I had the pleasure of hunting that area two times. We hunted on a private property between Monterey and Crossville. We parked at the Bean Pot Camp Ground in Crossville and drove in and out each day. The country is ROUGH and takes a toll on an old body. My advice to anyone hunting this area, start six-eight weeks before your trip and workout each day. A stair stepper is great to work out on, or a tread mill set up as high as it will go. Build the legs up, and put a load on the heart. It sure helps when you get out there chasing around the mountains looking for, or dragging out a big pig. If you are like I am, over 60, overweight, and a heart patient, you may want to reconsider a hunt to this area.
My sister-in-law just bought place on the Tn-Va border, about half in each state. She said there are a lot of big hogs in that area, and that I could get to them on an ATV. I hope to make it this year.
Hope your trip to Monterey is as successful as our's was. All three of us got good hogs, we took them to a man at Muddy Pond for processing. He cured the hams, made bacon, smoked chops, sausage and shipped them to Texas about three weeks later. Sure was good eating.
