April Weather Creates Great Wild Hog Hunting in the Low Country

Man, what a weekend! After months of cold, April's warm weather mixed with rain created some great conditions for our wild hogs to move for our friends from Virginia. And after being off a weekend to rest up, we were ready for them, and sure enough they killed 5 hogs as well as put some pep into the step of a few more as they headed back to the safety of the swamp.

Everyone saw hogs but it was Mark that got things started Thursday night when rolled up a small one out of a pack before seeing and dropping a nice big one later in the night. Charles and Rodney collected one each Friday night and Charles finished things up Saturday night with a 80lb sow.

In addition to shooting hogs at the feeders, quite a few hogs were seen just wandering around rooting up the swamp and just generally enjoying the Spring weather and the plethora of food it has made available. And after months of just acorns and some corn, both carbohydrates, hogs will always go right to some protein rich plants once they bloom. But as the spring rolls on and gets closer to summer, those plants will get bigger and not as tender, usually causing the hogs to go back to the feeders for an easy meal rather than spend a lot of time on their feet in the heat looking for food. So plenty of great hunting to be had over the next few months; just give us a call about dates or check out our availability calendar. And as always please call with any questions or about last minute openings and specials.

Spring Wild Hog Hunting Heats Up!

Spring is definitely here now with 75 degree days and 50s at night making for some great wild hog hunting here in South Carolina

John and his son Jason joined us again this year from NY, and this time it was John with the lucky rabbit's foot. He started the trip off with killing a lone 108lb sow Friday night and then stacked up a 35 griller hog on Saturday when a pack of eaters came out. And this past weekend, Friday night Barry and John ran over for just one night when they had a break from a work trip to SC. And both slammed hogs - Barry with a 102lb sow and John with his 45lb sow to make it a memorable trip! Congratulations to everyone!

Note that it is very common for hunters to kill hogs that have old injuries (and sometimes new) since wild pigs not only have a tough life surviving in the wild, they also fight amongst themselves a lot even as piglets. Wild boars are also very rough when mating a sow and often injure them then as well. In addition, hogs have a very small kill zone compared to a deer, and we often kill hogs that have been shot before in the leg or neck that have survived no problem. They are truly some very tough animals!

Cold weather is most likely done here in the lowcountry as our days and nights get warmer. However there is still plenty of great hunting to be had over the next few months, so give us a call or check out our available hunt dates online. While it will most likely be later to beat the heat, the hogs often show since they can't travel far once it gets too hot and will be sticking close to water and feeders. And while they are enjoying a lot of natural foods right now as everything is sprouting, they will definitely keep hitting the corn too.

Jason and his Dad John with his 108lb sow

John with his 2nd hog of the trip

Barry and John with their two hogs going 45 and 102 lbs

Big Sounder of hogs out before dark

Hogs at the feeder

Big boar

Bobcat hunting the feeder

Hog at feeder

Young boar out

Sow and piglets feeding

Coyote hunting our feeder

pigs outside of deer fence

Hog out before dark

3 legged sow

Early Spring Weather Creates Great Wild Hog Hunting

Early Spring weather showed up to the low country of South Carolina to start our March wild hog hunts off, and it created some great conditions for the pigs to move.

This allowed Scott to run down from Virginia and hammer not one, but two hogs on the First. And this past weekend we had 4 guys celebrating an upcoming wedding with a bachelor party here in the lowcountry hunting wild pigs. Everyone saw hogs, and Cody got things started when he shot a great 170lb boar Friday night. Brothers Billy and Daniel then each killed hogs Saturday night. And we have to give a huge shout out to Daniel on dropping his 120lb sow - not only his first wild hog, but his first big game animal ever! To say he is hooked would be an understatement!

Scott with his two hogs in one night

Cody with his great 170lb boar

Daniel with his first hog!

Much of the hog movement is still around our feeders, but the pigs also love to hit anything that sprouts as it gets warmer. So with the rain we have had, things are definitely growing now, and the hogs are hitting fields to find nutsedge (also known as nutgrass) that has a thick, fibrous root that the hogs love to root up and eat as well as anything else they that is greening up. But they are also cleaning up any leftover acorns in the swamp they can find too.

While sitting in the stands, our hog hunters are also reporting that most bucks are still carrying their antlers. We usually start finding lots of sheds by mid February, but this year it seems like the bucks are dropping later. We are still seeing lots of them with both antlers running around on camera as well, but we are looking forward to all of the being cast so we can watch all the bucks grow their new racks all summer. We can then dream about hunting them this coming Fall!

Please check our Availability Calendar for open dates on upcoming hunts. But don't hesitate to email, call or text to with any questions or if you don't see what you are looking for. Also please consider sharing our posts. Thanks, Jeff

Sows and piglets at feeder

Big boar hog

Wild pigs at feeder

Young boar coming to feed

Hogs feeding

Big boar out

Hogs out and feeding

Predators on the hunt around our feeders

Many bucks still carrying anters

Wild hogs love to toot nutsedge