I originally posted an invite to travel to Alabama for a hog hunt inside the Blackwarrior WMA. This trip actually happened with 4 guys, all rookies to the allusive feral hog. While prepping for this adventure I must have read 100 different articles on tactics, methods, and recipes. We car camped at a trail head, so we could maximize our time spent in the woods. Needless to say, we were all amp'ed up to get out their.
So after a couple good hikes through the woods, we saw nothing but tracks and signs.
There must have been 10 different people that we ran into, going or coming back, and everyone of them had seen nothing. Though each had their proverbial story of a friend that shot one in the same area. We were on our way out at the end of our trip, everyone sighing of aches and pains from the hilly terrain, when someone spotted a black moving object moving from the road darting into the woods and down a ravine. We all anxiously jumped out and crept into the woods looking for the target.
In total only one of the four hunters saw something, at the very end of the trip while driving fast down a dirt road. I think he saw a chupacabra, not a pig.
I don't foresee the Alabama Fish and Game eradicating this creature that is "so prevalent." For the hunter in me, I hope they multiply this year and get worse. So I can come back next year and actually see something. For the conservationist in me, I hope they wipe them out completely. These roto-tillers on 4 legs are a serious hazard to the stabilization of the ecosystem.
Anyways, I'm going to better my odds next time and bring some dogs Thermal/NV scope to have my way with them. I know they are out there.
Thanks to all for the info. It was a pleasure to get out with a fellow TGO'er, XDShooter, nice guy.
Johnny_Utah