We have some property in north Florida that I know we have some pigs on because I've seen them on camera, but I can't seem to catch them in the daylight. Does anyone have any tips on finding them in the day?
Yes. Go find them. Literally my favorite hunting. I don't know the water situation there, but they'll likely be in the thickets area there is Thats near water.
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Yeah you've gotta find their bedding areas. Play the wind and spot and stalk.
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Yeah I know where they're bedding, but it's back in the thickest nastiest stuff on the property, and they only seem to be coming out of it around 9:30.
Sounds like where I mostly hunt, can't crawl through it let alone stalk anything through it!! Briars and brambles.
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You have to get them moving out of their comfort zone.
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Trail cameras are sometimes a serious detriment to hunters....and dull the hunters edge.
Quit worrying about the cameras and go hunting.
Last year Smokin Joe and I we on a hunt and were Told that hunting in the morning was a waste of time...... That the animals weren't moving until after 3:30 in the afternoon based on "cameras'....
The next 3 days Joe and I were chasing mid morning.....then again on day 5. The 1st morning the guide actually drove up and busted my stalk....
Technology offers false hope-false info-false faith and missdirected confusion and loss of woodsmanship.
Hunt them at night. We do spot and stalk night hunts and are HIGHLY successful. Using green bow lights we can stalk to within 5-10 yards. It is crazy fun and the number of hogs you encounter is amazing.
Yep....we hunt them at night also....Like Jerry said its a blast. Its amazing what you can get away with using a green light. We will be doing a lot of that in TX next month....But well be chasing them at daylight till lunch as well.....just not at feeders where the cameras are.
Quote from: Jerry Russell on January 25, 2020, 07:39:53 PM
Hunt them at night. We do spot and stalk night hunts and are HIGHLY successful. Using green bow lights we can stalk to within 5-10 yards. It is crazy fun and the number of hogs you encounter is amazing.
This is what I do. Only legal Mar. thru Aug. here though...
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Pushing them out of the brier patches at Granger, better with at least two hunters, one to post up on exit side. They bust out with after burners on.
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We hunt them at night as well but if you're in Texas you better have your snake boots/ chaps on. It gets pretty sporty when you hear that buzz by your foot in the dark.[emoji846]
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I just want to make sure everyone knows I was not slamming anyone for using trail cameras..... Just don't let them take the place of your brain.
Nothing replaces good old boots on the ground for figuring things out.
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Boots on the ground a little pair of pruning snips for making a hole tough those briars, palmettos and thorn bushes while sneaking
I didn't think you were Mr. Terry, I had found a trail with a lot of sign and hunted it 7 or 8 days before I set out cams just to see when they were coming out
Quote from: Flbowhunter on January 27, 2020, 06:21:49 PM
I didn't think you were Mr. Terry, I had found a trail with a lot of sign and hunted it 7 or 8 days before I set out cams just to see when they were coming out
You bet!
I hear about thick stuff and folks don't realise....that's were I kill most of my stalked hogs. Most hunters say it's too thick....I say not....yah gotta get in there with them.
Here is a typical environment where I stalk......
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What He said ^
There is nothing like the thrill of a spot and stalk kill. Javelina make a great quarry for that. Pigs are second on that then elk. Deer have been tough for me.
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For sure you have to get into the thick stuff. There is a spot at Granger called the "THICKS", we joke that if you trip in there you'll not hit the ground, the trees and brush will hold you up. It is challenging to even get your bow drawn in there, and usually the first time you see the pigs is as they bust out. Following Hog trails into the brier patches isn't much better, but it can work.
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Yes....the thick stuff is where those that can manufacture shots rule!!!!!!
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I doubt those hogs are sitting all day unless they are really pressured nonstop. I'll but they are moving around in the thick patches during the morning and especially the afternoons and evenings. The good thing is you can hear them moving and fighting amongst themselves. Get in there and don't worry about making a lot of noise until you are close enough for you to hear them move. I've had a group walk right up to me thinking I was another hog walking through.
Hogs at Granger are hunted hard daily. They are either asleep in the briers or at a run, during daylight. They are almost totally nocturnal. They get Helo hunted once a year, as well. Can't count the number of times I have stalked a bedded hog, put an arrow in a dead pig. In 19 years of hunting there I may have seen 2-3 hogs in semi-open moving between brier patches or thick stuff. By thick I mean stuff you can't walk through. You can crawl in the hog trails and hope for an opening when you need it to shoot.
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Quote from: Mint on January 28, 2020, 05:18:34 PM
I doubt those hogs are sitting all day unless they are really pressured nonstop. I'll but they are moving around in the thick patches during the morning and especially the afternoons and evenings. The good thing is you can hear them moving and fighting amongst themselves. Get in there and don't worry about making a lot of noise until you are close enough for you to hear them move. I've had a group walk right up to me thinking I was another hog walking through.
YES!!!!! They ain't laying down all day!!!
Never hunted Florida but we kill a lot of hogs here in Arkansas. Hogs have no real set schedule or pattern it seems. Spook them at night and they'll start coming in day light. They won't leave easy food! They're pigs for goodness sakes! Lol
Granger Texas free range hogs are PhD level hog hunting. With no feeders,(legally) food wherever they find it and the heat of the day, they do have a tendency to lay up in the shade much more. Granger is primarily all river bottom flood plain, and they like to lay in the low water, about knee deep. That makes kayak hunting for them good as opposed to trying to wade through the muck and mire. There are spots that stay flooded most of the year, so are impossible to walk through. On dry land you'll find wallowed out spots in the thick patches were they can lay down and look like an ant hill from 25-30 yards, binos are a great tool. Can't tell how many ant hills I've shot in brier patches, either. Also, there are several small islands with extremely thick vegetation and steep banks, making access difficult that don't get hunted much so hold some hogs. Daylight hours are the only option at Granger, so it is a challenge. That's what makes it so much fun!!!
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