hog hunting

[bamarp]

I have really gotten into hunting and eating my harvest. My wife is hooked on deer meat and now she wants me to kill some hogs for the freezer. I live in roane county. does antyone know a good place to hunt hogs close by? I was really hoping to find a farmer that may be having some hog troubles and needs them thined out. Thanks for the input.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

You can't "hunt" hogs in TN. The only way to kill them legally (with a couple of exceptions that I'm not certain about) is to have an eradication permit from the state, issued to landowners with hog problems and people they designate.

 

[stringtalker]

Yes you can hunt hogs in Tennessee, read the hunting guide

 

[Southern Sportsman]

You mean this hunting guide?

https://www.tn.gov/twra/article/wild-hog-regulations

"Wild hogs cause extensive damage to crops, wildlife habitat, contribute to erosion and water pollution, and carry diseases harmful to livestock and other animals as well as humans. The damage they cause has become more common and widespread as during the last fifteen years as they have gone from being present in 15 counties in Tennessee to being present in nearly 80 of a total of 95 counties. In 1999, TWRA made an attempt to control the expansion of the wild hog population by opening a statewide wild hog season with no bag limit. Unfortunately, it was during this period of unlimited hunting that the wild hog population expanded the most. Disjointed populations of hogs began to occur in areas of Tennessee where they had never existed before as the result of illegal stocking by individuals whose goal was to establish local hunting opportunities.

In 2011, new regulations were enacted that changed wild hog management. Wild hogs are no longer regarded as big game animals in Tennessee. In order to remove the incentive to relocate wild hogs, they are now considered a destructive species to be controlled by methods other than sport hunting."

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

I have two hunting buds that go over to here twice a year and get hogs.

http://wildernesshuntinglodge.com/pricing/

$775 is a lot for killing a hog but it is a 3 day hunt lodging and meals.

If you don't mind driving a little bit to SC I would recommend here

http://www.jarrettrifles.com/cowden-fees.html $350 includes lodging and Meals. Great place and you will probably kill a hog on your first day. Kill two hogs for the price of one at Wilderness.

Black Warrior down in Alabama I am told has a lot of hogs. I have personally not gone down there yet to check it out. But for $92 a year you can get a General Hunting permit and kill all the hogs you can find. Only restriction there is you have to kill the hogs with whatever weapon is in season for deer/turnkey. Right now its archery only down there so only Archery Tackle would be legal. During Turkey season you would be legal only with Archery or Shotgun with Shot.

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

You mean this hunting guide?

https://www.tn.gov/twra/article/wild-hog-regulations

"Wild hogs cause extensive damage to crops, wildlife habitat, contribute to erosion and water pollution, and carry diseases harmful to livestock and other animals as well as humans. The damage they cause has become more common and widespread as during the last fifteen years as they have gone from being present in 15 counties in Tennessee to being present in nearly 80 of a total of 95 counties. In 1999, TWRA made an attempt to control the expansion of the wild hog population by opening a statewide wild hog season with no bag limit. Unfortunately, it was during this period of unlimited hunting that the wild hog population expanded the most. Disjointed populations of hogs began to occur in areas of Tennessee where they had never existed before as the result of illegal stocking by individuals whose goal was to establish local hunting opportunities.

In 2011, new regulations were enacted that changed wild hog management. Wild hogs are no longer regarded as big game animals in Tennessee. In order to remove the incentive to relocate wild hogs, they are now considered a destructive species to be controlled by methods other than sport hunting."

I don't really care for the no hunting of hogs in TN. But I sorta get TWRA reasoning behind this.

There is no way Hunters can really make a impact on the herd size. Hunters are never going to erratic-ate hogs. By enacting this program TWRA is making the punishment harder for people who want to bring animals in for sport hunting and abolishing hogs for sport hunting.

I think what TWRA should do is put a bounty on Hogs. Say $15 for every Hog turned in. Allow hunters to keep the meat once they are turned it. Increase the fines to something like 5K for anyone found releasing or stocking wild boar or introducing wild boar into TN. I would think that would make a HUGE impact on the herd size.

 

[mjac]

Semantics aside, this my be actually informational. Its from the linked hunting guide.

Wild Hog Control For Landowners

Landowners have more opportunity than ever before to control wild hogs on their properties. They can shoot wild hogs year-round during the day without limit and trap with bait outside of big game seasons. Furthermore, landowners may obtain an exemption from their TWRA regional office enabling them to kill wild hogs at night using a spotlight, and to trap year-round. In addition, landowners in a four-county (Fentress, Cumberland, Pickett, and Overton) experimental area may use dogs as a wild hog control method. Family members and tenants that qualify under the Farmland Owner License Exemption and up to ten additional designees may help private landowners with wild hog control efforts. For properties over 1000 acres, an additional designee per 100 acres may be assigned. No licensing requirements exist for landowners or their designees. In order to renew each year, exemption holders are required to report the number of hogs killed on their property and the manner in which they were killed to TWRA. Landowners may also take advantage of technical assistance provided by TWRA to help with a trapping program or additional wild hog control techniques.

ATTENTION: ON JULY 31st, 2014, LEASE EXEMPTIONS FOR HOG ERADICATION WILL EXPIRE. Hunting lease members that were assisting landowners with wild hog eradication efforts will need to be placed on a landowner exemption if they wish to continue with eradication efforts. Restrictions on the number of individuals per exemption may apply.

Wild Hog Control For Public Land

In Region I, on the Land Between the Lakes WMA, wild hogs may be taken incidental to any hunt.

In Region III, wild hogs may be taken incidental to deer hunts on the following WMAs: Alpine Mountain, Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness, Catoosa, Skinner Mountain, Standing Stone State Forest, and Tellico Lake. Wild hogs may be taken on any deer or bear hunt on South Cherokee WMA. There are also the following wild hog control seasons in which the use of dogs is permitted: two five-day control seasons on Catoosa WMA and one three-day control season on Skinner Mountain WMA.

In Region IV, wild hogs may be taken on any big game hunt on the North Cherokee; any deer or turkey hunt on Kyker Bottoms Refuge; and on any hunt, small game or big game, on the Foothills WMA and the entire North Cumberland WMA.

On the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, wild hogs may be taken with a special permit during any deer hunts and by small game hunters after the deer season.

Refer to the regulations for individual WMAs and public hunting areas to determine how and when hogs can be taken.
Individuals licensed to hunt bears may also take wild hogs during any proclaimed bear-dog hunt
- See more at: https://www.tn.gov/twra/article/wild-ho ... Ffvy9.dpuf

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

I have really gotten into hunting and eating my harvest. My wife is hooked on deer meat and now she wants me to kill some hogs for the freezer. I live in roane county. does antyone know a good place to hunt hogs close by? I was really hoping to find a farmer that may be having some hog troubles and needs them thined out. Thanks for the input.

Your best bet might be to show up to the Catoosa hog hunt and ask to tag along with some houndsmen.

Catoosa is getting extremely thin on Hogs. I do realize that there are some hogs taken on Catoosa during the eradication hunts but its few and far between. Probably less than 12.

 

[fredfred]

Your best bet might be to show up to the Catoosa hog hunt and ask to tag along with some houndsmen.

Catoosa is getting extremely thin on Hogs. I do realize that there are some hogs taken on Catoosa during the eradication hunts but its few and far between. Probably less than 12.[/quote]

There are plenty of hogs left on Catoosa. You just have to know where they are .
We never have a problem starting a race right off the main road. No need to wonder off in the deep dark places. Now that they quit trapping the number will come back to full force in a few years.

 

[stringtalker]

You mean this hunting guide?

https://www.tn.gov/twra/article/wild-hog-regulations

"Wild hogs cause extensive damage to crops, wildlife habitat, contribute to erosion and water pollution, and carry diseases harmful to livestock and other animals as well as humans. The damage they cause has become more common and widespread as during the last fifteen years as they have gone from being present in 15 counties in Tennessee to being present in nearly 80 of a total of 95 counties. In 1999, TWRA made an attempt to control the expansion of the wild hog population by opening a statewide wild hog season with no bag limit. Unfortunately, it was during this period of unlimited hunting that the wild hog population expanded the most. Disjointed populations of hogs began to occur in areas of Tennessee where they had never existed before as the result of illegal stocking by individuals whose goal was to establish local hunting opportunities.

In 2011, new regulations were enacted that changed wild hog management. Wild hogs are no longer regarded as big game animals in Tennessee. In order to remove the incentive to relocate wild hogs, they are now considered a destructive species to be controlled by methods other than sport hunting."

Yes that hunting guide. Here where I live in east Tennessee you can still hunt hogs just like always on south Cherokee wma. Whenever there is a bear hunt with dogs , you can kill a hog, whenever deer season opens, you can kill a hog.