Cache Creek Pig HUnting

[cheta]

Yes there has been a lot of water out, creek is up also.

 

[Live2hunt]

ko1featherweigh,

The tracks in your pic looks more like deer tracks. A pig track would have two duo-claws behind and reaching outside the two hooves. Like this one:

 

[ruger_mac]

Cheta... If you need a hand or a "assistant" hunting i would be more than happy to help out. I am "in between" Jobs right know so i have all the time in the world.

Adam

 

[ko1featherweigh]

ko1featherweigh,

The tracks in your pic looks more like deer tracks. A pig track would have two duo-claws behind and reaching outside the two hooves. Like this one:

Thanks L2H, i guess i was fallowing the wrong tracks that day. Im still new at this Haha!
What about the track with the leaf in it thats a pig right?

 

[Live2hunt]

Thanks L2H, i guess i was fallowing the wrong tracks that day. Im still new at this Haha!
What about the track with the leaf in it thats a pig right?

No duo-claws. I don't think it's a pig.

 

[DFG_Bear]

DFG Bear- do you guys know how big the heard is that is int he Rumsey Guinda area? I hunt a private ranch there and have seen pigs in huge numbers on game camera and more sign than i can shake a stick at. Is there an accurate way to be able to judge population on private land?

I don't have any good data on that area. FYI-I monitor the population at a statewide level, and getting down to this small of a scale would not really benefit what I do for the department. But you can easily monitor trends on a local scale by running what us biologists call a transect. A transect is easily done by driving or walking an established route at the same time of day at regular intervals (weekly, monthly, yearly, etc) and counting all the animals you can see. Try not to count the same animals on the same day. You can then compare counts on a time basis (monthly, yearly) to obtain a trend. Instead of driving or walking, you can also do the same thing with trail cameras - just have them placed at the same spot, pointed in the same direction and running for the same amount of time each year. Try to place the cams in areas where you are not likely to capture the same sounders on multiple cameras, as that can bias your final number. Trail cams can be a bit more reliable since pigs will become more nocturnal with increased hunting pressure, and they may shy away from vehicles during the day. These counts will give you a number called "Minimum Known Alive," which can act as an index to the total population, because you are unlikely to count all the individuals (aka the entire population) in any meaningful area.

 

[cheta]

Thanks, Trails cams seem to be the way to go then..

 

[RoosterKiller]

I have spot lighted pigs in Texas.if you use regular light they will run. If you use red light they won't go anywhere.So get a red lens for your spotlight.I have used orange lens as well but they don't like it. Always use red.
good luck