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Hog Hunting
Georgia’s biggest and best hog-hunting extravaganza returns to southeast Georgia. The Wayne County Hog Jam is Feb. 21-23. Tournament headquarters are at the Jaycee Fairground in Jesup, and hunters can bring hogs from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Prizes for biggest hog in various categories, including: • Biggest Hog Killed By Gun •…
Wild hogs attacked and killed a 59-year-old woman in front of a Texas home this weekend. The attack occurred at a home on 12 acres in the town of Anahuac, which is about 50 miles east of Houston. The woman, identified as Christine Marie Rollings, was a caregiver to an elderly couple who lived at…
Recently the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service hosted a series of workshops across Georgia to educate hunters, farmers and the general public about the threat of wild pigs on the environment. Co-sponsors were the Georgia DNR, The Georgia Farm Bureau, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia. This writer attended the meeting in…
It’s February, possibly one of the more popular months when folks get out to purposely find a hog to shoot on a WMA. This February’s biggest news on the public-land hog front is probably the floods that middle Georgia has sent downstream to Regions 3, 6 and 7, which has affected the hog hunting on…
Larry Davie, of Waycross, went to check his hog trap and found six dead hogs in the trap, torn to pieces. “Glad I had the trail camera on the trap,” said Larry. Otherwise, he might not have known for sure what occurred on the Ware County hunting property. In the final trail-cam picture in a…
DNR is hosting four free upcoming Feral Swine Workshop and Trapping Demonstrations. Topics will include wild pig biology, regulations and laws, effective control techniques and more. A question and answer session will follow the presentations. Speakers include representatives from WRD, UGA, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts and USDA Wildlife Services.…
It’s not a newsflash that feral hogs seem to be taking over some parts of the country. Here at home, the most common complaint continues to be from farmers in south Georgia who say they are tired of the extensive damage done to their crops by these destructive rooters. Hunting kills a few, and trapping…
Yep, sure is hot. August is always a scorcher. But, how much do you love hunting? Aug. 15 is the opening day of WMA squirrel season, and wild hogs are also legal to take. I consider this to be the easiest time to fill my freezer with wild pork or bag a trophy boar. In…
Working in law enforcement can result in some interesting calls, but some calls go beyond what even an officer of the law can imagine. Rock Podeszwa, a deputy sheriff in Walton County, recently received a call around five o’clock in the afternoon regarding a vicious and angry wild hog. “At first I thought for sure…
The first mention of an upcoming operation to kill wild hogs from a helicopter on Di-Lane Plantation WMA piqued my interest instantly. That first mention came from one of my wife’s cousins. He has property adjacent to Di-Lane and had just signed a release to allow his property to be included in the targeted area.…
Hog Recipes
Creamy Garlic Wild Hog Pork Chops A deer hunter told me the other day he had encountered his first feral swine on his property. I asked what he had done with the animal. He said he dug a hole and buried it. “Those things are not any good to eat, you know,” he said. Here’s…
Wild Hog Ribs It’s a common belief that the meat from feral swine is not fit to eat. That can be true if the meat isn’t treated properly or properly prepared. A great way to make a perfect wild-pig dish is ribs. The ribs from a sow are better than the ribs from a boar. …
Orange-Glazed Wild Hog Pork Loins Are you looking for a way to cook a wild pig that wows your family and friends? You can use this recipe and convince anyone that it’s the finest piece of meat from the grocery store. 2 pork loins 1 cup brown sugar Juice from 2 oranges Zest from 2…