If you dont mind me asking what part of Kingston? I've been hunt there 11 years and have yet to see any hogs or sign.I shot these 2 in my avatar in Kingston for a soybean farmer. Not much farm land left in cartersville anymore.
YesThere's a feral hog problem in N Ga?
If need help or willing to teach and old dog ( me) let me know I one or two for freezerI shot these 2 in my avatar in Kingston for a soybean farmer. Not much farm land left in cartersville anymore.
If you dont mind me asking what part of Kingston? I've been hunt there 11 years and have yet to see any hogs or sign.
If need help or willing to teach and old dog ( me) let me know I one or two for freezer
Just being honest here, but this is why landowners don't typically let people hog hunt. It doesn't "help" them at all to allow people to hunt pigs on there place. You "need one or two for the freezer", so if someone did let you hunt you kill a couple and are done. The land owner has benefited not one bit from you killing a hog or two, but he has gained a person riding around his place that he has to worry about. Trapping is the only way to make a dent, and people with hog problems know letting people hunt them to "help out" is typically more trouble than it is worth.
I think with places over running with hogs you need a mix method of getting rid of them like dogs, traps and night optics. They are pretty smart animals and can learn real fast not to enter the traps. This farmer was thrilled that I took out the 2 problems that was hurting his cash crop. They were destroying acres and acres of soy beans. He hired a trapper before me but some pigs are just too smart. Maybe the trapper did not know what he was doing. IDK. But what I do know that in a field with night vision I can take out those pigs faster than green grass through a goose.
Not just looking for JUST one or two looking to do this for a way of lifeJust being honest here, but this is why landowners don't typically let people hog hunt. It doesn't "help" them at all to allow people to hunt pigs on there place. You "need one or two for the freezer", so if someone did let you hunt you kill a couple and are done. The land owner has benefited not one bit from you killing a hog or two, but he has gained a person riding around his place that he has to worry about. Trapping is the only way to make a dent, and people with hog problems know letting people hunt them to "help out" is typically more trouble than it is worth.
Not just looking for JUST one or two looking to do this for a way of life
Just being honest here trust me buddy it won't be too much longer and land owners will be paying folks to come hunt their land. When they lose enough money they will turn to hunters and/ or trappers. If it ain't there yet, it ain't a bad enough problem. I always chuckle when people pay to go on a swine hunt.Just being honest here, but this is why landowners don't typically let people hog hunt. It doesn't "help" them at all to allow people to hunt pigs on there place. You "need one or two for the freezer", so if someone did let you hunt you kill a couple and are done. The land owner has benefited not one bit from you killing a hog or two, but he has gained a person riding around his place that he has to worry about. Trapping is the only way to make a dent, and people with hog problems know letting people hunt them to "help out" is typically more trouble than it is worth.
Just being honest here trust me buddy it won't be too much longer and land owners will be paying folks to come hunt their land. When they lose enough money they will turn to hunters and/ or trappers. If it ain't there yet, it ain't a bad enough problem. I always chuckle when people pay to go on a swine hunt.
Was that a big enough dent? The farmer seemed pleased...