I hope you're right, but I disagree. I've noticed a severe decline in the hog population over the past three years in the areas I hunt. I'm talking from Houston to Corrigan up 59. This is also what several friends, old timers, friends of friends and so on have noticed. Sure, there are little "honey holes" here and there that hold hogs, but overall the population is scarce. The past month I've checked three different properties that I haven't dropped a dog on in a year... nada, no sign at all. It's been that way the past few years. Even the neighboring properties where the hogs would always go to, same story. I'm talking tens of thousands of acres... not small places.
Five to ten years ago, and earlier, hogs were everywhere in this country. It was nothing to go out and catch 4 or 5 hogs in few hours and go home. Now we're lucky to catch one... if there's even any on the place.
I agree with what you are saying an we too have heard that from lots of people about the decline these past few years. I believe it as well bc the spots I am talking about saw those same exact declines. But are now really exploding. Even if some of them are considered "honey holes" the effects of those spots exploding is gonna leak out into the surrounding areas. That's how populations make huge spikes in numbers, when there are huge numbers of young being produced the fitness of that species has no choice but to increase.
It's the same way here Mike, except our spots are much smaller... Places that people have hunted for YEARS and always caught hogs don't even have a track on them...
I guess all the hogs are at Tonys spots....
I wish they'd quit eating all my deer corn at my spots too.. I've seen some increase in the numbers at my little spots but the big increases are on big E's deer leases, other friends deer leases and up north in gods country. Buffalo area..
