Hogs Continue To Move In Cold Weather

Our hogs are still up and moving in search of food during all of this cold weather that the lowcountry has been having. And that has meant more happy, successful guests leaving the lodge with lots of pork.

We had a group of 9 down come down last Saturday afternoon and replace the group of 10 that had just finished having a “hog of a good time“. They hunted through Monday morning and killed two great hogs while missing 6 and seeing countless more. And while their tally wasn’t quite as big as the last group, they also had to contend with a bunch of COLD RAIN that didn’t help the hog movement at all on Sunday.

And just to show you how nasty it was for their hunt – Just check out the damage our white van sustained when it slid off of the muddy road that winds 6 miles down into the swamp to the River tract… Bubba drives that course all of the time and is always so careful, so you know it was horrible weather conditions to land the van in the ditch and knock out the back window while throwing everyone around a bit. Luckily with a big group on board, they were able to rescue the vehicle from the gooey, red clay and get on the stand and back to the lodge again without further problems!

The two fortunate hunters out of this group were Michael and Ron. Michael shot his great pig Saturday afternoon while the largest boar we have killed recently was not deterred by the duck weather and came by Ron’s stand over on our River tract Sunday afternoon. That giant South Carolina wild boar had lots of Russian blood which showed in his thick, curly black coat that covered his massive 280 pound frame. And thank goodness that Ron decided to mount him because that hog had to be 6 years old or better, and you just don’t kill many like that. Hogs are very smart animals, and old boars that have been around for a long time just usually don’t make many mistakes that can land them on a sportsman’s wall. Congratulations Michael and Ron!

Also, please note that I will have some more great South Carolina hog hunting stories and pictures up by Monday since the couple of small groups that have been here all week have had pretty good success too. As a matter of fact, Danny called last night and told me that while I have been off, the hogs have been moving great and that 3 hunters killed 3 hogs on Wednesday alone.

Have a great weekend!

Jeff