Hunting Late-Winter Hogs In The South Carolina Lowcountry
Cold weather has greeted our guests over the last few weeks for our hog hunters here in the lowcountry, and the low temps don’t appear to be going anywhere. And this has defintely helped the pig movement since it makes them move more to eat, but the abundance of acorns in the woods are still hurting us by providing an alternative to our corn. Fortunately everyone is still experiencing great hunts and most are usually still seeing some pigs even if they aren’t shooters or are getting shots, just not the pig.
This was the case for both groups of New York hunters that we had for two days each of the last two weekends of January. The first group saw quite a few hogs, but the title of “hog killer” went to Johnnie who was hunting with his dad Joe who let the young man take both shots that the hogs presented. The first hog was a nice boar around 100 pounds while the second pig was a good, dry sow that was a little bigger. Their group also had several sightings of small hogs, some with sows and some without, along with several misses. The couple of bow hunters in the group also had several opportunities but for one reason (waiting to long to shoot) or another (just out of range or not broadside) just couldn’t stick them. But as we always say, that is hunting… and that applies even more when bow hunting!
Our other NY group also had some sightings and misses both at Boggy Creek and the River. However it was Gary, Jr. that managed to show his dad and buddies how to do it when he rolled up a nice sow out of the huge group of pigs that invaded his road covered with corn over at Boggy Creek on Friday night. And our Saturday evening kill was by our friend David from IL, over from Hitlon Head Island for his one day hunt a month, who tagged a great sow from down at the River. So while the hog activity hasn’t been great, the hunters who shoot straight are still knocking them down here in the lowcountry.
And now that we are into February, we should start killing even more hogs since the acorns are running out but the cold weather isn’t – making this time of year traditionally the best time to kill a great boar hog while in the South Carolina lowcountry. So if you are still looking for a great hunt this Spring, give us a call to see what dates we still have open for both hog hunting and our turkey/hog combo hunts.
