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Gone But Not Forgotten
With two cell cameras plus other trail cameras, it's easy to see, deer don't like the darn hogs. Photos will show either deer or hogs on a food plot. But I haven't gotten a photo of both on a plot at the same time. Cameras have shown hogs sometimes hang in the same area for weeks. And while they are there, we don't get many deer photo's. I use cameras to monitor the fawn drop, and buck antler growth. But what I'm getting most is raccoons, hogs, and somebodies free ranging German shepard. As local farm irrigate, our woods are drying up fast. Takes about two weeks of farm irrigation to dry our ponds up, less for shallow swamps to dry up. When it dries, the hogs will leave in search of wet areas. I remember years ago, there were plenty hunters who would go after hogs. Now, it seems most don't want to fool with them. I believe the hog problem does hurt deer hunting, not only running deer off, but food competition. Bucks in my area have antler growth up to about 3 inches now. I have two cell cameras watching, and make a couple trips per week to the woods to check on things. I'm not one who can forget about the woods until next season like some. It's called management. Our lease went up two more dollars per acre this time, not good with this economy folks. Guess they are trying to see just how much folks will pay to hunt. It was 95 today while I was repairing a hog trap, checking on plots and tending the camp garden.