A fellow that does some property management I know has a duck hunting property that is adjacent to a federal wildlife refuge ( federal hog breeding ground) who asked me to kill the hogs in a standing corn field planted for ducks in an old catfish pond.
The pond is about 20 acres but not every inch is planted in corn. There's a 10x30 yard wide unplanted area in the middle for some reason, and the north end of the pond is not planted. The old man down down the road gave strict instructions not to plant corn because the hogs would get it all.
Corn plated for ducks in my area is planted in June. Last night was my third time to go check on the corn and I could now see some hog damage now that the ears of corn are starting to mature. Shortly after twilight last night, I began to hear the corn stalks being snapped over. These rows are planted a little wider than normal and you can walk through them without brushing against much of the leaves and making a lot of noise. So I did just that. I walked over to where I thought the sound was coming from and then down the lane. When I finally saw them I was probably 35 yards away.
This is going to be a tough place to shoot them. I didn't recover either of these two that I shot. I may need to try and do what pruhdlr suggested and try and call them to the edge of the corn.
Later, I drove back the field where I had been killing them for the past 4 weeks or so. There was a good size (silent) sounder. I had to walk way down past them to be able to approach without getting winded by them. There was a bright full moon last night and I could see them with my naked eye from about 100 yards away. They were not making any noise at all, and there was not much wind at all to help keep my approach quiet, so I felt like I could only approach to within about 75 yards away to shoot.
I found four in the field and a blood trail crossing the ditch onto the another property. It took a long time to get set up from the time I first saw them, but was a lot of fun. They looked much bigger in the viewfinder than in person.
We've also got more humidity along with an east wind. White hot looked better last night and I could tell the difference in clarity of the video/viewfinder.
The pond is about 20 acres but not every inch is planted in corn. There's a 10x30 yard wide unplanted area in the middle for some reason, and the north end of the pond is not planted. The old man down down the road gave strict instructions not to plant corn because the hogs would get it all.
Corn plated for ducks in my area is planted in June. Last night was my third time to go check on the corn and I could now see some hog damage now that the ears of corn are starting to mature. Shortly after twilight last night, I began to hear the corn stalks being snapped over. These rows are planted a little wider than normal and you can walk through them without brushing against much of the leaves and making a lot of noise. So I did just that. I walked over to where I thought the sound was coming from and then down the lane. When I finally saw them I was probably 35 yards away.
This is going to be a tough place to shoot them. I didn't recover either of these two that I shot. I may need to try and do what pruhdlr suggested and try and call them to the edge of the corn.
Later, I drove back the field where I had been killing them for the past 4 weeks or so. There was a good size (silent) sounder. I had to walk way down past them to be able to approach without getting winded by them. There was a bright full moon last night and I could see them with my naked eye from about 100 yards away. They were not making any noise at all, and there was not much wind at all to help keep my approach quiet, so I felt like I could only approach to within about 75 yards away to shoot.
I found four in the field and a blood trail crossing the ditch onto the another property. It took a long time to get set up from the time I first saw them, but was a lot of fun. They looked much bigger in the viewfinder than in person.
We've also got more humidity along with an east wind. White hot looked better last night and I could tell the difference in clarity of the video/viewfinder.
