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<blockquote data-quote="r00s7a" data-source="post: 1242249" data-attributes="member: 9675"><p>Going at it like this assures you a nice peaceful morning in the woods... and maybe not much else. Hogs are extremely nocturnal this time of year due to the heat and don't move a whole lot during the day. I've been catching them out in the pastures occassionally before sunrise lately, but after they sun is up they are back in the thickest, swamppiest, wet muddy places that you can find. Unless you have done extensive scouting and know where they are going to be at sunrise, I wouldn't waste a morning sitting and waiting. In my experience, pigs are harder to pattern than deer and turkey. They may hit a spot good and heavy for a week or so, then all of the sudden they are gone. They usually come back at some point, but it may be days or weeks. Best advice I could give for knockin one down right now is to do a lot of scouting... or find someone with some dogs and run them out! If you don't have the time to scout, I would do some spot and stalk huntin. They are somewhat noisy creatures, I've walked up on them many times and heard them before I saw them. Their main defense is smell, so you have to make sure you play the wind properly. </p><p></p><p>I may get a lot of objections and criticisms for this, but don't let hunting alone stop you. Good Lord, if I had to wait to around for someone else to be free to hunt all the time, I'd spend a lot of time doing other things. I've heard all the horror stories about getting chased by one and blah blah blah. Yeah, I'm sure it happens, but I have never known anyone that this has happened to. But don't be a fool. Any time ANY animal is cornered, wounded, or protecting their young... use your head and be cautious. That is when your chances of gettin hurt increase. Backup weapon... well, if you get in a situation that your primary is out of bullets or malfunctions and you need protection, I think you'd be better off looking for an escape route than fiddling with another weapon, taking the safety off, aiming and firing. By then the pig is going to be gone or crawling up your leg.</p><p></p><p>But my opinion is just like boogers, everybody has their own...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="r00s7a, post: 1242249, member: 9675"] Going at it like this assures you a nice peaceful morning in the woods... and maybe not much else. Hogs are extremely nocturnal this time of year due to the heat and don't move a whole lot during the day. I've been catching them out in the pastures occassionally before sunrise lately, but after they sun is up they are back in the thickest, swamppiest, wet muddy places that you can find. Unless you have done extensive scouting and know where they are going to be at sunrise, I wouldn't waste a morning sitting and waiting. In my experience, pigs are harder to pattern than deer and turkey. They may hit a spot good and heavy for a week or so, then all of the sudden they are gone. They usually come back at some point, but it may be days or weeks. Best advice I could give for knockin one down right now is to do a lot of scouting... or find someone with some dogs and run them out! If you don't have the time to scout, I would do some spot and stalk huntin. They are somewhat noisy creatures, I've walked up on them many times and heard them before I saw them. Their main defense is smell, so you have to make sure you play the wind properly. I may get a lot of objections and criticisms for this, but don't let hunting alone stop you. Good Lord, if I had to wait to around for someone else to be free to hunt all the time, I'd spend a lot of time doing other things. I've heard all the horror stories about getting chased by one and blah blah blah. Yeah, I'm sure it happens, but I have never known anyone that this has happened to. But don't be a fool. Any time ANY animal is cornered, wounded, or protecting their young... use your head and be cautious. That is when your chances of gettin hurt increase. Backup weapon... well, if you get in a situation that your primary is out of bullets or malfunctions and you need protection, I think you'd be better off looking for an escape route than fiddling with another weapon, taking the safety off, aiming and firing. By then the pig is going to be gone or crawling up your leg. But my opinion is just like boogers, everybody has their own... [/QUOTE]
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