Bill Wilson’s Guns and Gear for Hog Hunting
Not only do I really like hog hunting, but I’ll have to admit that I’m a major gear nut too. I really like trying all kinds of new guns and gear for my passion, Hog Hunting. Being in the gun industry, opportunities abound. While I’m constantly trying new products,...
Boots on the Ground – Part 1
Where I hunt in Mississippi is 680 acres lying alongside the Big Black River about 60 miles north of the Capitol City of Jackson. The property floods 2-5 times a year, often in the spring and sometimes even in the fall, which can disrupt our hunting and recreational...
Advanced Armament Corporation’s 300 AAC Blackout—The Future of Tactical Hog Hunting?
If you’re a shooter and hunter who pays attention to new tactical rifles coming onto the market—and we know you are!—you’ve no doubt noticed the many, many new black rifles offered in 300 AAC Blackout. And while industry insider Brian Stuntebeck heralded 2012 as the...
The Finisher
If hunters would be honest with themselves, they would admit to having been faced with this at one time or another. Sometimes you take a good shot on a game animal and it runs out of sight or falls where it is only wounded. Then the ethical decision comes. Do you...
Crimson Trace and Industry Partners Provide A Tactical Hog Hunt for Wounded Veterans
Crimson Trace and Camp Patriot recently teamed up to provide two Special Forces veterans, who had been wounded while on active duty, with a Texas hog hunt—and not just any kind hog hunt but a tactical one complete with night vision equipment, tactical rifles and all...
Trijicon ACOG – Why Tactical Hunters Love this Optic
As is obvious by my previous articles, I'm a fan of mixing the tactical world and the wild hog hunting world. I think they have a great crossover, that skill in one arena pays dividends in the other. On that same theme, let’s talk about the use of traditionally...
$28,000 in Cash Prizes Up For Grabs at the Wulf Outdoor Sports Wild Hog Roundup!
There’s a lot of talk about the destructiveness of wild hogs. But in East Texas, Wulf Outdoor Sports has been doing something about the problem for a few years now, and for 2012 has upped the ante considerably—to the tune of $28,000 in cash prizes for hog hunters...
Sex, Intimidation and Adaptability – The Ethology of the Wild Hog
Sun Tzu in The Art of War: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt.” Whether or not you view wild hogs as your own enemy, land owners and agriculture officials certainly do. An old sage hunter echoed that ancient warrior wisdom...
The Art of the Ambush – Lure Them In with Bait
A military tactic as old as warfare itself, the ambush combines concealment and surprise to overwhelm an unsuspecting enemy. Applying the ambush to hog hunting can give you a big tactical advantage. But how to set up such an ambush? In the battlefield, you create the...
Feeling Lucky, Punk? Handguns, Hogs and the MIssissippi Delta
What was supposed to be a non-typical deer hunt quickly turned into something completely different. Non-typical because we were hunting with handguns in the pursuit of a bit more challenge than the usual shoulder mounted deer rifle and big end scope. Turns out for a...
