Joehales90
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Sorry, posted the recap of the trip on another thread... see below. Had a blast. Good trip with good guys.
Alright guys we're back and recovered. Got off work Wednesday and hauled tail south. Arrived at tuckahoe at 3am and slept in the truck until 7. Got up, set up camp, talked to the wma ranger and got some good advice. Drove around a little bit looking for sign but very little. Decided to park and walk a block of woods adjacent to to the river. 300 yards from the truck I found heavy, fresh rooting... followed about 100 more yards and heard squeals and then rooting. Stalked in super slowly not wanting to blow it on the first chance. Finally got close enough to see them. Leaned on a sappling, dropped about a 100lb sow with a neck shot. All in the first hour of hunting, and in the niddle of the day. "Man, this is easy! Coolers are gonna be overflowing!" Wrong. Spent the next three days looking tirelessly for fresh sign. Finally found super fresh sign Sunday afternoon after Hella rain Sunday morning... followed it around in circles until it just vanished like a **** in the wind.
Met some guys from NC who were on their 8th or 9th trip... they said this was their worst ever with sign Non existent and no pigs to show. They said that because the water was so low (9.5-10.5 feet) instead of the usual 14ish feet the hogs had wayyyy more territory to occupy, most of which is unreachable without a boat.
All in all the three of us had a really good time and look forward to going back, although it'll most likely be a different wma. We'd love to find a place loaded up with em... but you never know til you go
