Me and a buddy (greatwhite) went yesterday evening and had a group of 15 babies and three sows come in while we were still on the ground. It was before 6:00 p.m. My bow was tied to my pull up rope and no release on. My buddy was the same way. The little ones never looked at us but the sows saw us and started blowing not grunting. We were down wind. How long should I stay out of the area and how bad did we booger them up? Will they be back?
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Hunt it after a good rain then you will see hogs or see tracks. Are they coming to a feeder? -
Depending on how frequent they are coming in, I woud say you are fine.
I have had them come back in 10 mins after I shoot, and then I have had them not come back for 2 weeks.
Do you have a camera up? If so, I would watch it and see what they do.
Hogs by nature are food driven animals, if they dont have a lot to eat, then they will come to the food.
I dont think you hurt them too bad.Comment
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may be that you have more than one group coming in to a spot. if you ran a group of small ones and a sal off there may be a larger group coming in later in the night that you did not hurtComment
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They will be back. As you mentioned, the wind is/was a big factor. Hard to say when they will be back.....probably pretty quick, no more than you disturbed them.
Good LuckComment
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You should be fine, since you are only referring to the wind. As long as you have a food source they will be back! I had a particular pack come to the feeder, take one, all scatter and back back within 10 minutes. Bad mistake on their part as they lost another member of the pack.Comment
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Depends on the pigs.
The place I usually hunt pigs, I can count on them being back on the corn within 10 minutes after I shoot. One time, I spined a sow, and she was still on the ground squealing when the rest of the group came back. I was already out of the pop-up and on my way over to take care of her. They saw me and didn't seem to care, so I shot a second one.Comment
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Pigs are not that easy to get rid of. You should be good.Comment
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No problem. They will be back.Comment
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I'd say you are fine. The last ones I shot (with a rifle) I walked out to verify I had one down. Heard blowing about 20 yds away. Got back in my stand to see what was going to happen after all of the blowing. Less than 5 minutes later a group came from the direction of the blowing. I shot one of them, scattering the group, only to have them come back so I could miss shooting my third for the night. Get out there earlier and be waiting on them to show up.Comment
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i bet if you waited they came back the same day.Comment
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