Last summer, TLM posted an outstanding review of hog sign and photos. I found it very useful, but the thread eventually veered off into baiting and game law. I'm hoping this thread will spur more hog sign photos and info.
My primary hunting ground is a rock factory, where the mesquite grows just high enough to shade the cactus. There is little water for wallows and distinct tracks, and no crops to tear up. When I began looking for hog sign several years ago, I had no one to teach me and the online photos of hog damage were ridiculously obvious.
The evidence was more subtle, and it took a while to realize what I was looking at, and why it was there.
Just an unweathered stone with all else around it untouched. The hogs will often overturn stones while foraging.
This particular stone weighed about 20 pounds. Note the tusk marks scratched on the underside.
Above ground foraging.
This mud scrape helped lead me to a wallow deep in the brush.
Another view of the same tree; their shredding of the bark at the case killed it.
This fence appeared to be in good condition; the DNA indicated a good location for a hog pipe.
My primary hunting ground is a rock factory, where the mesquite grows just high enough to shade the cactus. There is little water for wallows and distinct tracks, and no crops to tear up. When I began looking for hog sign several years ago, I had no one to teach me and the online photos of hog damage were ridiculously obvious.
The evidence was more subtle, and it took a while to realize what I was looking at, and why it was there.
Just an unweathered stone with all else around it untouched. The hogs will often overturn stones while foraging.
This particular stone weighed about 20 pounds. Note the tusk marks scratched on the underside.
Above ground foraging.
This mud scrape helped lead me to a wallow deep in the brush.
Another view of the same tree; their shredding of the bark at the case killed it.
This fence appeared to be in good condition; the DNA indicated a good location for a hog pipe.
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