Can a Ohio hog be patterned

[Buckkillr]

Got a picture of one at a feeder and would obviously like to kill it off before too much damage is done to a food plot.

Can you pattern one?
When are they moving usually?
Where do they like to sleep?
Never hunted them so no clue what they do.

 

[giles]

I’d report it to ODNR, they got pretty aggressive after them for a few years and could probably help you with these questions.

 

[xbowguy]

Right at dark and during the night is best time I was told. Free food....he'll be back.

 

[Wildlife]

I agree with the above statement, right at dark and anytime during the night.

I'd use a spot light with a rifle or a thermal scope if I had one.

Try to get rid of him. If you have one in the area, there's a pretty good chance there are others around 'TOO'.

The bacon is absolutely awesome! They're good eaten!!

If you wish for any help, I'd be all to happy to oblige if you're willing to split the meat!

I intend on doing another out of state bore hunt sometime next spring, which is a lot of fun.

 

[Jackalope]

In Ohio it has been my experience that they are very nomadic and cover large swaths of ground. Their core area may be 20 Square miles. I don't think anyone that I've ever seen get them on camera ever had this with any regularity. Most were just a single picture and never again.

 

[Chass]

Even around zaleski which is about the only place you can find them with any regularity, folks there tend to see them and then they're gone for weeks or months. Food is gonna be your best bet. They're roamers, you will see em and see where they have been by the mess they leave behind but who knows when they will be back

 

[Outdoorsfellar]

Well, if you go to Golden Corral, you'll be able to get quite a few of 'em patterned.

 

[Buckkillr]

That was the hope that it's gone forever, but will have another look real soon, hopefully tomorrow

 

[giles]

The saying I always heard down in SE Ohio was “if you see pig sign, you missed them”

 

[Crappieking15]

Well, if you go to Golden Corral, you'll be able to get quite a few of 'em patterned.

Walmart’s better

 

[Chass]

Walmart’s better

How would you know, Walmart's way too expensive for you. You can get everything you would need at walmart from goodwill.

 

[lung buster]

I've killed 2 over the years in Hocking county. In my experience, there is no patterning them. They just travel...I just got lucky and was where they were going...

 

[Bowhunter57]

Take a post hole digger out in the field (in a location that can be covered within 100 yards with a rifle) and dig a hole about 2 feet deep. Use a 50 lb. bag of grain/corn to fill the hole, then pour 4 beers (cheapest you can find) on the corn. Pour the last of the corn on top of the hole and pour the last 2 cans of beer all over that pile of corn. Keep checking that pile of corn each night. Sooner or later they'll find it and eat it all, so much so, it'll look like a missile hit that spot.

If you can spot light them from 100 yards away, they can be shot at night. Night Vision and/or Thermal scopes are better than spot lights. I have a Night Vision scope and might be able to make the trip, if needed. I know a couple of brothers in Jackson, Ohio that would be closer and they use Thermal scopes.
I learned of this method from some guys in Vinton county, north of Londondeery. It works!