I'm 7 mi NW of Jacksboro off 114. We have so many stinking pigs that I'm convinced they are running the deer off though my buddy took an odd racked 9 point last Fri. Then he shot a 250+ hog and I killed a sow with my bow on Sat. My wife and I have both taken does. We had a ton of pictures of good bucks right up to the start of bow season, then we had some rain and boy did they seem disappear off the cameras. I'm hoping this cold snap took out some of the native vegetation so they'll start hitting the feeders again, if they can get past the hogs. Hog trapping starts in earnest as soon as deer season is over...

Nope....Shot this last week! Was millin' around the feed pen with a nice 10 point!

I'm hoping for good things from the cold as well. We are pretty thick with hogs also. Still seeing does with fawns. What gives with that?

I have had a young 10 pt on my cam this week one time. He had been coming in every day for a while but only once in the last week. Still have does coming in though.

I shot this deer Wednesday morning.



This deer was shot by a friend two weeks ago at the lease.




This deer was shot at the lease about 3 weeks ago.

Hunted this afternoon and I have never seen a hog problem that is so bad..I have seen or shot a pig everytime out this year and today my wife lost count at 31.I hunt a very small place north of Jermyn that usually in the past 5 years see alot of deer with very little pig activity.We saw them on one side of the creek going to the stand and then saw them on the other side of the creek heading back to the truck..The embarrassing part is I missed at 25 yards on a herd of 15 or more.I'm done for the year,I don't have the time to control the pigs and I feel they are keeping me from seeing the usual numbers of deer.

Anyone still hunting

Hmmm, maybe some of my pigs headed your way. I hunt north of there on 16 south of Markley and I'm seeing way more deer than I usually do and fewer pigs. The 240lb boar I put down Saturday was the first hog I've had a chance to shoot at this year.

Earl

Earl if your missing your pigs I will ask them politely to head back towards Markley..

No thanks, I am not complaining. You can keep them!

I've had a change of heart regarding pigs, I am now trapping them to sell and honestly you guys should look at it. Kim Rife buys hogs on the East side of Jermyn, he pays more for them then they bring in FW and they are close to most of the Jack County posts I have seen here. I was there Sun AM and two cowboys brought in a bunch and 25 min later walked out with over 500.00. I talked to them and they said they run 5 traps on the two ranches they work on and have brought in over 200 since the beginning of Oct. The biggest one they had was 270lbs. What a brute, he squared off with another big hog after he was weighed and and proceeded to kick the other ones butt. Pretty cool to watch, could be a cool new sport but I'm sure PETA would ruin it.
Oh, and if you don't know anything about hog trapping Kim will tell you everything you need to know. Really interesting guy. 76 yrs old and still going strong.

I'm headed out Friday and hope to see some hogs. Never shot have shot one Sure would like to get one

Here are a few of the deer we are seeing in Northern part of Jack County. I don't think the drought affected us much here.

If I had a way to transport them I'd do it. There already is a trap on my place that belongs to my landowner. When I took my 240lb boar to Clear Fork Saturday they mentioned he was paying .40 a lb making him a $100 hog if live.

Earl

If you go talk to him and you're close by he might let you use his trailer. He offered it to me when I told him I was 4 miles from him. A 240lb hog would be .40 a lb plus a $15 head bonus so 111.00 total. Pay for your gas and a bag of corn for the weekend...

Hmm 7A I may have to talk to him about that. I'm maybe 4-5 miles North on 16 from 114 so not too far from him. I pass by his place going to and from the lease.

Earl

Kim will let you use his trailer as long as you bring pigs back. Good man, known him most of my life. When I sold I parked my trailer there everynight for months at a time. If your busy he's very intresting to talk to but he can and will talk so don't be in a hurry. There's nothing that man can't trap and he will tell you how if you ask but it's gonna be a long story.

Kim is a very good trapper. He took about 200 hogs to market and probably killed another 150 that were too small to transport. The amazing thing was the amount of racoons that he trapped. He took 175 off our place in 90 days. Unfortunately, we probably have another 500 coons to go. I think they are worse than the hogs. We have put hog panels up around all of the feeders. It has really helped reduce our numbers of hogs and reduced our cost of repairing feeders they destroy.

Unfortunately there is no market for the coons anymore so he quit trapping them. I'm going to borrow some of his coon traps though because I'm overrun with them. I used to ignore them because I like watching them but 9-10 at a time under the feeders is too much and they destroy the chance for quail and turkeys. I haven't seen a turkey in 2 yrs since the coon population has increased so much. Oh and yes he can talk but he's so interesting I really enjoy it, if you have the time.

Alright just got back from a couple of days hunting north of town on 148 and all i have been seeing is does,fawns,and trashy looking mostly young bucks. I didn't see any "ugly" deer last year. Seems that even the younger deer had good looking smaller racks. I can only conclude that this a result of the drought. The deer do all look very healthy however. Has anyone else noticed this?

Hunted Friday night and only saw a bobcat. But on the way home I did seen 17 with 1 huge shooter buck And a hog. Going again tomorrow. Wishing for the best hunt yet

Went out Friday afternoon to fill feeders, check trailer, & sit awhile. Nothing Friday nite but saw a big 10 and a doe early Sat morning. Didn't fire a shot, just watched and came home about 10am. Sorry - No pics (camera batteries died & didn't have extras with me)

Sitting in the stand Wish me luck. Last time I will get to hunt this season

Deer still moving. Killed an old eight yesterday. Saw deer all day. There is still time. Everyone get out there and see what you see. Good luck

What part of jack county?