Hog Hunting
So you want to be a hog killer?
Do you hate the hogs that are tearing up your hunting property and making deer hunts more difficult? Do you feel a sense of accomplishment when you take a few hogs out of the population?[…]
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Hog Hunting
Father-son duo bring home the bacon, down 700-pound-plus N.C. hog
Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo.[…]
Hog Hunting
Varmint: Why wild hogs spread so quickly
Louisiana has a strange relationship with Sus scrofa — the feral hog.[…]
Columns
The Bayou State has bacon
Last month in this column I paid tribute to the wild hog, which has been in this country for 500 years. My point was that this critter has been able to survive despite the fact that most are out to eliminate it from the landscape.[…]
Columns
Hail to the feral hog
Back in July our nation celebrated its 238th birthday. No doubt many of you celebrated Independence Day watching a traditional fireworks display; you saw the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air, and hopefully avoided the popping of a firecracker in your hand.[…]
Hog Hunting
LWFC adopts NOI for aerial feral hog control
Citing the growth of the feral hog population and the corresponding damage they create, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a notice of intent last week that would establish permit regulations for aerial hog control.[…]
Hog Hunting
LDWF investigating allowing recreational hunters to serve as helicopter gunners to help reduce feral hog population
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is currently working with Texas Parks and Wildlife to investigate developing a program that would allow recreational hunters in Louisiana the opportunity to pay and serve as gunners on helicopter flights to help reduce the state’s feral hog population.[…]
Hog Hunting
Hog hunting — airboat style
In tonight’s episode of Sportsman TV, host Greg Hackney travels to Violet for an airboat hunt to take down some feral hogs in the marsh.[…]
Hog Hunting
LDWF’s aerial control program nets 54 hogs at Sherburne and Pearl River WMAs
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ aerial control program to shoot feral hogs from a helicopter last week on Sherburne and Pearl River Wildlife Management Areas netted a total of 54 downed pigs, according to the state veterinarian.[…]
News Breaker
Vid shows hog charging hunter
Hog hunting is a ton of fun, and it can extend hunting season. But as LouisianaSportsman.com user Chris Morris discovered in early February, wild pigs can be dangerous.[…]
News Breaker
Pearl River WMA hog hunter becomes hunted
Chris Morris has been hunting Pearl River Wildlife Management Area outside Slidell since he was 6 years old, and he killed his first hog there when he was 15.[…]
Hog Hunting
Steps in cleaning a pig
Here are 16 step-by-step detailed instructions for cleaning a hog. The first is to hang it from a hind leg and thoroughly hose it with lots of fresh water.[…]
Apex Predator
Recurve hog and bonus hog
My last article featured a hunt during which I chased down and shot two hogs. I was disappointed my camera was switched off when it happened. It just so happened when I least expected it a similar chase ensued while the film was rolling.[…]
Hunting
Another Delta hog down
The fog has really been hampering my bow-hunting plans down at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area. However, I was able to use my GPS to make it down there for a mid-morning hunt recently.
At 10:40 a.m., I saw a medium-sized hog walking on a trail through the tall cut grass. I had him at 35 yards, but he would not stop walking. I held off on the shot, and within a couple of minutes I could hear some loud cracking in the grass.[…]
Hog Hunting
Hog blast on the Delta
My buddy Randy Levingston and I, used the recent cold, windy weather to stalk up some hogs down at the Delta. Three big ones came out on Randy right before dark. He put an arrow in the largest one and the fun began.[…]
Hog Hunting
What’s so bad about hogs?
It’s no coincidence that land managers who devote their time and dollars to improving their properties for deer populations also end up seeing many more hogs.[…]