Fort Hunter Liggett Pig hunting strategies??

[Bill in SD]

I am headed for FHL this weekend and have not hunted there for about 5 or 6 years.

I'd like to hit one of the primitive Training areas if they are open.

I know the pigs are very educated, nocturnal, and just tough to hunt. I have not found that the pigs are just wondering around in the early am hours.

I have talked with people that have said they have happened upon a sleeping hog, creaping along a creek or likely area.

How have you guys done as far as drives? Or say throwing rocks into likely cover.

Another example is say TA 29. The hogs are in that big river bottom, but it is difficult to move around without them seeing you. Have you guys ever done any drives in the creek with 2 or more hunters?

Also, about 10 years ago a buddy and I hunted 29 and my buddy spooked a sow and a piglet to another hunter, a guy with a long bow that missed the sow and hit the piglet or vica versa. He said he had hunted there for years and years and years and it was his first hog kill.

The hilly areas to the south of the training area as well as north look pretty good. There is just so much area to cover and the pigs are not running around saying shoot me.

Anyway, what techniques do you all have? I do not mean what areas in what training areas, however you can email me that if you want to, haha.. I mean how do you hunt a training area? I mean how do you hunt Liggett hogs?

Thanks
Bill

 

[dirtpoor]

Man, I wish I could help, I've hunted FHL 3 times in the last 2 years and couldn't connect, As Deedy say's follow the river, I'll also be up this weekend but hunting private land out of Bryson.Good luck

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

Bill in SD - you have mail.
Dirtpoor - You are coming! Nice. You can always bring a motor home and park it up top with me. We have the Wildflower Triatholon here this weekend 40,000 people on bicycles. That ought to keep the turkey birds and pigs off the streets.

 

[ksberry209]

Hey Bill are you planning on staying at the Liggett campground? If they open a few TAs this wekend i am planning heading there solo. I have been there 3 times this year and yet to connect. Sort of hurt myself yesterday but if I am feeling better I will be there.

 

[Bill in SD]

ksberry, sorry I did not answer you before. I did not see your post. I would have said hi at FHL if I had read your post before I left. Actually I think my friend and I did say hi. I usually do not go over and talk with everyone that I camp next to, however I would have come over and talked with you if I had read your posts.

Have you hunted FHL for very long? Do you live fairly close to FHL?

I live in San Diego, and it is a haul to FHL. FHL is really nice, but the pig hunting is really tough.

Bill

 

[ksberry209]

Bill - Liggett is about 3 hours from home. Once or twice a month I have had to take a trip to the Salinas area for work so I keep on truckin to Liggett when I don't have any other plans for the weekend. Camping solo sucks but what are you gonna do. Not many public areas that I know of as easy to access than FHL thats why I go.

 

[Metdawg44]

This time of the year the best strategy is to sleep in. Have a nice breakfast, then stay in the shade while having an occasional cold one and watching a playoff game or two if you can.