Any hog hunters on the board?
I'm fixing to start, more from necessity than great desire.
We moved to rural property. Previous owners had a deer feeder and hunted on the property.
I set up a simple (cheap) gravity trough feed station filled with corn.
The first night, it had the top taken off, 40 lbs of corn gone and the entire 20 lb block.
The next night, I put up a game camera, along with 1/2 gallon of corn on the ground. About at least dozen hogs showed up. Every hour, hogs, all night.
And repeated every night for over a week now. A few racoons, and no deer.
So this weekend I start hog hunting at night. They are routinely showing up 8:30~9:30 pm.
I'm not interested in spending extra money for bragging rights. I want to reduce the hog population, or at least discourage them and hope to eventually attract more deer.
I have a couple thousand feet clear behind the deer feeder. I'll probably be 80~100 yards in the opposite direction. I've got a source of water 25 feet from the feeder, lots of woods and other fields in the area, south of Houston, Texas.
Later I'll build an elevated blind, but for now I just plan a table and chair, draped in camo burlap.
No fancy night scopes or the like. I put up a couple of cheap solar yard lamps in front of the feed area and will give them a few days to get used to them.
I've help gut deer and cleaned squirrels and rabbits many years ago much farther north. I've never skinned an animal except some muskrat pelts back when I was a kid. I'm eager to learn and hoping for not too much work.
I'm going to start using a 30-06 bolt rifle with a good scope. I've got a few others to try depending on how this goes.
I welcome advice, past stories and general abuse as I start down this path.
