I killed this 350 pound boar in January of this year on Cubbedge Hill. My trailcam had caught him two days in a row coming to the corn just before dark, so I figured that I had better get on him before he changed his pattern!

Sure enough, he came up and out of the bay right as I was ready to get down from my stand. Luckily I could still see him pretty good on the white, sandy road, and the 30-06 failsafe went right through his thick shield and out the other side… You won’t find that if you are using ballistic tips!

Anyway, I was able to hunt further away from the water because it was cold enough for the hogs to be roaming around. However right now, when it is 100 degrees out, you will not find them doing that. Hogs need to use water and mud to regulate their internal temperature, so they pretty much stick to the thickest, darkest cover they can find and then only move a short distance late in the day to their wallowing spots. So if you have some ground that holds hogs during the summer, make sure and hunt them where they will be – near the water.

I even pour my corn right along the edge of their mud holes, because I find that they love to eat and wallow at the same time. This also serves an important second purpose, which is to widen their watering spots. Because often during the summer, it gets so dry that many of their best spots eventually dry up. However by letting them do what they do best – root – you can get them to actually make your hunting spot better by widening it up so that it holds more water for longer periods of time. I have even had them turn ordinary pot holes in to perfect swimming pools that they were able to use all summer with this method!

So get off of the pine flats where you can find pigs during the colder months of the year and get down deep in to the swamps if you want to kill some of our feral friends during the summer months.

Jeff

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