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Post by subzero350 on Jul 2, 2018 17:02:00 GMT -5
The wife and myself signed up for a guided hog hunt in Tennessee this September (3 day / 3 night lodge package) with some good friends. This is the first time we will be doing something like this, and it is out-of-state.
What should we be aware of?
Any laws governing the bringing of killed game meat back into Indiana?
Anything else we should be aware of or to watch out for?
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Post by span870 on Jul 4, 2018 6:02:03 GMT -5
Are you going to a preserve or is it a wild hunt? If it's behind a fence, what place did you decide to go to? Reason I ask is depending on what one you are going to, what to expect. I've been on several inside and several outside a fence.
Honestly a pig is a pig. Depending on what you're shooting and how you're hunting there will be different placement of your shot. Close with a bow or gun, same shot placement of shot as a deer. The stories of shooting one with a 06 and it bounced off are more a figment of imagination than anything else. Shot them with anything from a 12 ga slug to a bow shooting 45#'s aiming right behind the shoulder and they went down with a quickness. They can be temperamental buggers and they will charge. Hunted all mine with dogs and when you walk up on them bayed they know you are there and know that you are the one that inflicted the pain of the shot. All but one charged us. Step to the side and they'll run past or just jump in a tree. Stalking, if they don't see you they'll just run away at shot. If you are hunting with dogs the most important thing is listen to the handler at all cost. Them dogs ain't cheap. I'd advise against head shot if you've never killed one before. Shoulder shot will put em down right now but you'll lose meat.
Most of all, have fun. Take care of the meat, cool the pig down as soon as possible, skin immediately and it's better then any domestic pig you'll ever eat.
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Post by coaldust on Jul 4, 2018 9:20:07 GMT -5
Pet the hog before you shoot it. Not real wild pigs in the preserves in Tennessee. They also have tags in their ear.
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Post by subzero350 on Jul 4, 2018 12:35:43 GMT -5
Are you going to a preserve or is it a wild hunt? If it's behind a fence, what place did you decide to go to? Reason I ask is depending on what one you are going to, what to expect. I've been on several inside and several outside a fence. Website says "wild" boar, whatever that means. wildernesshuntinglodge.com/
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 4, 2018 13:42:23 GMT -5
This comes up as one of the first Google results: youtu.be/RdJzme8_YV8(may need to copy/paste the link)
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Post by span870 on Jul 4, 2018 17:04:31 GMT -5
Are you going to a preserve or is it a wild hunt? If it's behind a fence, what place did you decide to go to? Reason I ask is depending on what one you are going to, what to expect. I've been on several inside and several outside a fence. Website says "wild" boar, whatever that means. wildernesshuntinglodge.com/Been there. They have three separate areas. Each bigger than the other. The largest is over 800 acres I believe. The ones by the lodge are pretty heavy stocked and not a great effort to get one. They won't run the dogs in those two. The largest one away they run the dogs in. Are far as not being wild, that's a joke. They are trapped outside and put inside. None have ear tags. The two dogs we lost and one we had to stitch up with a cattle needle would beg to differ on wild or not. The average hog there I'd guess would weigh 200# give or take. Mine was 375 and two buddies one was 250ish and other was 175#. I doubt they'll run dogs if you're going any time soon. Heat will kill the dogs. The hunt was fun but had some issues with the operation in general. It's a good time though and something to do.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 4, 2018 17:27:32 GMT -5
Been there. They have three separate areas. Each bigger than the other. The largest is over 800 acres I believe. The ones by the lodge are pretty heavy stocked and not a great effort to get one. They won't run the dogs in those two. The largest one away they run the dogs in. Are far as not being wild, that's a joke. They are trapped outside and put inside. None have ear tags. The two dogs we lost and one we had to stitch up with a cattle needle would beg to differ on wild or not. The average hog there I'd guess would weigh 200# give or take. Mine was 375 and two buddies one was 250ish and other was 175#. I doubt they'll run dogs if you're going any time soon. Heat will kill the dogs. The hunt was fun but had some issues with the operation in general. It's a good time though and something to do. I'm sure the Eurasian strain hogs are plenty ornery, that's their nature. As far as being trapped outside and moved inside though, that's been illegal in Tennessee for several years, as is sport hunting.
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Post by esshup on Jul 4, 2018 18:31:09 GMT -5
I was told by the owner of Loshbough, by state law , all the hunting operations that offer hogs have to be high fenced. loshbough.com/
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Post by greyhair on Jul 4, 2018 21:06:19 GMT -5
Carry the biggest backup handgun you can shoot, and practice your quickdraw!
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Post by span870 on Jul 5, 2018 7:50:18 GMT -5
Been there. They have three separate areas. Each bigger than the other. The largest is over 800 acres I believe. The ones by the lodge are pretty heavy stocked and not a great effort to get one. They won't run the dogs in those two. The largest one away they run the dogs in. Are far as not being wild, that's a joke. They are trapped outside and put inside. None have ear tags. The two dogs we lost and one we had to stitch up with a cattle needle would beg to differ on wild or not. The average hog there I'd guess would weigh 200# give or take. Mine was 375 and two buddies one was 250ish and other was 175#. I doubt they'll run dogs if you're going any time soon. Heat will kill the dogs. The hunt was fun but had some issues with the operation in general. It's a good time though and something to do. I'm sure the Eurasian strain hogs are plenty ornery, that's their nature. As far as being trapped outside and moved inside though, that's been illegal in Tennessee for several years, as is sport hunting. Not saying it is legal or not and not saying which place may or may not do it but you find out quite a bit of stuff when you help someone stitch a dog up after hours. From what I understood outside to inside isn't really investigated a great deal. Maybe I was b.s.'d but what I was told. None I ever killed had a tag which transported hogs are required to have.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 5, 2018 7:57:04 GMT -5
Not saying it is legal or not and not saying which place may or may not do it but you find out quite a bit of stuff when you help someone stitch a dog up after hours. From what I understood outside to inside isn't really investigated a great deal. Maybe I was b.s.'d but what I was told. None I ever killed had a tag which transported hogs are required to have. I think it's been since 2011 or so that most of the new rules in TN have been put into place, so it might have still been legal when you were there. I also wouldn't be surprised if it's still happening off the books, I think that place is a pretty high-volume operation and goes through a lot of animals.
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Post by subzero350 on Jul 5, 2018 13:15:57 GMT -5
I just sent a rather lengthy email to the appropriate Tennessee game warden district office on this subject to make sure everything is going to be on the up-and-up for our upcoming hog hunt.
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Post by medic22 on Jul 5, 2018 15:01:53 GMT -5
Were heading to loshbough in October for hogs with bows. If we kill early we might shoot a Couple Jacobs 4 horn sheep.
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Post by span870 on Jul 5, 2018 17:02:24 GMT -5
I just sent a rather lengthy email to the appropriate Tennessee game warden district office on this subject to make sure everything is going to be on the up-and-up for our upcoming hog hunt. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Nothing you would do would get you in trouble. Wild or not, it's a fun hunt. They have all kind of other neat animals there. The black buck are really cool animals. The water buffalo are neat too but pretty much like tame cows. You can walk right up to them.
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Post by span870 on Jul 5, 2018 17:05:42 GMT -5
On a lighter note on the wild or domestic hog thing. There is a place in Pennsylvania, it's on an island. If you want to see something funny Google, Pennsylvania hog hunting on island. There are several trophy pictures and I kid you not they are Hampshire pigs. I'm talking no hair, spotted Hampshire's.
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Post by span870 on Jul 5, 2018 17:11:16 GMT -5
Not saying it is legal or not and not saying which place may or may not do it but you find out quite a bit of stuff when you help someone stitch a dog up after hours. From what I understood outside to inside isn't really investigated a great deal. Maybe I was b.s.'d but what I was told. None I ever killed had a tag which transported hogs are required to have. I think it's been since 2011 or so that most of the new rules in TN have been put into place, so it might have still been legal when you were there. I also wouldn't be surprised if it's still happening off the books, I think that place is a pretty high-volume operation and goes through a lot of animals. An insane amount. Not only that but the larger pen is huge, real deep valleys. They used to let guys go in there and hunt by themselves. We got into the back end of it chasing the dogs, only had two left at the time, and dead animals everywhere with arrows in them and others obviously shot. Wondered how much money they lost doing that. Don't think they let you go out by yourself anymore unless its with a group but you still can't guarantee what people are shooting at. Some of the clients you run into at these places will leave a real bad taste. Others are just guys looking to harvest something different
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Post by subzero350 on Jul 5, 2018 19:10:15 GMT -5
I just sent a rather lengthy email to the appropriate Tennessee game warden district office on this subject to make sure everything is going to be on the up-and-up for our upcoming hog hunt. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Nothing you would do would get you in trouble. Wild or not, it's a fun hunt. They have all kind of other neat animals there. The black buck are really cool animals. The water buffalo are neat too but pretty much like tame cows. You can walk right up to them. Our hunt isn't until the end of September. I'm just making sure all our bases are covered. I would very much like to go to Wyoming, Montana, or Alaska for a hunt; but I just can't afford it right now. This place in Tennessee is only 7 hours away so we figured we would make a short vacation out of it and see how it goes.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 5, 2018 19:27:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Nothing you would do would get you in trouble. Wild or not, it's a fun hunt. They have all kind of other neat animals there. The black buck are really cool animals. The water buffalo are neat too but pretty much like tame cows. You can walk right up to them. Our hunt isn't until the end of September. I'm just making sure all our bases are covered. I would very much like to go to Wyoming, Montana, or Alaska for a hunt; but I just can't afford it right now. This place in Tennessee is only 7 hours away so we figured we would make a short vacation out of it and see how it goes. If you're excited about getting out and doing this hunt, then good on you and I hope you have a great time. I do want to clear up the misconception on hunting out west being expensive though.. I did pronghorn in Wyoming last year for around $500 door to door. This year, I'm doing Wyoming cow elk and buck pronghorn for around $1100 door to door, and Colorado mule deer for about $700 total. It's easy to spend a lot more than that, but not necessary.
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Post by subzero350 on Jul 5, 2018 19:40:58 GMT -5
I do want to clear up the misconception on hunting out west being expensive though.. I did pronghorn in Wyoming last year for around $500 door to door. This year, I'm doing Wyoming cow elk and buck pronghorn for around $1100 door to door, and Colorado mule deer for about $700 total. It's easy to spend a lot more than that, but not necessary. MORE INFO PLEASE!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jul 5, 2018 19:50:43 GMT -5
I do want to clear up the misconception on hunting out west being expensive though.. I did pronghorn in Wyoming last year for around $500 door to door. This year, I'm doing Wyoming cow elk and buck pronghorn for around $1100 door to door, and Colorado mule deer for about $700 total. It's easy to spend a lot more than that, but not necessary. MORE INFO PLEASE! Buck tags start at around $300-$350. Gas is about $400, usually split 2 or 3 ways. Sleep in a tent and bring food from home. Hunt public ground or free access private. If anybody needs help planning a hunt like this give me a PM, I'll help to the best of my ability.
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