Are pigs running off the deer.

[Professor]

Just had 40-50 pigs stomp by. This is the first year they have been this far south and they are destroying everything on this ridge. There is always a doe group feeding on this ridge. I see no sign of deer feeding though. Just hogs. Did the pigs run my does off?

 

[Gator89]

Just had 40-50 pigs stomp by. This is the first year they have been this far south and they are destroying everything on this ridge. There is always a doe group feeding on this ridge. I see no sign of deer feeding though. Just hogs. Did the pigs run my does off?

Will deer leave the county because hogs are present? No.

Will deer leave the immediate area when hogs move in, yes.

But if the area has food, the deer will return.

On the evening of 12/7/23 I was watching some cut milo, had a dozen deer in the field, hoping they would attract a good buck. Some hogs came in and every deer left the field, but the deer did not leave the farm I hunt on.

Perfectly good deer hunt ruined by hogs. But I ruined one hogs day.

 

[1eyefishing]

Maybe there are trsil cams on public land nearby?

 

[Nicodemus]

If hogs ran deer off we wouldn`t have had any deer around here since the year 1539. That`s pushing 500 years.

 

[bany]

Just had 40-50 pigs stomp by. This is the first year they have been this far south and they are destroying everything on this ridge. There is always a doe group feeding on this ridge. I see no sign of deer feeding though. Just hogs. Did the pigs run my does off?

Did you run all but a couple off?

 

[livinoutdoors]

We got hogs and plenty of deer. In fact the further south in the state you go the more hogs and the more deer ya have. Until you hit Florida. Then you get less again.

 

[ddd-shooter]

In the mountains, I notice when the pigs move in, the deer use the immediate area less.
In the rut, anything’s possible.
Once the pigs leave, the deer come back (usually)
I see deer and bear together more often than deer and hogs. Go figure

 

[Railroader]

The answer is no.

 

[Nicodemus]

We got hogs and plenty of deer. In fact the further south in the state you go the more hogs and the more deer ya have. Until you hit Florida. Then you get less again.

Less what?

 

[Dutch]

Some deer aint skeered of no pigs.

 

[crackerdave]

Hogs will be hogs....they will eat ALL the acorns!

 

[livinoutdoors]

Less what?

Deer?

 

[tree cutter 08]

When the hogs are tearing everything up you can't make heads or tales out of anything. Deer may still be there. We've killed good bucks last week in some of the most pig sign I've seen all year. As ddd said all bets are off during the rut.

 

[Professor]

When the hogs are tearing everything up you can't make heads or tails out of anything. Deer may still be there. We've killed good bucks last week in some of the most pig sign I've seen all year. As ddd said all bets are off during the rut.

I had to drop down because the creeks were dry. I found some good sign then.

 

[Back40hunter]

Just had 40-50 pigs stomp by. This is the first year they have been this far south and they are destroying everything on this ridge. There is always a doe group feeding on this ridge. I see no sign of deer feeding though. Just hogs. Did the pigs run my does off?

Pile those hogs up, they are an exotic unwanted non-game species. I certainly won’t judge a fella for leaving a few of them laying. They are so destructive!

 

[Professor]

Pile those hogs up, they are an exotic unwanted non-game species. I certainly won’t judge a fella for leaving a few of them laying. They are so destructive!

I would have but it took me two hours to get to that spot and I have had some good success there.

 

[Back40hunter]

I would have but it took me two hours to get to that spot and I have had some good success there.

It probably would not have hurt your hunt. I killed a boar Thanksgiving week then 40 minutes later shot a decent mountain buck. But I understand not wanting to take a chance on messing up your stand. Maybe you can get another crack at the hogs!

 

[Professor]

It probably would not have hurt your hunt. I killed a boar Thanksgiving week then 40 minutes later shot a decent mountain buck. But I understand not wanting to take a chance on messing up your stand. Maybe you can get another crack at the hogs!

I’m back in Virginia now. Next time I will take some out.

 

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Arguably the best wild game meat in the southeast. Easy to quarter and pack out too. Nice boars make cool euro mounts also. I never pass on a pig.

 

[Professor]

Arguably the best wild game meat in the southeast. Easy to quarter and pack out too. Nice boars make cool euro mounts also. I never pass on a pig.

I’ve yet to see a big boar. I see big sows and their offspring. If I saw a big, ugly boar I would certainly shoot him.