Thermal hog control

[Ochunter]

Hogs are moving good. We are killing 7 or 8 every night we go.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Where is this and what thermal do you use?

 

[Ochunter]

Middle Tn and we run ATN thors and Armasight Zeus thermals

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Heck - where in middle TN? I've never seen a hog in middle TN - I have around the plateau.

I have a Pulsar Apex and love it, but have never killed anything with it. I just bought a Ruger American Rancher in 223 to put it on. It was way to heavy on my AR. Do you have a permit or something to hunt them at night?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Wouldn't LBL be sort of considered Middle TN? I live on the Plateau in an area that has had hogs For many decades but I can tell yuh that LBL has a denser population of hogs on the Southern end than we have here even in the most dense area. It appears LBL is doing nothing to address The hog issue so get ready for a lot of hogs out that way.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

The folks that manage LBL can't tie their shoe strings correctly. I hate to even use the words "manage" and "LBL" in the same sentence

 

[Ochunter]

Yes we have permits and several large farms. Last year between me and two my buddies we eradicated 361 hogs total. We pretty much are killing hogs every weekend. Thermal hog hunting is Addictive for sure.

 

[Ochunter]

There few more from week ago

 

[EastTNHunter]

Those are some decent sized hogs

 

[Omega]

What counties? I'm in Montgomery and would like to harvest pork fat for my sausage.

 

[FTG-05]

Yes we have permits and several large farms. Last year between me and two my buddies we eradicated 361 hogs total. We pretty much are killing hogs every weekend. Thermal hog hunting is Addictive for sure.

So how do we get in on that? I'd be willing to pay.

Thanks,

 

[Ochunter]

Most are hog control efforts are in Jackson County.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Most are hog control efforts are in Jackson County.

That's where my father-in-laws place is (Jackson and Overton counties) that I was referring to. He's had a bad problem with them. I can reach out to see if he'd want that done if you want. Does the permit apply for each individual person (each person having a permit), or just the group of hunters hunting the hogs, given by the landowner? I would assume the latter. I'd love to get in on that

 

[Ochunter]

Its each individual name of hunters on the permit.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

You can add 10 people per permit for properties under 1000 acres. I add different people on my different permits and update annually. Some landowners sell their permit spots, not sure if legal or not but it happens a lot.

 

[Omega]

That's just over 2 hours away, so not too far, but I'd have to camp out a couple nights to insure I harvest one. I'd definitely help out in an eradication effort though, but would only need one hog for my use. I'm told that Montgomery county has some, outside LBL, but haven't heard of any in my area yet. I can wait for them to arrive though, as I don't want them here, but know it's a just matter of time.

 

[Ochunter]

We've shot same farms for years now.
We've not seen any decrease in hog numbers we just help limit the damage they do.