Hog Hunting
Homemade hog bait
Florence hunter Tommy Hemphill has concocted a bait of corn, beer and raspberry gelatin that hogs on his property never tire of eating. […]
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Wild hogs are tough, dangerous customers
Tommy Hemphill is one of two hunters interviewed for this article that have been charged by a wounded hog. It was not a pleasant exper […]
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When hogs attack — Tips for controlling wild hog populations
With the morning light decorating the tops of the tallest trees, a big doe stepped into the food plot and nibbled at a fresh stand of clover. Soon, a pair of yearlings joined the doe, and then more made their way to the area. […]
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The Warden
The Warden from Sportsman’s Communications is a remote trap monitor that sends a satellite-based message to the owner via email and/or text that the trap has been sprung. […]
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Hog Wild — Tips for hunting Mississippi’s wild hogs
Spreading faster than melted butter and wrecking havoc on both public and private land habitats, the wild hog situation is getting out of hand in many regions of the state. […]
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Crop fields best for night vision hog hunting
If you’ve got your own hog problem, Adam Lee said it may or may not be a wise choice to do a little night-vision hog hunting. […]
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A big-bore revolver hog hunt
I was sitting on an East Texas pipeline, cradling my 7 1/2-inch Ruger Super Redhawk in my lap, watching a pile of corn that had been scattered about the area and trampled with hundreds of hog tracks.
My hand cannon was stuffed with 335-grain hard-cast bullets in .454 Casull, a potent enough load in itself, but this went the extra step. These rounds were manufactured by Cor-Bon — a company that found its niche in the ammunition market by producing ammo that pushed the envelope. […]
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De-Hog Your Deer Club
Ben Boteler was spending his Saturday afternoon in January the way he does most Saturdays. He was in a deer stand on his hunt club at Willow Break located near the town of Redmon in Southwest Mississippi. The 3,800-acre club borders the Yazoo River and offers prime habitat for big deer. […]
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Nature’s Vacuum Cleaner
A serious dog man will sink thousands of dollars into the right hound. Coon hunters are especially proud of good bloodlines, and go to great measures to protect their hounds. Micro-chip implants, ear tattoos, GPS tracking collars, food, vaccinations and the like become a huge investment. So when a hound gets injured for any reason, it becomes a big deal. […]
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De-Hog Your Deer Club
Ben Boteler was spending his Saturday afternoon in January the way he does most Saturdays. He was in a deer stand on his hunt club at Willow Break located near the town of Redmon in Southwest Mississippi. The 3,800-acre club borders the Yazoo River and offers prime habitat for big deer. […]
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Wild hogs — our other big game
What was supposed to be a non-typical deer hunt quickly turned into something completely different. Non-typical because we were hunting with handguns in the pursuit of a bit more challenge than the usual shoulder-mounted deer rifle and big-end scope. Turns out for a few minutes another quarry in the woods may have been stalking us. […]
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Biology and physiology of wild hogs
Male wild boar are typically 4-5 feet in length and stand approximately 2 1/2 feet high at the shoulders. […]