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Hot and dry conditions here in South Carolina this April slowed our wild hog movement, but definitely did not stop it!

As always, our pigs went right to all the new greening up plants early in April, and this made the bigger ones harder to find at the feeders since they did not want or need the high carbohydrate corn. However packs of smaller ones were plentiful, and with our low hunting pressure and by watching the cameras closely to stay on top of the movement, our hunters were consistently in the best spots to see action. This allowed Nick, down in South Carilina for the weekend, to join us for two nights. Both provided hog sightings, and he was fortunate enough to kill a huge boar Friday afternoon before dark and then kill a nice 40lb bbq griller out of a big pack Saturday night. Just check out the pic he sent of it just before it came off his grill too!

The following weekend, we had Dustin and his son Adam in camp to chase some turkeys and hogs. We heard lots of birds and got a jake in range but with SC's new rules, he was off limits, and we never got a longbeard in range since they all were very henned up that weekend. However, both saw hogs and Dustin hammered a nice BBQ hog to take home. Check out the pic they sent of their griller about to be devoured too! And while they were here, we also got a chance to talk all about South Carolina wild hog hunting and record a 40 minute podcast with his co host Dell on their D and D Outdoors Podcast that is available on iTunes and Spotify!! Please go check it out if you crave in-depth knowledge of hog hunting being spilled. Thank you guys for having me on!



Then we had Frank, his son in law Daniel and friend Sam down to also chase birds and swine. The boys were on fire and killed a couple of bbq hogs Friday night, but then Sam heated up his barrel with two hogs Saturday night - a 40 lb pig out of a big pack all about the same size and a great 187lb boar. Amazingly enough both those hogs were shot at the same feeder that a huge alligator was spotted at Friday afternoon! Daniel then completed the weekend with a huge limb-hanger turkey weighing just shy of 22lbs with a 10 1/4 in beard and over 1 1/4 in spurs!

Congratulations to everyone, and as always, we can't thank everyone enough for coming and hunting with us here in the lowcountry. We have a few days open in May and June, which are usually surprisingly good since the hogs can't travel far from the water to stay cool and are more on the corn since it is easy and close as well. So give me a call if you still want to get in some great hunting while waiting on deer season to roll back around. We are mostly full for the Fall as well, but we definitely have a few weekends open and would love to have you. Please see our Available Hunt Dates page for all open days!



 


Man, what a weekend! After months of cold, April's warm weather mixed with rain created some great conditions for our wild hogs to move for our friends from Virginia. And after being off a weekend to rest up, we were ready for them, and sure enough they killed 5 hogs as well as put some pep into the step of a few more as they headed back to the safety of the swamp.

Everyone saw hogs but it was Mark that got things started Thursday night when rolled up a small one out of a pack before seeing and dropping a nice big one later in the night. Charles and Rodney collected one each Friday night and Charles finished things up Saturday night with a 80lb sow.

In addition to shooting hogs at the feeders, quite a few hogs were seen just wandering around rooting up the swamp and just generally enjoying the Spring weather and the plethora of food it has made available. And after months of just acorns and some corn, both carbohydrates, hogs will always go right to some protein rich plants once they bloom. But as the spring rolls on and gets closer to summer, those plants will get bigger and not as tender, usually causing the hogs to go back to the feeders for an easy meal rather than spend a lot of time on their feet in the heat looking for food. So plenty of great hunting to be had over the next few months; just give us a call about dates or check out our availability calendar. And as always please call with any questions or about last minute openings and specials.



Spring is definitely here now with 75 degree days and 50s at night making for some great wild hog hunting here in South Carolina

John and his son Jason joined us again this year from NY, and this time it was John with the lucky rabbit's foot. He started the trip off with killing a lone 108lb sow Friday night and then stacked up a 35 griller hog on Saturday when a pack of eaters came out. And this past weekend, Friday night Barry and John ran over for just one night when they had a break from a work trip to SC. And both slammed hogs - Barry with a 102lb sow and John with his 45lb sow to make it a memorable trip! Congratulations to everyone!

Note that it is very common for hunters to kill hogs that have old injuries (and sometimes new) since wild pigs not only have a tough life surviving in the wild, they also fight amongst themselves a lot even as piglets. Wild boars are also very rough when mating a sow and often injure them then as well. In addition, hogs have a very small kill zone compared to a deer, and we often kill hogs that have been shot before in the leg or neck that have survived no problem. They are truly some very tough animals!

Cold weather is most likely done here in the lowcountry as our days and nights get warmer. However there is still plenty of great hunting to be had over the next few months, so give us a call or check out our available hunt dates online. While it will most likely be later to beat the heat, the hogs often show since they can't travel far once it gets too hot and will be sticking close to water and feeders. And while they are enjoying a lot of natural foods right now as everything is sprouting, they will definitely keep hitting the corn too.


 

Low Country Hunting Lodge

Garnett, South Carolina

Phone: 803-842-1155

Jeff@lowcountryhunting.com

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