Spot and stalk public land hog bragging board

[stonecreek]

Good stuff right there!! Richard

 

[chrislibby88]

4 down since small game season opened. All on Ocmulgee WMA.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

I hear ya bo ! That's making bacon right there ! Great hunt !

 

[jbogg]

All these were taken on National Forest in the North GA mountains. The last one was shot opening day of bow season last Saturday. He was a big solitary boar that I Shot an hour before dark. Unfortunately there was almost no blood trail and we did not find him until two days later. The bears and yotes have been enjoying a high protein diet ever since.

 

[bfriendly]

That was a bad dude right there!!???

 

[chrislibby88]

@GTHunter you have a turkey decoy and shotgun out in one photo. Did you take that pig with turkey loads? If so how did it do?

 

[GTHunter]

Yeah I use Longbeard number 4s and the trulock choke made for that exact shell. I use the 4s incase I run into a pig while hunting. It also gives me a little extra range with the heavier pellets for turkeys. That choke made a softball sized impact zone at 20 yards when I shot that pig. I aim for the neck area on pigs, but I could have aimed anywhere with that load at 20 yards. It dropped her in her tracks.

 

[chrislibby88]

Yeah I use Longbeard number 4s and the trulock choke made for that exact shell. I use the 4s incase I run into a pig while hunting. It also gives me a little extra range with the heavier pellets for turkeys. That choke made a softball sized impact zone at 20 yards when I shot that pig. I aim for the neck are on pigs but I could have aimed anywhere with that load at 20 yards. It dropped her in her tracks.

Yea I’ve always figured a turkey load with a tight pattern would put hurting on a pig. Thanks for the report, and congrats on the hunt.

 

[GTHunter]

Man, @jbogg your mountain pigs put my little swamp pigs to shame. Those are all some hosses. I need to start hunting up there more often.

 

[jbogg]

Man, @jbogg your mountain pigs put my little swamp pigs to shame. Those are all some hosses. I need to start hunting up there more often.

Thanks GThunter. I have been pretty lucky on the pigs in the mountains. It takes a lot of walking but there are plenty of them up there. Looks like you aren’t doing to bad down south.

 

[GTHunter]

@jbogg Do you walk roads or are you striking off through the woods? All the pig sign I see in the mountains seems to be on Forest Service Roads or creek beds down low. Down south I try to get as far away from a road as possible, but creeks are still the ticket.

 

[jbogg]

During small game season in August and September they tend to lie up in the drains near water to stay cool during the heat of the day. Most of my hunting has been during late small game season in January and February. During that time of year you can stumble on them just about anywhere, but they really seem to move to higher elevations focusing on red oak acorns. They do a poor job of thermoregulating their body temperature and they absolutely have to feed during the cold months in order to generate heat. Some of the best hunting I have had has been very cold days when it only gets above freezing for three or four hours in the middle of the afternoon. The pigs will be moving and feeding like crazy during that window.

 

[GTHunter]

That is some great intel @jbogg. Thank you. Walking those mountains is probably more enjoyable when it is cold out as well.

 

[Curvebow05]

Yea I’ve always figured a turkey load with a tight pattern would put hurting on a pig. Thanks for the report, and congrats on the hunt.

Duck loads will do a number on them as well at 20-25 yards. Any farther and you start killing multiple piglets with one shot.

 

[GTHunter]

@jbogg I found one of your mountain pigs this weekend. Those jokers are definitely bigger up there. I'll post a hunt story in the bear forum since I was on a bear hunt and was able to get one of each this weekend.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Nice one !

 

[jbogg]

GThunter you had a heck of a weekend. Great looking boar! I haven’t been hunting the mountains all that long, but all but one of the seven pigs I have shot have been over 175lbs with a couple being close to 300lbs. Lots of big ones in those mountains.