Hunting & Fishing North Carolina Hog Hunting

[mountainman308]

Hey All,

My friends and I are looking to go on an adventure, and we had settled on hog hunting in North Carolina. I have a couple of questions, namely, has anyone had experience using Carolina Razorback Outfitters? They meet our price point and are a good fit for where we are all driving in from. Secondly, we like to eat what we kill. Is there any season where the hogs taste better or worse? If they taste like crap in the summers, we will wait for the fall.

Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[DannC]

I have not heard of that outfitter in particular but there are several around the Wadesboro area. A friend and I wanted to go pig hunting some years ago and bought 44 Magnums for the occasion.

If you think pig hunting is stalking thru the brush and shooting a true wild boar you need to do more research. These are usually nothing more than feral pigs and are a nuance and destructive to the farmers crops. They just get to charge you to cull them.

Typically you are taken by four wheelers to a elevated stand and are told to call when you have made a kill and to not come down until they arrive. You do not want to go into the briar patch after a wounded boar or sow.

These pigs know exactly where they are going to be fed every day of the week.
Kind of ruined it for us, we never went.

The good part is we bought Colt Anaconda's 8 3/8 barrel with factory porting [rare] PDT custom shop. Worth 5 or 6times what we paid.

Happy Hunting

 

[mountainman308]

I have not heard of that outfitter in particular but there are several around the Wadesboro area. A friend and I wanted to go pig hunting some years ago and bought 44 Magnums for the occasion.

If you think pig hunting is stalking thru the brush and shooting a true wild boar you need to do more research. These are usually nothing more than feral pigs and are a nuance and destructive to the farmers crops. They just get to charge you to cull them.

Typically you are taken by four wheelers to a elevated stand and are told to call when you have made a kill and to not come down until they arrive. You do not want to go into the briar patch after a wounded boar or sow.

These pigs know exactly where they are going to be fed every day of the week.
Kind of ruined it for us, we never went.

The good part is we bought Colt Anaconda's 8 3/8 barrel with factory porting [rare] PDT custom shop. Worth 5 or 6times what we paid.

Happy Hunting

Its interesting that you say that. This particular outfitter uses phrases like "fair chase" on their website, but never define exactly what that is. I think we are cool with hunting from a stand or over bait for these guys. We just like the idea of filling our freezers and getting to hang out in the woods for a weekend. I'd be game for a little spot and stalk if the opportunity presented itself, but its not a requirement.

Unrelated to the thread, but I must ask for a picture of the Colt. It sounds like a beautiful pistol.

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I've heard of them but never went myself. At one of the early Guardian matches at Frontline Defense there was a free hunt from them to the top team on the second day.

Doesn't exactly speak to anything but there is that.

 

[Emmaandhaley]

I have hunted with them a couple years ago before we started getting swamped with hogs on our farm.

Keep it in mind that they treat it like a day hunt.They put you in the stand. You hunt till they come pick you up. It’s hunting, you may see one you may not, but you will pay no matter what.

I just got stationed in Florida (active duty Marine) or I’d tell y’all to come on down and shot everyone you see on my farm. They tear up everything and run away the deer.

 

[mountainman308]

I have hunted with them a couple years ago before we started getting swamped with hogs on our farm.

Keep it in mind that they treat it like a day hunt.They put you in the stand. You hunt till they come pick you up. It’s hunting, you may see one you may not, but you will pay no matter what.

I just got stationed in Florida (active duty Marine) or I’d tell y’all to come on down and shot everyone you see on my farm. They tear up everything and run away the deer.

I appreciate the offer. Something like what you propose would be ideal. We are all experienced whitetail and varmint hunters, so we don’t need much supervision. Just point us in the right direction and provide ROE.
I don’t suppose you have contacts with any farms still that might take three guys to shoot hogs for a long weekend?

 

[Emmaandhaley]

I have leased my farm out so that is off the table now. I do know a lot of farmers in that area but to be honest it’s either “the good ole boy network” or “you have to pay the money to play”

 

[mountainman308]

Yeah, that’s the way it is up here with whitetails too. We don’t mind paying, but free is always welcome.

 

[Blackkettle]

Ive met Jody the owner of CR. He drove me around showed me different stands and diff places he has to hunt. He has lots of river bottom to hunt and there are lots of pigs down there. Im going sometime this year . Jody is a great guy and I would recommend him and CR.

 

[mountainman308]

Ive met Jody the owner of CR. He drove me around showed me different stands and diff places he has to hunt. He has lots of river bottom to hunt and there are lots of pigs down there. Im going sometime this year . Jody is a great guy and I would recommend him and CR.

I really appreciate the personal experience!

 

[athanasios23]

OP,

Did you ever hunt at Carolina Razorback Outfitters? If so how was your experience?

 

[mountainman308]

Unfortunately life got in the way. One of the guys in our group is now going to be a dad and my work got crazy busy. My hope is that we’ll still be able to go after the election, but it’s up in the air at this point.

 

[athanasios23]

I appreciate the reply. My new job has cut down my hunting days completely. Trying to find a place and species I can hunt in January. If you get around to it, please let us know how it was.

 

[mountainman308]

I certainly will. Even if not with the original group, I intend to get down there at some point in the hopefully near future.

 

[Wilderness]

I'll be honest. Pigs are a nuisance and an invasive species throughout Texas and I have killed many. I don't eat them. Maybe a really young 20-30lb lil guy, but anything over that gets tossed into the brush. Places I hunt are overrun with them, they wreak havoc on feeders, tear ruts in the land, bust fences, and multiply fast. The big ones stink. I'd say wait until its cold to harvest one for food. It will still be covered in fleas/ticks though.

I will say smoking a small one on a pit all day is OK, but I can never get that pig smell out of my mind when eating them wild.

 

[db2000]

I saw CRO on Outdoor Channel I believe. They seem reputable as stated earlier by someone with personal experience. I’ve not been personally. There’s a lot of outfitters in this area (Four Oaks, NC) apparently.

We are going with T&M this December.

https://tmhuntingproperties.com/

It is similar to what is described above. Elevated stands, red or green lights after dark. They are fed sweet potatoes and other stuff to supplement their diet. Meat is awesome supposedly. Price is right and the owner is a Vet. He has been very nice to work with our schedules/rescheduled during the pandemic. We pre-payed in full so I think that’s the main reason.

 

[308ftWIN]

I'll be honest. Pigs are a nuisance and an invasive species throughout Texas and I have killed many. I don't eat them. Maybe a really young 20-30lb lil guy, but anything over that gets tossed into the brush. Places I hunt are overrun with them, they wreak havoc on feeders, tear ruts in the land, bust fences, and multiply fast. The big ones stink. I'd say wait until its cold to harvest one for food. It will still be covered in fleas/ticks though.

I will say smoking a small one on a pit all day is OK, but I can never get that pig smell out of my mind when eating them wild.

It'd be fun to make a trip to TX or the South to try and take a few off their hands.

I'm curious though, and hopefully some who live in those states can comment, is the problem really as bad as it's being made out to be? Sure we read of how many millions of dollars of destruction they cause, but from an outsider's perspective it seems like they're really just a minor nuisance and it's being propped up as an industry of it's own to profit off of them.

I mean no offense to anyone making a living off of them, by all means get that money. It's just that a hearty part of the draw to me is to go help, but the more I research it, most people really don't want help, they just want $.

 

[Raven34]

It'd be fun to make a trip to TX or the South to try and take a few off their hands.

I'm curious though, and hopefully some who live in those states can comment, is the problem really as bad as it's being made out to be? Sure we read of how many millions of dollars of destruction they cause, but from an outsider's perspective it seems like they're really just a minor nuisance and it's being propped up as an industry of it's own to profit off of them.

I mean no offense to anyone making a living off of them, by all means get that money. It's just that a hearty part of the draw to me is to go help, but the more I research it, most people really don't want help, they just want $.

They are a farmers worst nightmare. They will destroy and uproot everything.

 

[Wilderness]

I make no profit off shooting pigs. I’m not a farmer, rancher, or large track land owner. I pay these types of people who are lucky to own large ranches, usually inherited from relatives ages ago, to hunt their land.

Pigs wreck shit. They destroy mediocre brand feeders, chase off deer, root the fuck out of the land, disappear for weeks, and are either all over or not.

The feral hogs I come across will avoid traps, are tough as nails, can smell and hear well, and live in pretty rugged environments. A pig hunt here is like $200. The only people making money off hog hunting places are meth addicts in the piney woods (east Texas). No one here wants to have pigs...unless you like bonus critters to hunt when skunked on deer. No thanks.

Also, they’re are covered in fleas and ticks at all points of the year, eat dead animals as they are omnivorous, smell like shit, and have a greasy musty coating all over their body.

For the record...pork chops sell for a lot less than the ammo that will be wasted.
Disclaimer though to all this ranting; I’ve been killing them my whole life. If you have never hunted them, I highly recommend trying it. For the ultimate thrill, chase a few cur dogs through the brush at night and stick em, while a catch dog holds him down. First pic is with my .375hh. The other is my goober friend with his first pig I set him on.

Much love for Javelina though. Native Texas creature and majestic as fuck.

 

[Wilderness]

Btw...the best way I’ve found by far to catch and kill hogs is by using snares. We find fence lines and natural cover that clearly are pig trails. Deer tend to hop a low fence where a pig will blow out under it. Attach the snare to the top wire of the fence with some bailing wire and drape ever so dainty on one side of “hole” in fence. Toss corn on either side...check the next day.

if they are passing through, they use the same game trails through fences so odds are high if you give it enough time. Keep in mind, they’ll most likely be alive and pissed when you roll up on them. Get ready to blast or risk a big one breaking the snare or fence.