Do pigs move when it’s cold ? what y’all’s thoughts

[mudkat]

we hunted a pig hunting contest this weekend and hunted over 1500 acres two nights and did not see a single pig lol
I was talking to my brother in law and he said oh heck pigs don’t move in the cold
and i got to thinking have i ever seen good pig movement when it cold and can’t really remember seeing much.

[Walker]

I believe they move in the cold. Biggest effect I've seen in night hunting is the moon. They seem to lay up with no moon light.

[tx_basser]

I've seen them more during the day when it is really cold.

[texan16]

The answer is yes, no, maybe. Just like any other critters. Sometimes they will be out in the cold, sometimes they wont. We were out pig hunting last Thursday night when the cold front blew in. Wind blowing 30 mph, temp dropped 30 degrees in 10 minutes. Killed 8 pigs between midnight and 4:00 am. Wouldnt think they would be out in the fields with wind gusts like that and being so cold, but they were out.

[Gumbo Man]

Cold has no affect what so ever on hogs.

[muzzlebrake]

Only a pig knows what it's gonna do next. Maybe that's why science hasn't figured out a way to get rid of them. They do move around a lot and in a few days the whole herd can be 20 miles away from where they were just a week ago. But they are all little democrats and if you keep handing out the free stuff they will come sooner or later and then you will stuck with them.

[BrianL]

I have talk to several people and they just haven't been moving as much during the last 6 weeks. I killed a lot the December, January, and first part of February. Then activity just stopped.

I wonder if it had to do with the summer drought and the sows weren't coming into heat being stressed, then breading started late fall and now dropping litters and traveling less till piglets get a little bigger.

[muzzlebrake]

I have talk to several people and they just haven't been moving as much during the last 6 weeks. I killed a lot the December, January, and first part of February. Then activity just stopped.

I wonder if it had to do with the summer drought and the sows weren't coming into heat being stressed, then breading started late fall and now dropping litters and traveling less till piglets get a little bigger.

Sows are pigging out right about now. Even though they don't have a problem breeding and farrowing year round. Spring is the peak time with more to eat for the piglets. Them little piggies can start eating solid foods very soon after birth and as soon as they can tag along after momma. They are born with 8 needle teeth and know how to use them. They can eat worms and bugs and grass flowers. When the big hogs show back up they won't be alone.

[muzzlebrake]

Best time of day for a big lonesome boar is early morning when he is going back to his bedding area after being out all night looking for girls. Kinda like the way we use to do it.

[TX_Hoghunter]

I have never seen cold slow them down but then again we always use dogs so.........

-john

[dgilbert]

Yes for sure we hunt all day when cold.

[ldsalmon]

Cold has no affect what so ever on hogs.

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[Drycreek3189]

Only a pig knows what it's gonna do next. Maybe that's why science hasn't figured out a way to get rid of them. They do move around a lot and in a few days the whole herd can be 20 miles away from where they were just a week ago. But they are all little democrats and if you keep handing out the free stuff they will come sooner or later and then you will stuck with them.

My buddy did a spread sheet on pig movement based on eight cameras on my 217 acre place over a month or two. The only thing we could come up with was that I needed cell cameras. They would be on my place, at least in front of the cameras, for a maximum of three nights, sometimes only two, before they moved on. This was sows and pigs, and maybe one boar. The solitary boars were just there when they were there. Since we both had jobs, the only times we hunted were Friday and Saturday nights. Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers.

[chaseh]

some guys near me hired a helicopter to fly 20k acres, they flew their 10k acres and saw about 75 total, and shot 40. a week later with thermals they drove the properties and saw a couple hundred in the corn fields. The other 10k was a bust as well.

[fish4food]

I have never seen cold slow them down but then again we always use dogs so.........

-john

Sure is nice to hunt all day or night and not have to worry about the Mutts overheating.