[long range]

Does anyone know where I can take my son hog hunting around the Raymond/Jackson area

 

[Rees Guide]

We are going to Vicksburg tomorrow, I dont know anything about the place we are going but think it may be a pay to hunt place. Will post some info tomorrow evening if you want.

 

[Lt.Dan]

I am wondering the same thing except down here by the coast.

 

[long range]

rees guide are yall going to mahanna

 

[walkiahgunman]

I am wondering the same thing except down here by the coast.

If you're down on the coast, anyplace near a creek or river there will be pigs. Pascagoula swamp I know is full of them. I live and hunt on the Pearl River and there is no shortage of them here either. Anywhere from Hwy 90 all the way to Hwy 26. PIGS ARE EVERYWHERE!! Please come kill some!!

 

[Lt.Dan]

I am wondering the same thing except down here by the coast.

If you're down on the coast, anyplace near a creek or river there will be pigs. Pascagoula swamp I know is full of them. I live and hunt on the Pearl River and there is no shortage of them here either. Anywhere from Hwy 90 all the way to Hwy 26. PIGS ARE EVERYWHERE!! Please come kill some!!

Let me know next time you are going to go, I will come help the cause. I've never hunted hogs and it's on my bucket list haha.

 

[1985 4runner]

I am wondering the same thing except down here by the coast.

Me too.

 

[9c4me]

I don't hunt anymore but shooting a wild hog sounds like great fun for some reason.

 

[chbrow10]

I live near pascagoula. I'll ask around. I'd like to go as well.

 

[btr568]

Pearl River,Little Biloxi,Ward Bayou,Upper&Lower Pascagoula,Red Creek,have as many as you'd like to kill and drag out.But I'll give ya'll a big tip,shoot the little ones they are way easier to get back to your truck

 

[walkiahgunman]

Pearl River,Little Biloxi,Ward Bayou,Upper&Lower Pascagoula,Red Creek,have as many as you'd like to kill and drag out.But I'll give ya'll a big tip,shoot the little ones they are way easier to get back to your truck

Yep, all them places are great. Good tip on the little 'uns too. They taste way better! Also carry a good grunt call, you can give a few deep grunts with a regular ole buck grunt and get 'em in close. Also you can call 'em back most times after you shoot one and bust a few more. Just don't cut 'em no slack, these things are already a problem and are only gonna get worse with time.

 

[chbrow10]

What is the general process here? Are they nocturnal? Do you need to hunt at night?

Do you stalk these or wait in ambush? I have heard that the skin is very tough, is there a threshold caliber?

What are the typical ranges that you shoot at? Do you clean/field dress these like every other animal?

 

[9c4me]

Article in yesterday's paper http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110206/COL0503/102060326/1176/COL/Think-having-wild-swine-is-fine-Think-again

 

[Lt.Dan]

If I take one down does anyone want the meat? I don't think I will be eating them but I won't have it go to waste. I know they are a problem and just need to die, but I can't bring myself to waste food.

 

[Brutus]

If I take one down does anyone want the meat? I don't think I will be eating them but I won't have it go to waste. I know they are a problem and just need to die, but I can't bring myself to waste food.

Hell, eat 'em yourself. There's nothing wrong with them. They taste great. The little ones especially aren't really gamey at all. Half them down the back bone and smoke 'em up in halves!

 

[Brutus]

What is the general process here? Are they nocturnal? Do you need to hunt at night?

Do you stalk these or wait in ambush? I have heard that the skin is very tough, is there a threshold caliber?

What are the typical ranges that you shoot at? Do you clean/field dress these like every other animal?

Any major caliber rifle will drop them just fine - .308, .30-'06, 8mm Mauser, etc., etc. I've heard from a friend with personal experience that 7.62x39 is a little iffy. It'll kill 'em, but they'll likely run off a ways and the environs where you hunt them makes it hard to find them if they make it very far before they die.

Of course, there are special considerations. The only one I've ever killed got her head busted open like a rotten melon with one round of 180 gr. hardball out of my 10mm Glock. She just happened to pop out in the open about 20 yards away from a friend and me while we were moving deer stands in the off-season about ten years ago. That 10mm pill literally blew the entire top of her skull off.

 

[Rbelote]

Most exciteing way is to hunt them with dogs, tie em and bring em out alive. :thumbup:

 

[walkiahgunman]

What is the general process here? Are they nocturnal? Do you need to hunt at night?

Do you stalk these or wait in ambush? I have heard that the skin is very tough, is there a threshold caliber?

What are the typical ranges that you shoot at? Do you clean/field dress these like every other animal?

Down here we mostly hunt them with dogs, but I personally enjoy it more stalk hunting them. Here in Pearl River County, in either Bogue Chitto NWR or Old River WMA, I usually just ease through the woods real slow and most times you can hear them rootin around (especially when the leaves are dry). Stay with the wind in your favor(their best sense is their smell) and ease up on them. They're making so much noise rootin they usually won't hear you. If you do spook them(as long as they don't smell you) you can most times grunt 'em back in. Pop one and be still for a couple minutes, if the others didn't run too far, grunt 'em in again. This method has resulted in upto 5 kills out of one group.

As far as calibre choice goes, deer calibres work best, but I have killed or seem them killed with everything from a .22lr on up. You can kill them with just about anything, but shot placement is key. I prefer to hunt with something autoloading and high capacity( You can run into some pretty big groups).

Ranges can vary from In Your Face to Hundreds of yards. Here in our swamp range is usually no more than 50 yards.

Field dress and clean just like a deer. Meat is good to mix with your deer so you don't have to pay for pork to mix with your sausage. The backstraps are great on the grill. Small ones are good smokers. Big Boars leave em where they lay unless you want a mount or something.

 

[sidroski]

Good post Hooter, I usually catch Bobby's column. What's a run of the mill one weigh? How the heck do you get them out? A few 150 lb dead animals would be a load to tote out. In TX, I hear some leave them where they shoot them. Hate to shoot anything I don't eat myself.

 

[Lt.Dan]

So who wants to go? I am ready any day, I just need someone to go with since I'm still relatively new here. I have only lived here for a year so I need some guidance. Just let me know a time and place.