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For most of recorded history, darkness has provided concealment to the hunted.  Night vision and thermal technologies changed all that.  The commercial market is seeing an explosion in availability and innovation of this type of gear.  This has opened the door to some serious game changers in Special Hog Weapons And Tactics™ hunts.  If you read my story, "East Texas Nights," you know that we recently had the opportunity to test drive some night hunting gear at the Wild Hog Roundup put on by Wulf Outdoor Sports in East Texas.  This is my After Action Report focused on the tools we used to see in the dark.  They range from the entry level Nite Hunter to a $15K thermal device.

The book Use Enough Gun by famous African professional hunter Robert Ruark posed the question about how much gun was enough gun for cleanly taking big game.   The same concept also applies to hunting game like wild hogs.  When pressured, angered, cornered, or especially wounded, a wild pig can dose out all the thrill any hunter can handle.  The choice of an effective pig rifle/cartridge has to be made with serious attention to the natural meanness of this particular tusk laden target. Most experienced hog hunters will tell you to forget those long barreled elk and moose rifles with 24-inch tubes.  They are too cumbersome to move quickly in hog habitat which is usually thick, vine laden cover.  You need a rifle that is quick to point, and easy to move around in close, tight situations. 

I’m often asked, how do I know if there are hogs in my hunting area? Well hogs leave tell tale sign, and often lots of it. Depending upon the terrain, you may have to go looking for it.  In this article, I'm going to give you a brief overview of what to look for to determine if you do if fact have a huntable population of hogs in your area.  I've included plenty of pictures from my own scouting.

But, before we go on, I must mention a few things on suitable hog habitat. Basically, in order for there to be resident hogs in an area you MUST have water, cover and food. Leave out any one of these and you won’t have resident hogs.