Ricky, whats the deal?

[KTM]

Me and some buddies got a new lease this past June. It had tons of hog sign during the summer and we got lots of diff hogs (mostly boar) on our cameras. The sign continues, however, we have only seen 2. A wife of one of the members shot one with her bow that we didnt recover and the weekend before Christmas a guest took a 190# boar with his rifle.
Most of the sign that we're seeing is in out pine plantation (prob 8yo pines). Very little in the bottoms. Hell, one of our on the ground shooting blinds has mud all over one of the corners where they have been rubbing on it.
Where'd they go?? We even still keep a little corn (not my idea) out in a few places to try to keep em around.

[Rickey]

All the hogs I have seen in the past 2 months have been on higher, yet thick, ground. I really don't think hogs care for cold weather. I also have not seen any hogs at all in swampy areas. I think they have moved to dry land until it starts to warm up again. They don't have much hair to keep them warm and wild hogs don't have alot of fat so they get cold too. What I have noticed them eating lately are acorns that have to be rooted and also anything green grass that may be around like rye or any type of geenery such as clover. I have also seen some rooting in pines but they are older pines eating the younger roots. As far as the corn goes I don't know. Full Draw is rapidly becoming the hog bait king. I think there is nothing wrong with it at all. I would shoot a hog in a heartbeat over a pile myself, but, would like to caution you. Pigs are very smart. If you start shooting them over corn you won't be able to continuously kill them around it. Yeah they'll eat it but not until dark. You need to pick some routes so they don't relate the corn to the danger.jmo If you're curious about the baiting thing I reccomend you read Full Draws thread about it. Hatrack gave some awesome info on it and the thread also has his results good and bad including some lessons that can only be learned the hard way. It's good info. Take care and hunt the mid to high ground as thick as you can get into.