Pig Hunting

[Valar]

Compared to wide open Illinos in winter the pan handle is for sissies. I no what wide open is in northern IL in winter. Been here 50 years and cant wait to leave. Panhandle cold hooohy!LOL.

 

[Grimstod]

Do you have any family with land? Thats always a good place to start. As long as your on good terms.

If your a Don Wan then try finding a girl with a dad that has a hog problem 8)

 

[bowfisher]

Was in TX last week. While not Iowa cold, it gets pretty chilly at the higher elevations. Snow helps spot these, that's for sure..

 

[Grimstod]

congrads on the kill bowisher.

 

[Terry]

Excellent!

 

[Valar]

Nice, I want to go too. I was looking at ranch hunts in MO but I want to hunt not shoot a hog in a couple hundred acre pen! I just hate to drive all the way to texas and bang on doors and not get to hunt! That would suck as it is a long drive from this frozen tundra!

 

[Acme7]

Wapiti25 is right on, central California has very good pig hunting in fact its the only thing about California I miss. Shot a pig not to far from Hunter Ligget that had blue fat from eating grapes it was tasty.

 

[triggerhappy243]

save your breath and don't waste time searching north of Lubbock. once you get up on the mesa, there are no pigs.... because there is no water.

 

[yukonal]

Give the Berry Ranch a call in Dilley Texas. Just look up the Berry Ranch online.

That's a rip-off! $150 for 1 hog, and extra money for 1 more. This is what ticks me off. I understand them wanting to make some money off of them, but that's crazy. They can keep them.

I've been going to the same place for 7 years. All inclusive, one price per day, and kill all you can. 2 years ago I killed 19 in 3 days. All spot and stalk. You can find places like it, you just have to try different places over the years...and open your wallet.

I've been looking for a free or cheap place to hunt hogs in TX for 8 years...and it doesn't exist. Unless you have relatives that ranch.



And, no...I won't tell you where I hunt. ;D

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Does Texas not have BLM or National forest land open to the public to hunt on?

 

[ShootDots]

Does Texas not have BLM or National forest land open to the public to hunt on?

We do Zfast... But close to me is Sam Houston National Forest.... I call it Sam Houston National Rifle Range! There are SO MANY "shooters" and very few hunters there that hunting on "Public Land" is really a joke! About 4 hours north of me is Davey Crockett National Forest... >>Same as Sam Houston.. Z, you have to remember that in Texas 96+percent of ALL land is privately owned... Leases are KING here..

 

[djtjr]

Florida is easy to do and I feel like there is a lot more public land than I have seen in tx

 

[hedditch]

I looked into pig shooting in California since I have a place to shoot pigs on a ranch there. The rancher says he is overrun with pigs and wants them shot. California wants you to have a out of state hunting license. You must have a taq for each pig shot. I don't remember the figures but the out of state license was mid $100s and the pig tags were $67 apiece if I remember right. Add in gas, food, and places to stay. I didn't go.

If you want to shoot varmints in Idaho, the non resident varmint license is $35. Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, free.

 

[Terry]

I too have given up on pig hunting in Texas.
If people want them shot it should be easier and cheaper.
When you can buy one for less why go?

 

[MLC81654]

Come to Arkansas, $55.00 - 5 day non resident license, Game & Fish says ,shootem, letem lay!
http://wildhoghunters.com/content/section/252-arkansas-hog-hunting-laws.html