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Bring home the bacon
With hog-hunting regulations growing less stringent and the animals becoming more widespread, you’d think hunting them would be getting easier, but that’s not the case. […]
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Calling all hogs
I have had some luck with a call to attract hogs. I can’t honestly say that it works all the time “as seen on TV,” but it’s probably going to do more good than harm to try it out. […]
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Clemson going ‘whole hog’ after feral pigs
The Clemson Cooperative Extension Service has established the South Carolina Wild Hog Task Force to coordinate educational, research and management efforts to reduce the problems associated with wild hogs in our state. […]
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Any weapon will work — behind a hog’s ear
A lot of hunters who haven’t targeted hogs don’t know what weapon to use. Any high-powered rifle or slug gun that is sufficient for a whitetail deer will put down most any pig, assuming bullet placement is on the money. […]
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Bill to expand hog, coyote hunting ‘runs out of time’ in legislature
A House bill that would have expanded opportunities for killing feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos at night got caught in a time bind at the end of the legislative session and missed being approved by a few hours, but the bill’s author said he will pre-file a modified bill for the 2013 session. […]
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Commission moves toward opening more opportunities to take hogs, coyotes
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission took a step toward implementing a rule Thursday that allows for the taking of coyotes and feral swine by hunting on private lands at night with a light.
The rule would also allow the hunting of feral swine and coyotes on public lands from ½ hour after sunset to ½ before sunrise with a light by permit only. Night hunting is one means of controlling localized populations of coyotes and feral swine, both of which are non-native to North Carolina and destructive to the landscape. […]
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State House sends hog/coyote/armadillo bill to Senate
The South Carolina House has declared war on wild hogs, coyotes and armadillos, and a Senate committee is considering doing the same. […]
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South Carolina legislature wants to ‘declare war’ on coyotes, wild hogs
A bill that would expand opportunities for taking feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos at night has passed first reading in the House and will be called for second reading when the House returns Tuesday, April 17. […]
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It Ain’t Over
“Now I got to warn you up front,” said veteran hog hunter Scott Emery of Blue Ridge, “this ain’t like any other kinds of hunting. That hog’s not going to trot off with his tail stuck in the air like a deer — he may just put his head down and come after you.” […]
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Turn your wild hog pig-pickin’ good
This recipe and cooking method will help you turn your wild hogs into some of the best barbecue you’ve ever eaten. […]