning Louisiana.[…]
Hog Hunting
Wild Pork Cuban Sandwiches with Humberto Fontova
Humberto Fontova delivers a crowd-pleasing sandwich in this Sportsman TV episode. He mixes wild pork with a classic cuban sandwich recipe.[…]
Hog Hunting
Is marsh destruction by nutria, feral hogs being addressed?
Over the past 10 years, the damage from nutria and feral hogs has been on the rise in southeast Louisiana. They are reeking havoc on Louisiana’s marsh.[…]
Features
Louisiana’s low-tech hogs
It doesn’t take a big monetary investment to work on Louisiana’s hogs. Hunters can work on the hog population with a minimum investment of time and effort.[…]
Apex Predator
Internet tree scouting for Nuttall oaks
Before Joshua Chauvin takes any trips to new areas, he always studies maps for potential hunting locations. This article focuses on Nuttall oak trees.[…]
Apex Predator
Hunting popular water holes for deer and hogs
Once the popular water holes of an area are located, harvesting thirsty hogs and deer is a near sure bet this fall for hunters.[…]
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Pig killer drops 47 by 1:00 a.m.
Most nights from March through September, Trey Dupre is out doing his best to thin out the destructive and invasive wild pig problem that plagues Louisiana.[…]
Hog Hunting
Are wild hogs hurting our turkey populations?
Could wild hogs be the reason for the low success rate of these turkey hunters? Here’s how hogs contribute to lowering turkey populations.[…]
Features
Hog dogging
John Storey, Warren Ostarly and Mike Gettle hunt hogs with dogs year-round, but in February, they lay the hammer on swine in the Bogue Chitto and Pearl River Wildlife Management Areas.[…]
Apex Predator
The double-wheelie sharpener
The double-wheelie blade sharpener is inexpensive, fits in your palm and only takes seconds to use.[…]
Columns
It’s time to dog the hogs
Fill the upcoming void in hunting seasons by hog-dogging.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator: Micro .22 Mag handles hogs
In this month’s column, Josh Chauvin details his adventures with his new micro .22 Mag, the Little Badger, which tips the scales at under 3 pounds. […]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator shares his hog hunting tactics
To be successful at hunting hogs on Louisiana public land, I use a combination of tactics. Maximum mileage covered by foot has continually proved most productive. Last season I harvested 72 pigs on several WMAs and NWRs — with only two taken from my tree climber.[…]
Columns
Game warden column: Try trapping hogs
We’ve talked about hunting feral hogs to thin the herd. I don’t know about you, but I’m not much on summer hunting. The sweat tends to rust my rifle. So when the thermometer reaches into the 90s, I think it’s time to trap hogs. Summer is a good time for hog trapping for a few other reasons, as well. […]
Columns
Hunting and trapping feral hogs
Whether we call them nuisance animals or outlaw quadrupeds, the laws addressing the take of those less-than-desirable species are more liberal than ever before. That’s a good thing made necessary by the ever-increasing number of feral hogs. […]