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Wild Hog Hunting 2000 I Found 'Em!!! It is very dry (again) this year and the wild hogs have abandoned the Hammer Hole and moved on to parts unknown. Lately, even the hog trappers reported that they were gone from our area. Tuesday, my neighbor told me he had seen a large group of wild hogs while he was bailing hay in the fields on our deer lease. He also mentioned that the first of the week a fella across the river saw several and shot two (rifle). But one of the hogs revived and charged him. He got a couple more rounds in the big boar but the hog cut him down and viscously attacked him. Fortunately the hog died before he killed the hunter. It took over 40 staples to close up the man's injuries. So yesterday I dove to the river area and looked for hog sign. In spite of our dry year the Leon river flooded six weeks ago (due to heavy rains north of here) and totally trashed out part of my neighbor's sudan crop. The rest of the fields have just been harvested. So there are large areas of sudan still standing tall, 6 foot tall and higher. And there are makeshift roads cut by the tractor that wind though big patches of the unharvestable crops. I started driving those roads. As I drove around I noticed narrow paths coming out of the crops, beaten down because of deer or hog traffic. But I didn't see any wild hogs along the river. Visibility is awful because of the high sudan. It's just like driving in a tunnel. Finally, I turned toward a wooded area we call the Island, because it is an small island of trees in an otherwise wide open farm field. When I got to the Island, right away, I saw two wild hogs (the ones above). I slipped out of my truck with my camera and managed to get their pictures. In the Island I saw a substantial area rooted deep into the ground. Sudan tops are spread all around and the hogs are feasting on the Sudan seeds and tops that are scattered everywhere.  This area has something the Hammer Hole does not, mature trees. Huntable trees, my favorite kind. But I didn't get to look around because more hogs came through. Instead I stayed still and took a few more pictures. Here is a group munching sudan and working it's way toward us. This weekend, join me, as we set up and hunt these Leon River bad boys. There will be more, and pronto ... Back To Where You Were At Bowhunting.Net