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Bowhunting Wild Hogs For Fun And Freezer Meat

I looked at my watch, and it said 3:30. It was a Saturday afternoon, and it was time to load up the 4-wheeler, archery gear, video camera and Lone Wolf climber and head to the swamp. I was hunting on some property provided by Trophy Quest Adventures and Millwood Lodge. I would be filming for…

2020 Wayne County Hog Jam Is Feb. 21-23

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 Attack And Kill Texas Woman

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…

Hog Workshops Draw Crowds

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…

Georgia WMA Hogs

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…

Bear Tears Into Hogs In Trap

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 To Host Wild Hog Workshops, Trapping Demos

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.…

70 Hogs Killed In Drive By

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…

Public-Land Hog Hunting In August

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…

Hog Charges Officer

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…

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