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Me and a couple of buddies got a real itch to kill some hogs so I started looking for places in AR, MS and LA. Most of these places are asking an arm and a leg and can't guarantee success, which is understandable, but for the price it should be a guarantee. So I asked them what they thought about a DIY trip, they're game. I hear that MS is loaded down with em and they're everywhere. Now the real question is where in MS is the real hotspot?
Someone posted a while back, farmers would let you rid their farm of boar. I was interested but never heard back.
I wouldn't say MS was full of them, they are pretty thick in certain areas. My step father has a duck club around Holcomb, MS and his farm is full of them. He is fortunate enough to have a friend of his who loves to hunt them. He hunts at night with infrared scopes / cameras and all kinds of high tech devices. He's been trying to get me to go down for awhile now, but I prefer to sleep from midnight to 4am, lol. Used to know some fellas from around Oxford, MS (Hurricane actually) who used to hunt them, they used dogs to bay them and finished them with knives. You will need to find a private land owner who is willing to let you hunt on his property more than likely. Although considered a nuisance I'm not aware of any public land that has an abundance of them, but may check with the MDWFP to be sure.
Just thought about it, bet Malmaison Wildlife Management Area has some, it's public land but not sure on the regulations of hog hunting public land. Here is a link I found for you.
https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunti...d-hog-program/
Check out Panther swamp wildlife refuge 40000 acres of hunting. check out holly sprigs national forest
i think there are some pretty strict regulations on what type/caliber of weapon you can use at certain times of the year...
Probably be best to try and hook up with a farmer who is losing $$$$ in crop damage.
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Always see em at the White River Refuge in Arkansas while deer hunting.
I have heard that peach tree farmers just about everywhere have had a lots of problems with wild hogs. May want to contact some of them they may let you hunt just to get rid of them. You may also contact game wardens as they would know where these hogs are a nuisance.
Will, send D10 on Arkansas board a pm. He is a fisheries guy over there and if he can't help you he will get you to someone who can.
I appreciate the responses, Cray i just sent D10 a message. As far as the farmers go, I'm a MO boy so Idk any of the landowners down that way, so if you know any, check with them and get back to me and we'll all go do a little piggie eradicating
Tallahatchie and Leflore Co in Ms has them in spots really thick. They are moving up and down the Tallahatchie and Coldwater rivers as a conduit. You could take a day to two just riding around asking farmers if they have a problem and if you could hunt. It's getting close to deer season so they may not agree to hunting until deer season is over.
I'd look into hunting the delta national Forrest just north of Vicksburg. It's full of pigs
Divide Section WMA in Tishomingo county Mississippi has a lot of pigs. It's public land that borders both sides of a man made canal. They are on both sides around the holcut area. Just don't laugh at our small deer. Nothing in that area comes close to a Missouri deer. The MDWFP has resorted to trapping to try and control the population. John Bell Williams/Canal Section WMA which is about 20 miles south of Divide Section has pigs too. The John Bell/Canal Section pigs have a much heavier Russian bloodline. John Bell/Canal Section is a swamp river bottom. Divide Section is hill country. This WMA is walk in only. Just some info.
both river bottoms that feed Grenada have hogs and most of it is corps land.
There is one thing to keep in mind is that farmers do not care about a ethical hunt or trophy hunting. They only care about eradication PERIOD!!!!! They want everyone of them killed, no matter the sex or age. I know a farmer that ran off a bunch of hunters because they were letting the small ones go. He told them the deal was you kill EVERY ONE you see. A lot of the reason the hogs have scattered all around the state is hunters. They are trapping them and relocating then to other counties so they can have them to hunt. You don't have to worry about some to hunt in future years because they will be there. You can shoot everyone you see and there will still be more next year. I don't know any farmer that would want to save some for seed. The more you can kill the more likely you will be allowed to hunt there in the future.
Deltarat, you get me a telephone # of a farmer that wants them eradicated and we will shoot everyone we see. Big or small, we shoot em all!
ride the delta and ask some farmers, bet you will get more YES come kill them all then you will get NO stay off my land, ask nicely and respectfully. But leave em alone till they get their crops in, they aint got time for you right now
Sylamore National Forest in AR has plenty of them. Leatherwood area.