Author Topic: Pricing pig hunts (Read 3142 times)

longwinters · « **on:** November 11, 2003, 11:33:19 AM »

I live in Michigan and am getting the itch to hunt pigs. I dont want to pay 600.00 - 1000.00 to shoot something on a fenced in 80 acres. I suppose I would need to look south but hopefully not too far south as I would like to hunt in snow if possible. . . I love hunting in the snow!

Anyway, any guesses about a ball park figure and what it would include?

long

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2003, 05:54:55 PM »

$400 seems to be about par. That usually includes lodging but not meals. It covers the guide doing whatever it is they do at that preserve to include gutting and maybe skinning and quartering your hog. Seldom anything else.

Some places charge more and include more. Some charge less but seldom much less.

GB

mehunter1 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2003, 07:24:40 AM »

Try Tioga hunt lodge in Pen. If I remember right it was about $400 for a huge hog.

leomort · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2003, 07:34:09 AM »

mehunter1,

Perchance to you have their phone# and/or website? Thanks.

Leo

Jim n Iowa · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2003, 01:02:07 PM »

www.bowguns.com
Have heard good reports, they are located in Indiana. I plan on using them for my first hog hunt next year.
Jim

pigman · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2003, 12:17:54 AM »

You mean you have to pay to shoot a pig ??

Where I'm from , i can track a mob of pigs out in the bush (20 - 30 of them) and blow away so many ferrel pigs that my arm aches from cycling my bolt action, all for the cost of $20 of fuel and a few coldies and $50 worth of lead. I also go with dogs and a knife only and thats even cheaper and the big razor backs have a fair chance too.

and some of these pigs we get are 150kg plus

I guess i take that for granted and didnt realise you poor folk do it tough.

longwinters · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2003, 01:17:04 PM »

The only pigs that would survive where I live (cold and snow for 5 months a year) would be the Russian boar type. And the only ones up here are on hunting preserves for rich boy clubs.

long

kciH · « **Reply #7 on:** November 19, 2003, 12:42:48 PM »

Jim in Iowa,
care to split the driving to Indiana? I could use a freezer full of lean pork.

He's got some specials going for boar at $375 during January. Elk cows for $750

Jim n Iowa · « **Reply #8 on:** November 19, 2003, 02:07:22 PM »

I was thinking about early spring. But let me get right back at you, after turkey day. By the way wife and I are Omaha native's. I hope you get those cougars closed out for the holiday's
Jim

kciH · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2003, 02:29:36 PM »

I worry more about working in North O than I do about any cougars! I'll take my chances with a known unpredictable animal.

I just got done with some pork chops cooked in the charcoal water smoker tonight, it's got me looking for a freezer full of pork.

billmaly · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2003, 06:40:22 AM »

I've been looking at www.bowguns myself for a bit now. What's their situation there?? Is it a hunt, or is it a kill? If I go hog hunting (I know almost nothing about it, except I think I want to try it), I want to hunt, not walk up and shoot. My opinion only. Anyone have some guidance for me?

Jim n Iowa · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2003, 03:06:20 PM »

I am like you in trying out a first time hog hunt. I have been asking around and have had 3-4 responces of people that have been there and are going again. Could be some shills too. I have decided to try them after the holidays, pistol or rifle in 44 mag.
Jim

Graybeard · « **Reply #12 on:** November 24, 2003, 03:29:17 PM »

You really need to be aware that ANY hunt inside of a high fence surrounding a relatively small area is likely to NOT be a difficult hunt. Often it is more like shooting than hunting. It can be different and some times is. Just depends on a lot of factors. But it ain't ever gonna be quite like a free range hunt.

I hunted with Joe Meeks at Tellico Junction back in about '91 I think it was. Joe said he had about 2000 acres inside his "hog proof" fence as I recall. It wasn't real hog proof as I saw several places it was down and hogs could come and go as they pleased. It was NOT a high fence just a 4' I think or maybe 5' mesh wire fence like you'd see around a pasture here in the south if it wasn't a barbed wire fence which is more common on pastures.

Joe caught his hogs in traps that were set in the fence that separated his place from the National Forest land behind it where the hogs roamed freely. He baited the traps with corn and when they caught a hog if they wanted it for hunting they let it go on his side of the fence. If not they shooed it back out on the NF side.

This was a good hunt. We hunted hard from day light until about 1:00 PM and I saw one hog and got no shot. None of the other hunters saw hogs that morning. That afternoon they turned the dogs loose and within about 15 minutes two of us had hogs. Hunting with dogs in a fenced area is a sure bet. You WILL get a close up easy shot. No two ways about it.

If the area is small say less than 400 acres you should be able to walk them up pretty easily if it isn't super thick.

I hunted in FL on Carter's Pasture which is an 1100 acre high fence swampy jungle. It is so thick there you can only see where they have cleared shooting lanes. Most hunting is done from shooting houses over bait with cleared shooting lanes. That's really shooting not hunting. BUT if you wanted to hunt for real then an on foot hunt in that jungle would be a for real hunt. Like I've heard about Thompson Temple at Rocky Top, Mike Carter said he turned loose some aoudad in there and two years later no one had seen hide nor hair of a single one. I was after meat hogs for the freezer and not sport really so it was fine to shoot them over the bait after my fallow deer hunt was over.

I've hunted them many times and many places where they are free ranging and believe me there just is not comparison to that and either of the above hunts which took place on far larger areas than most of them are.

GB

TimWieneke · « **Reply #13 on:** November 26, 2003, 04:19:34 PM »

Bill is absolutely right. I should also like to add, be careful of new feral hog hunt operations that promise free range in places where it really doesn't make sense for there to be indigenous free range hogs. For example, I recently did a "free range" hog hunt here in Illinois and it technically was free range in that there was not a fence keeping the hogs in one area.

However, from the behavior of the hogs, it seemed like they acted that there was a fence limiting their movements and they let me easily walk up within 20 yards of them without scent covering or hiding my movements all that much. Upon shooting one of the hogs, I discovered that the canines were removed.... I could be wrong, but concluded they were domestic hogs that had recently been released into the area about a year ago.... :roll: Time enough for them to grow some hair, but not time enough to dissociate humans from food and care.... From what I have been told, it takes 4 generations of free range for a hog to revert to true feral.

Tim

wendell · « **Reply #14 on:** November 30, 2003, 10:33:44 AM »

Tim
What was the name of the place you hunted in Illinois?

TimWieneke · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2003, 03:44:01 AM »

Hi Wendell,
Didn't have a name yet that I can remeber. This guy had done deer leases but really didn't have a "guide" or "outfitting" service. It was more of a lease that I had bought (got it through e-bay btw). It was some great deer country and if I can swing it someday, I'd absolutley love to go back there for deer - it just wasn't set up quite right for hogs imho.

It was not Coal Creek ranch - I have not been there. I have heard some good things about Coal Creek and I think they are the only recognized hog place in Illinois. I will get there one of these days.

Tim

redhawk44p · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2003, 06:39:56 AM »

I have taken two russians at Bowguns. I had a blast hunting there. I became the webmaster for the lodge after my first hunt there. Here is the last boar I took there-

Perferator · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2004, 05:17:22 AM »

Quote from: longwinters

The only pigs that would survive where I live (cold and snow for 5 months a year) would be the Russian boar type. And the only ones up here are on hunting preserves for rich boy clubs.

long

Hey longwinters, I'm from the northern lower. Just wondering if you knew anything about the little "hog problem" they'd had up on the Abbaye Peninsula (outside of L'Anse). I know it could create some environmental prob's but I've been kinda hoping some would go feral for us....but then again I dont live up there.

Perferator

longwinters · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2004, 01:34:37 PM »

There is an open season on them. One guy up there killed something like 23 of them at his camp. He said he would shoot them and come back the next day . . . nothing left but tuffs of hair and pig tracks. I guess a couple of people were chased etc...but I have heard nothing in the last several months. I would ck with the DNR up in Marquette if you wanted info, but I dont know what politically correct info they would give you. I too thought it would be great to hunt them. But I think the odds of finding them would be slim. For what few there probably are of them it is awful big country. Plus I am sure the locals have taken as many as they can find.

long

Perferator · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2004, 04:00:45 PM »

Quote from: longwinters

There is an open season on them. One guy up there killed something like 23 of them at his camp. He said he would shoot them and come back the next day . . . nothing left but tuffs of hair and pig tracks. I guess a couple of people were chased etc...but I have heard nothing in the last several months. I would ck with the DNR up in Marquette if you wanted info, but I dont know what politically correct info they would give you. I too thought it would be great to hunt them. But I think the odds of finding them would be slim. For what few there probably are of them it is awful big country. Plus I am sure the locals have taken as many as they can find.

long

I'm going to try to keep my ears open on this deal. If any get down from the peninsula there could be trouble. They can reproduce quickly. I guess all that can be found about it for now are the articles of newspapers on the internet. Hey, have a great winter up there.....and pop a few coyote!

Perferator

ahunter55 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2004, 04:42:33 AM »

I have Bowhunted hogs in several places this past year-all were excellent.
Coal Creek Farms Paris, Il. (Russian-good strain) 1-217-275-3516 www.coalcreekfarm.net
Shilo Ranch in Stonewall, Ok. (bowhunting only) excellent daytime hog hunting-stands by feeders or spot & stalk.
Stand or dogs-gun, bow, knife Ray Modisett Near Lufkin, Tx. www.7mwildboar.com
Perdenal Bowhunts near Larado Tx. Hogs & Javalina-spot n stalk or blind hunting near feeders.
All have something different to offer & all are or at least for me-excellent.
Prices vary but reasonable for what is included. good Luck..

swifty · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:13:53 PM »

I just got back from my hog hunt on Broughton Island near Brunswick, Ga.

Broughton Island is a 3300 acre uninhabited island .It was once a rice plantation. The house has fallen down, the rice mill is still somewhere on the island and the hogs remain. They feed off the roots of a tall grass that looks like saw grass to me. We, two men 4 dogs and me took a boat over to the island. As we approached the island the dogs really started to bark. One fell out of the boat and had to be fished out of the bay. The dogs were hysterical in a barking frenzy as we landed. They took out across the saw grass with us in hot pursuit .The mud was a black sticky goop that made running impossible. As we approached a water filled ditch all hell was breaking loose on the other side of the ditch in the tall saw grass. We wadded the water that was waist deep for me. As I stumbled to the other side, I could hear the pig squeal over in the grass. I found the hog held down by the dogs in a ditch. We got the dogs off .The hog stood up to shake and I shot it. Distance was about 6 or 8 feet. They wanted me to hunt some more days for more pigs. I had a nice 200-pound boar hog. I was cold and wet and had about all the fun I wanted. The dogs seemed to be fine except one has a cut on the shoulder were the boar got him. The catch dog was a 100 pound American bulldog He was a real sweet dog .He rested his head in my lap as we road back to the mainland .The handler had a plastic stick that tapered on one end. He used it to slip between the Bulldogs teeth to pry them off the hog.

Back at the farm, they skinned the hog and placed it in a cooler for me.

As I left, I was looking for my buddy the bull dog .He was sound asleep covered in mud and seemed the picture of happiness.

The folks at Broughton Island Boars worked hard and were fair.The hunt cost me $400 and it is virtually a gurantee hunt.Their telephone number is
912-280-0822.They advertise in Boar Hunter magazine.
The web site is: www.boarhuntermagazine.com

swifty · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:30:42 PM »

I talked to the folks at Cypress Swamp Plantation .3 days $400
2 days-275. They claim a 90% success rate
Ricky Vinson 843-437-4023 or 843-871-5922. Lodging is not included
You stay in a motel in Summerville ,SC 20 minutes from Charleston off I-26
they have 4000 acres of swamp hardwood and pine. Hunt is over baited areas for built stands and blinds . Hog hunting ends March 15th the start of turkey season.A three day out of state license for feral hogs is $40. I plan to hunt there the last Thursday and Friday in February. I plan to take my Freedom Arms model 83 454 casull.

77hiboy · « **Reply #23 on:** January 30, 2004, 05:07:54 PM »

Hello GBO members, first let me say hello as I am a new member and this is my first post. I am interrested in a hog hunt in either Co, Ok or Texas. The closer to Denver the better. This will be my first hog hunt and I would like a quality experience. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 77 Hiboy.

ahunter55 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2004, 09:32:50 AM »

77hiboy-check out my post above-for you, I would go to Shilo (Oklahoma)OR Ray Modesitt, Lufkin, Tx. Both are EXCELLENT..
Good luck..

okie guide · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2004, 05:07:13 AM »

Howdy, I guide on a 1,400 acre ranch here in Locust Grove Oklahoma.
We just opened the ranch to hunting this last fall. We have a lot of trophy Russian Boars but realized there are alot of people that just want to hunt for meat hogs. And we wanted to offer something for the people that bagged thier Exotic and still wanted to hunt. We started buying feral hogs that were trapped or caught with dogs and turned them loose on the ranch. They are alot cheaper and are a blast to hunt. We are trying to put together a pack of dogs for knife hunts also. I have a blast trying to get my daughter within bow range of these critters. The last bunch we got had some old Mule footed hogs with wattles. These things are bad spooky. If you want to check it out the Ranch can be seen at sycamorspringsranch.net or you can email me at blacklinedunn1@chouteautel.com. Its a real nice place and the ranch owner is a big time bowhunter himself. He has always been a neighbor and asked if I could help him out with clients because I knew the property real well. If you would like to talk to him personaly his # 918-598-3554.

affordablehoghunts · « **Reply #26 on:** March 20, 2004, 04:36:33 AM »

we came up with a fair way for everyone. instead of chaging a hunter a flat rate of 300 to 400 bucks we charge a booking fee of 100 per hunter and a dollar a pound on your kill.hence your hunt if you take a 100 pound hog only cost 200.