Southern Supper: A Short Film About Bowhunting Pigs in Southeast Texas

July 26, 2017 by Robert McConnell in Game

While walking through one of the National Forests in east Texas, I came across an interesting thing. I found a young loblolly pine, about 7” in diameter, that had mud caked onto the trunk reaching about 4’ off the ground. At the base of the tree, a large circular mud pit had been beaten into the ground. Pig tracks littered the ground all around the pine tree. I was new to Texas and new to hog hunting at the time, but this was unmistakably a point of interest for the pigs

A Backcountry Hog Hunt in the Pineywoods of Texas

April 26, 2017 by Robert McConnell in Game

In the spring, Dan drove from Pennsylvania to Texas for a backpack-style pig hunt. Going into this hunt, we weren't expecting to backpack into a remote and secluded valley; Texas simply lacks the large tracts of public land that people often associate with backpack hunting. That being said, we still wanted to try and get off the beaten path as much as possible. We packed our bags and headed into the National Forest of eastern Texas where we hunted and camped for 5 days.