Wednesday got a call that my brother's Georgia farm has been sold. New owners close May 28th. Bittersweet news; happy for my brother, but sad for the no more deer hunting there. I'd spent a decade hunting deer there, taking 2-3 every year. Great visiting his family every fall with lots of deer processors in competition with lots of choices on what you want done with the meat. I always got various flavors of jerky made.
But then on Wednesday I got a message that a farmer I'd never met asked for some help with hogs. Planting peanuts and could someone come with experience and encourage hogs to die and leave his fields alone this week. Went yesterday and scouted...lots of hog sign just where the farmer said it would be. Measured shooting distances and safe directions to shoot and where to park. Met the farmer...Very nice and friendly...thanked me for coming out and helping farmers (I was referred to the farmer by a property owner I know)...hates hogs...throw them in the ditch for all he cares he says (we always try and use/give away the meat I tell him). Can you use corn to bait for shooting he asks?...Yes, my night hunting partner and I were going to buy some after I left from scouting...here's a 55 gallon barrel of corn you can use; if you need more, here's my name and number; just call, and I'll bring it right over.
I put out some corn yesterday. Leaving in a few minutes to recheck the area. With the 0.3" of rain we got here last evening/night, I suspect conditions for hogs to be out tonight will be good. Don't know if this will lead to a new long term hog hunting permission or not.
The farmer we have had a long term hog hunting permission with had already asked Sawman and I to keep coming out this year. I also scouted some of his fields...a little hog sign, but not much...we've hit his fields over several years, removing 4009 pounds of hogs, so his area is pretty much in control (at this moment!). He showed us his fields for planting peanuts this year so we knew where to concentrate.
Edit: Back from checking. No fresh hog tracks, rooting, or corn eaten last night, but then that's Florida hog hunting...hogs like to roam.
But then on Wednesday I got a message that a farmer I'd never met asked for some help with hogs. Planting peanuts and could someone come with experience and encourage hogs to die and leave his fields alone this week. Went yesterday and scouted...lots of hog sign just where the farmer said it would be. Measured shooting distances and safe directions to shoot and where to park. Met the farmer...Very nice and friendly...thanked me for coming out and helping farmers (I was referred to the farmer by a property owner I know)...hates hogs...throw them in the ditch for all he cares he says (we always try and use/give away the meat I tell him). Can you use corn to bait for shooting he asks?...Yes, my night hunting partner and I were going to buy some after I left from scouting...here's a 55 gallon barrel of corn you can use; if you need more, here's my name and number; just call, and I'll bring it right over.
I put out some corn yesterday. Leaving in a few minutes to recheck the area. With the 0.3" of rain we got here last evening/night, I suspect conditions for hogs to be out tonight will be good. Don't know if this will lead to a new long term hog hunting permission or not.
The farmer we have had a long term hog hunting permission with had already asked Sawman and I to keep coming out this year. I also scouted some of his fields...a little hog sign, but not much...we've hit his fields over several years, removing 4009 pounds of hogs, so his area is pretty much in control (at this moment!). He showed us his fields for planting peanuts this year so we knew where to concentrate.
Edit: Back from checking. No fresh hog tracks, rooting, or corn eaten last night, but then that's Florida hog hunting...hogs like to roam.
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