Was down to Oaky Woods this past week-end. First time since early 2015. Sign was much more sparse this trip, and a lot of was not fresh. DNR guys were at the check station for a 1 day bear hunt, said hog had been pretty slow lately.
We walked a couple of tracts and used the truck to scout for sign in several areas and was fairly disappointed. There was logging on the north end, and with the drought, the place was pretty dry. Big and Little Grocery creek were bone dry.
The bottoms near the river and Big Indian Creek were wet and looked like good pig country. Plenty of acorns around and had been washed up into nice little piles on the banks by the recent rains. No recent sign found.
We did happen upon a good size black bear estimate 350 lbs (although protected in this WMA) and jumped a doe while scouting some of the other areas. No hog spotted.
Could it be the drought, logging, hunting or other erradication methods have thinned the heard?
We walked a couple of tracts and used the truck to scout for sign in several areas and was fairly disappointed. There was logging on the north end, and with the drought, the place was pretty dry. Big and Little Grocery creek were bone dry.
The bottoms near the river and Big Indian Creek were wet and looked like good pig country. Plenty of acorns around and had been washed up into nice little piles on the banks by the recent rains. No recent sign found.
We did happen upon a good size black bear estimate 350 lbs (although protected in this WMA) and jumped a doe while scouting some of the other areas. No hog spotted.
Could it be the drought, logging, hunting or other erradication methods have thinned the heard?