I found some hogs yesterday afternoon and I am planning on getting after them pretty hard next weekend. They are in a pretty good size field and I was wondering if I put my blind in the middle of the field in the wide open if it would spook them. My thinking behind that was I could cover more of the field with shorter shots.
Actually I stuck one of the hogs yesterday afternoon just before dark. I know that I hit her/him forward but I am not exactly sure where. We trailed him for about 3 hours through water, mud, thickets, and open woods without have much trouble. It wasn't the best blood trail but any blood trail through standing water can't be too bad. Right when the blood trail started thinning down we jumped it (maybe 20 yards in front of us but we could only see about 10 foot). Then the blood picked up again and then it got really good for about 60 yard and we noticed that he actually started to make a loop back around behind us. With our flashlights about dead and not exactly sure here we were we decided to call it a night. We had trailed it for 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile and thought we could still hear it in front of us every now and then. My question is where do you think that I hit it for it to bleed taht good for that long? Most blood trails that I have been on for hogs have been almost nonexistant (with the exception of the one I killed in Nov.).
And one more think, one of them was colored up like a black and tan. The first time I saw it I thought that it was a dog. But when it came back out about 10 min later I had time to put my binos on it and could tell it was a hog with 6-10 baby,baby pigs. I am not hog expert as you can tell but do many wild hogs have tan on them?
Actually I stuck one of the hogs yesterday afternoon just before dark. I know that I hit her/him forward but I am not exactly sure where. We trailed him for about 3 hours through water, mud, thickets, and open woods without have much trouble. It wasn't the best blood trail but any blood trail through standing water can't be too bad. Right when the blood trail started thinning down we jumped it (maybe 20 yards in front of us but we could only see about 10 foot). Then the blood picked up again and then it got really good for about 60 yard and we noticed that he actually started to make a loop back around behind us. With our flashlights about dead and not exactly sure here we were we decided to call it a night. We had trailed it for 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile and thought we could still hear it in front of us every now and then. My question is where do you think that I hit it for it to bleed taht good for that long? Most blood trails that I have been on for hogs have been almost nonexistant (with the exception of the one I killed in Nov.).
And one more think, one of them was colored up like a black and tan. The first time I saw it I thought that it was a dog. But when it came back out about 10 min later I had time to put my binos on it and could tell it was a hog with 6-10 baby,baby pigs. I am not hog expert as you can tell but do many wild hogs have tan on them?
They're tough, brother. Better get it in the ribs if you wanna kill them. I can't wait to see the footage. I'm going with you next time! Appreciate the invite 
